Little Miss Automatic

Dylan Wiese Sports Editor

Senior breaks all time career scoring record

Records are meant to be broken. That is a line that has commonly been used in sports for a long time. Recently, that idea came to Millard South as senior girls basketball player Mya Babbitt has broken the Millard South Girl’s Basketball career scoring record.

“It was really cool to accomplish something like that and to do it at a good school like this. It shows all the hours pay off, all the hours spent in the gym, it pays off,” Babbitt said.

Senior Mya Babbitt shoots a 3 in the game against Omaha Westview

Photo by Ally Seevers

In a game against Omaha Westview High School, Babbitt scored her 1,318th career point which put her over the mark and established a new record that she still has time to add on to.

This is after her other accomplishment of putting up 1,000 points just through her junior year. That is when she realized that this record would be possible.

“When I hit 1,000 points, it was kind of just the next goal. 1,000 points is a huge milestone, so to reach that in my junior year, it was the next step for me,” Babbitt said.

She has always had a talent for the game as she started playing when she was in third grade.

“Since a young age Mya has been able to just put the ball in the basket, she can shoot,” head girls basketball coach Bryce Meyers said. “She’s good from the foul lines and at getting to the rim. She’s just overall really smart and she’s always been able to score,” he said. With scoring so many points, opponents have put more attention on Babbitt to try and slow down her scoring. However, Babbitt adjusted her game and opposing defenses have still not been able to stop her.

“Recently, she’s been moving so much better without the ball,” Meyers said. “Teams will try to deny her and not let her catch it and try to completely take her out of the game. As she’s gotten older, she’s gotten a lot better at moving around and being hard to find. That is when she catches the ball and is open and it generally results in a basket,” he said.

Following this season, Babbitt plans to attend Kent State University to continue her basketball career. However, the season has not ended yet for Babbitt and the rest of the Patriots.

After a tough semifinal loss in last year’s state basketball tournament, the Patriots are hoping to break through with their first girl’s basketball state championship since 1996.

“We want to keep winning games and be competitive. We want to win a state championship,” Babbitt said.

The girl’s state basketball tournament, where Babbitt and the rest of the Patriots will look to win the state championship, will begin March 1 with the championship game being played March 4.