2,000 points in high school? Seems almost impossible, doesn’t it?
By Sean McBryan — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent
Reading High’s Ruben Rodriguez reached the 2,000-point threshold last week, prompting a response from a fellow 2K scorer and Red Knight, Rashida Suber.
Suber, now the Red Knights’ girls basketball coach, scored 2,111 points at Reading High before graduating in 2004. She played at Coppin State, where she became the all-time leading scorer with 1,865 points.
| Berks’ girls 2,000 scorers | |
| Wendy Davis | 2,504 |
| Corielle Yarde | 2,283 |
| Zena Edwards | 2,231 |
| Rashida Suber | 2,111 |
| Peyton McDaniel | 2,102 |
| Stacey Jack | 2,034 |
After reaching 2,000 points in Reading’s state semifinal victory over Spring-Ford, Rodriguez said he didn’t know how he did it. Indeed, scoring 2,000 points is an inconceivable accomplishment.
Rodriguez, the seventh boy in Berks history to score 2,000, started as a freshman at Muhlenberg before playing three seasons at Reading High. He won four straight district titles and two state championships.
In 35 playoff games, he scored a whopping 599 points. He scored 288 points as a freshman, 410 as a sophomore, 593 as a junior, and 717 as a senior: That’s 2,008 points.
To put it into perspective, the two 1,000-point scoring senior girls who finished their outstanding careers as four-year starters – Alexis Hess of Fleetwood and Caraline Herb of Berks Catholic — would’ve likely needed at least two more seasons to reach the milestone.
| Berks’ boys 2,000 scorers | |
| Ron Krick | 3,174 |
| Charlie Copp | 2,440 |
| Keith Bricker | 2,221 |
| Stevie Mitchell | 2,060 |
| Jarrad Gruber | 2,014 |
| Aaron Williamson | 2,012 |
| Ruben Rodriguez | 2,008 |
Hess, a Kansas State commit, wrapped up one of the best individual careers in Berks Girls League history with 1,403 points. Herb, Berks Catholic’s sharpshooter and a Chestnut Hill College commit, finished with 1,140 points.
Exeter rising senior Grace Reedy is the next closest but she’d need to score 1,098 next season to reach 2,000. Wyomissing rising junior Amaya Stewart (716 career points) would need to average 642 total points across the next two seasons. She scored 474 this year. Wilson rising sophomore Laila Jones scored 322 during her freshman campaign; she would have to average 559 points across her next three seasons to get there.
Among active Berks players, Stewart and Jones are the only two who could even get close to 2,000 points.
A lot needs to go right in addition to players’ uber athletic gifts for the accomplishment to be possible. Durability and winning are crucial; injuries can happen and team success is vital to have extra games to tack on more points in the playoffs.
Even more impressive, the scoring doesn’t typically come in a ball-hog, gunner fashion; it almost always results in team success which doesn’t cease at the next level.
Davis went on to play four seasons for Geno Auriemma at Connecticut, helping the now legendary head coach to his first Final Four in 1991. She scored 1,552 points — 24th in program history — in the process.
Yarde played at Marist where she scored 1,470 points, seventh in program history. She led the Red Foxes to four straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championships resulting in NCAA Tournament appearances.
Edwards scored 1,416 points at Mount St. Mary’s, which played in NCAA Division II at the time; she ranks No. 10 in program history. She played a crucial role in the Mountaineers going to the Division II Regional Finals from 1986 through 1988.
Suber and Coppin State went to the NCAA Tournament in 2005, 2006, and 2008 after winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Those three appearances are the only times Coppin State has made the tournament and the conference titles are the only three other than when the Eagles won it in 1991.
McDaniel and James Madison appeared in the NCAA Tournament this season for the first time since 2016 before falling to Ohio State in the first round. McDaniel, a junior, scored 30 points on 10-for-11 shooting and a 7-for-7 mark from downtown to lead the Dukes to an 81-51 victory over Texas State in the Sun Belt Conference championship to secure the tournament bid.
Jack scored 1,665 points at Manhattan College, fourth in school history, and led the Lady Jaspers to one of their four all-time NCAA Tournament appearances in 1987.
Berks 2,000-point scorers in NCAA women’s tournament
| Player | College | Year | Seed | Scoring Average | Finish |
| Stacy Jack | Manhattan College | 1987 | 10 | 15.8 | First Round |
| Wendy Davis | UConn | 1989 | 8 | 8.9 | First Round |
| Wendy Davis | UConn | 1990 | 4 | 11.0 | Second Round |
| Wendy Davis | UConn | 1991 | 3 | 13.2 | Final Four |
| Wendy Davis | UConn | 1992 | 6 | 15.3 | Second Round |
| Rashida Suber | Coppin State | 2005 | 16 | 9.9 | First Round |
| Rashida Suber | Coppin State | 2006 | 15 | 18.9 | First Round |
| Rashida Suber | Coppin State | 2008 | 16 | 17.9 | First Round |
| Corielle Yarde | Marist | 2009 | 12 | 4.3 | First Round |
| Corielle Yarde | Marist | 2010 | 12 | 13.7 | First Round |
| Corielle Yarde | Marist | 2011 | 10 | 11.8 | Second Round |
| Corielle Yarde | Marist | 2012 | 13 | 14.3 | Second Round |
| Peyton McDaniel | James Madison | 2023 | 13 | 11.5 | First Round |
