COEUR d'ALENE - What is perhaps most interesting about Lake City High twin sisters Kasey and Kaity Widmyer isn't necessarily the seniors' accomplishments in volleyball and track and field.

It may not even be the fact that Kaity Widmyer, a 5-foot-8 setter, is ranked No. 1 in her senior class and Kasey, a 5-10 outside hitter, is ranked No. 2, even taking the same courses together and both are vying to become the school's valedictorian.

No, what may be the most interesting part is the 17-year-olds' different personalities. Kasey, the younger twin who was born 17 minutes after Kaity on Oct. 22, 1995, appears to be more serious, more straight-laced, more no-nonsense. Kaity, the darker-haired older sister, comes across as more jovial, more of an extrovert, more outgoing.

The sisters, who hang out with the same group of friends, both agreed.

"We have opposite personalities," Kasey said. "She (Kaity) is more outgoing, while I'm more reserved, on the shy side. But we get along really well and we're basically best friends. We spend most of our time together and we always have."

The different demeanors are obvious to their coaches as well.

"I think as far as volleyball goes, Kaity is more outspoken than Kasey is and so it was easier for her to be put in the setter position," Lake City coach Bret Taylor said. "Kasey is more quiet but is a thinker, strategizes the game very well. Those are the places I've seen them grow."

Kaity wants to be involved in business, possibly on the international side, and has aspirations of attending law school to study corporate law. Her older brother, Matt Widmyer, attends law school at the University of Washington. Matt was also played on the football team at Lake City, where his older brother, Ben Widmyer, was the quarterback. Ben also played on the basketball team. The family has seen Ben play in Germany as part of the German Football League.

"The schools that we're both looking at is Cornell and NYU," Kaity said. "We both visited Cornell last summer. They have an interesting program called urban and industrial planning. It was beautiful. Cornell's in a smaller town (Ithaca, N.Y.), kind of like Coeur d'Alene and NYU's in downtown New York ... I like to argue and backtalk a lot, so my dad said I should be a lawyer."

Kasey first expressed interest in Cornell, and for good reason. It has a fiber science and apparel design program that piques her interest.

"They're the only Ivy League school that has a fashion design program and has sports available," Kasey said. "There are other good fashion schools out there, but there isn't sports available. We've been looking at the same schools. Ideally, we'd like to go together but we kind of want different things, so it depends on what it works out to be."

Kasey wants to be involved in the fashion business, possibly as a stylist for a magazine, where her favorites are InStyle and Lucky. Kasey and Kaity both grew up trying on different clothes in the two stores her mother, Marie owns - Marmalade on Fourth Street and Marie's Boutique, located in the lobby of The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

"I've worked there sometimes in the summer," Kasey said. "I've been around it all my life and have learned to really love it and it's been a passion of mine ... I've gone to fashion shows in Las Vegas. It's one of the biggest ones in the country. There's a lot of people who come from around the world who attend the show.

"My favorite designer is Chanel, I feel like they're the most luxurious. I like buying clothes from my mom's store and the stores downtown. I like supporting small businesses.

I've traveled to Paris, Munich, Rome and Venice. The American style is simpler, like with jeans. European style is more eccentric, with baggier pants.

Marie Widmyer said her daughters have always been competitive.

"They push themselves to grow," Marie said. "They push each other. When they were in gymnastics, when they were about 4 or 5 years old, Kaity would be in an (upper-level) class and Kasey would be in another. When I picked them up, Kasey was in Kaity's class. Kasey always had to work a little harder."

The girls' father, Steve Widmyer, is running for mayor of Coeur d'Alene.

"It's been a lot of fun for our family," Kaity said. "We put a little assembly line in our garage, where we make signs together. My dad's been walking around the streets (campaigning) and sometimes we'll go out with him at night. I think it's bringing us closer as a family. He's always supporting us."

Both have been four-year starters and are integral parts of a talent-loaded volleyball team that as of today was second behind Lewiston in the 5A Inland Empire League at 2-1, 12-2 overall.

After the Timberwolves' first 11 matches this season, Kaity Widmyer led the team with 143 assists. She also had 20 kills, 25 digs, six blocks and 12 aces.

Kasey had 64 kills, 28 digs, five assists and five aces.

Last spring, Kasey Widmyer was seventh and Kaity was 11th in the triple jump at state. Kasey jumped 35 feet, 1 1/2 inch, while Kaity jumped 34-3.

Kasey owns the school record in the triple jump at 36-1. She originally broke the record with a mark of 34-6 in 2012.

"It was at regionals in Lewiston," Kasey recalled. "It was my last jump. I was in fifth place, I would've been a wild card at state. I had nothing to lose and I qualified for state (automatically) and won regionals ... I couldn't believe it. Once they called the (mark), it was really surprising."

Kasey has schools interested in her in track and field, such as the University of San Francisco, the University of Idaho and Utah Valley University.

Kaity has Division II and Division III schools which have sent her letters of interest for track and field, such as the D-II University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D.

Another possibility for one or possibly both girls is Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., where older brother Ben graduated from and played football. Ben works as a real estate agent in Coeur d'Alene.

The twins take a challenging set of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses, and both have 4.4 cumulative grade-point averages. Kasey had a 4.8 GPA in her junior year. They help out with the French club and international club.

The two also play for the Sandpoint volleyball club team, the under-16 North Idaho Thunder volleyball club team and they've run for track club team at the University of Idaho. At a Pacific Northwest qualifying tournament recently, the Thunder finished eighth out of hundreds of teams from across the country. The Sandpoint team finished in the top three in its region.

"I like track a little more," Kasey said. "I like volleyball. I like being able to focus on myself, find a way to beat myself, beat my record ... I feel like my vertical jump's increased. I can jump 27 inches."

Kaity is more interested in playing volleyball in college.

Kaity ran the 400-meter dash as a freshman, but "decided I didn't like running." So the sisters tried the triple jump instead, since their natural jumping talents in volleyball translated nicely to the track.

"It started out as a fluke," Kaity said. "Track coach Kelly Reed said he needed more girls triple jumpers. We said we'd do it. My very first year we set a goal of jumping at least 30 feet. Both of us broke it that year."

Kaity likes setting because " ... it gives me a chance to touch the ball every time. I also like helping my teammates get kills."

Kasey likes the defensive part of the game and often is among the team's leaders in digs.

In 2011, Lake City's volleyball team finished third at state. Kasey was a starting middle blocker on that squad. Kaity played as a setter most of the season but had to sit out in the state tournament with a concussion. Starting outside hitter Madi Farrell had a torn ACL during that time as well.

While it's a far different team this season - Kasey Widmyer, Katie Widmyer, Natalie Taylor, Brittany Gay and Farrell are the only players left from the team two years ago - it's still stacked with talented players such as 6-foot-2 middle blocker Haile Watson, who verbally committed to play volleyball at Eastern Washington University, junior Taylor, who's among the kills leaders and is coach Taylor's granddaughter, Farrell and others.

"I think we have a shot at winning state," Kasey said. "We have a lot of good players. We all know at one point, we can take over the game. I think all of our starters know how to work together and we all have an equal part on the court."

As for the state track and field meet last year, Kasey said she didn't have her best jump but reached her goal of reaching the finals and scored two points for a team that finished third overall.

The girl who won, Josie Lawrence from Mountain View in Meridian, broke the state record by nine inches (39-9).

"I think I have the potential to win state (in the triple jump)," Kasey said. "I've worked with my technique a lot more."

For the Widmyer twins, their personalities, interests and appearances are unidentical. Their passion for athletics and academics are about the same.