DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --- Washington and Lee University forward Mary Schleusner entered the 2025-26 campaign already breathing rarified air high up the ladder in the ODAC and WLU women's basketball record books. She reached a rung no ODAC women's basketball player has seen in 20 seasons on Sunday afternoon at the Daytona Beach Shootout.

The moment came with 2:39 to play in the nationally eighth-ranked Generals 76-66 victory over No. 14 Carroll University. Schleusner's lay-up accounted for markers 2,000 and 2,001 in the five-time All-American's storied career, ultimately closing the contest with 2,003 career points after notching a game-high 26. She is the first Generals' women's basketball player and fifth all-time in ODAC history to reach the 2,000-point benchmark. She is the first women's athlete to reach 2K in points since ODAC all-time -- men or women -- record-holder Megan Silva closed the 2005-06 campaign with 2,371 points. On the men's ledger, the last player to add to his 2,000-plus point ledger was former Guilford College star Ben Strong, who closed his career with 2,241 tallies to rank third in league men's basketball history.

Schleusner, a Charlotte-native, is already well-position in the ODAC and WLU record books. She is the conference's leader in career rebounds (1,606), which ranks second in Division III history. She is just 105 boards short of former Denison University standout Jordan Holmes, who pulled down 1,711 rebounds in 110 games. Schleusner, who has played in 100 games to-date, also owns ODAC single-season records in points (765 in 2023-24), rebounds (569 in 2024-25), and rebounding average (19.0 in 2024-25). She is second in career blocked shots at 305, just 24 shy of conference record-holder Laurie Miller from EMU from 1994-98.

While she is certainly not on records watch herself, Schleusner has plenty of fans keeping tabs as she shoots for loftier heights. Only one player in all of NCAA women's basketball history has ever reached 2,000 career rebounds. That individual is former Oklahoma University standout Courtney Paris, who pulled down 2,034 caroms in a 137-game career from 2006-09. At 1,606 boards -- which would slot seventh on the Division I and third on the Division II charts -- Schleusner has a legitimate of becoming the second NCAA women's basketball player to reach 2,000 points and 2,000 rebounds. Paris also scored 2,729 points at OU.