Taylee Smith talks with a friend as she and her class wait on a bus at the Brigham Young University Museum of Paleontology on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Provo, Utah. Taylee has Down syndrome, and is currently a senior at Springville High School.

Taylee Smith checks out a dinosaur skull in the Brigham Young University Museum of Paleontology during a field trip.

Taylee Smith steps off the bus from her class's field trip to the Brigham Young University Museum of Paleontology as she heads back to class at Springville High School in Springville, Utah.

Taylor Ehlert hugs Taylee Smith in the hallway between classes at Springville High School. Taylee is near and dear to many students at school. She frequently greets her many friends in the hallways between classes.

Greg Thorpe fist-bumps Taylee Smith during her physical therapy appointment for arthritis in her knee at the Springville Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. Taylee is active and is an avid fan of sports, especially basketball.

Taylee Smith picks up her basketball during practice at Springville High School. The ball was given to her on her 18th birthday by Sarah Radford, one of her friends with Down Syndrome, and signed by her friends and family at her basketball-themed party.

Springville forward Cheyanne Brown, center, talks with senior team manager Taylee Smith, right, in the locker room before a game between the Springville Red Devils and the Maple Mountain Golden Eagles on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 at Springville High School. Taylee has served as the team's manager throughout school, and the Red Devils thought it would be fitting to have her start the game with all of them on senior night.

Springville senior team manager Taylee Smith high-fives teammates and cheerleaders as she's announced with the Red Devils' starting line up before a game at Springville High School. The two teams agreed to allow Taylee to start the game and also score the first basket for Springville.

Springville senior team manager Taylee Smith takes and makes the first shot of the game during a game between the Springville Red Devils and the Maple Mountain Golden Eagles at Springville High School. Maple Mountain then was allowed to score two points uncontested to even the score.

Video of Taylee was picked up by ESPN after the game and went viral, accumulating over a million views by the next afternoon. Tammy Smith checks out several videos for the first time that the media posted from her daughter Taylee's opening shot during the game between Springville and Maple Mountain the day prior as the girls basketball team practices in the gym Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 at Springville High School.