Triple threat: Rosemount’s Ramlall sisters make up a basketball powerhouse family

Girls high school basketball got underway this week and for the Rosemount High School Irish the team has one goal: “Win the section championship and make it to state,” said sophomore Arshia Ramlall.

The Irish have a triple threat on their team, the Ramlall family. Arshia plays with her twin sister Amisha and her younger sister Ashna. The trio also play for the club team, the Minnesota Fury.

But even with a laser focus on a state title, the Ramlall sisters have their sights set on college ball, and rightfully so.

Amisha, 16, started the season by announcing her commitment to play for the University of Minnesota Gophers when she graduates in 2027.

“It’s been my dream school since I was really young,” Amisha told Minnesota Now host Nina Moini. “Especially going into season, it’s been a good weight off the shoulders.”

Both Arshia and Ashna also have multiple offers at Division I Women’s Basketball programs, including the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Northern Kentucky.

The Ramlall sisters’ love for basketball started with watching their brother, Anish Ramlall, who currently plays for the St. Cloud State University men’s basketball team.

“We started playing basketball out of the blue … and we just got better and better,” Ashna said.

Neither of their parents, Sunil or Dhanmati Ramlall, played basketball.

But the Ramlall family is close and supportive of each other; it’s the center of conversation at the dinner table. And on Wednesday, Sunil and Dhanmati drove to Michigan Technological University in the Upper Peninsula and back in one day to watch Anish play.

It comes as no surprise the family is competitive. The sisters said every drill is a competition, but a healthy one.

“It just pushes us to be better,” said Arshia.

Being teammates not only makes them better players, but they say better sisters too.

“They know [me] inside and out,” said Ashna, “it's so helpful sometimes, when you just need somebody to help, they're there for you to help.”

The Ramlall sisters will have the next two years to keep playing for the same team, but eventually they all could be separated for the first time, which Ashna said will also be a chance for them to build their own paths.

“We’re all one individual and we'll support each other no matter what school everybody goes to, and we'll still have that amazing connection,” said Ashna.

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