Leaving a Legacy

Ingle becomes first 1,000th point scorer

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Eric Mason

Avery Ingle (12) drives the ball down the court against Timberland in an attempt to score a basket or find an open teammate. Ingle achieved her 1,000th point in this season and made her mark in Liberty’s record books. “As her teammate, this pushed me harder because I want to be in the record books as well,” Emily Giljum (11) said.

Eric Mason, Reporter

As the season came closer to an end, Avery Ingle (12) began her final countdown. The countdown to her 1,000th career point.

“Once I realized that I was coming near my 1,000th point I began counting down every time I scored and I knew that I had reached it,” Ingle said.

Leading up to this milestone that every player strives for but few achieve, Ingle averaged 16.5 points per game. She made 119 3-pointers, blocked 25 shots and had 124 steals in the 2016-2017 season alone.

On Feb 7, Liberty’s shooting guard achieved her goal in a conference game against Fort Zumwalt South. Avery scored 24 of the team’s 57 points that game.

Ingle has attended Liberty all four years an played in every varsity basketball game thus far in Liberty history. Ingle has played basketball since she was in fourth grade.

As of March, Ingle planned to attend either Westminster or Greenville University to major in special education and to further her athletic career.

Ingle’s best memory of Liberty basketball was “watching the team improve and get better and better as the seasons passed.”

Her biggest inspiration in basketball is her older brother, Adam, who she grew up watching play.

Teammate Savannah Kruse (12) is best friends with Ingle on and off the court. One of her best memories is “seeing both of us improve over time and gradually come closer than we already were.”

The girls basketball program showed a lot of improvement since going 8-19 during the 2015-2016 season. This year they had an 11-15 record including winning their own tournament in December.

Despite losing Ingle and the other seniors to graduation, the Eagles hope for their legacies to carry on to the underclassmen.

“Not only was Avery a great player, but she was also a great person on and off the court,” teammate Emily Giljum (11) said.