The Hannah Wilkerson Watch: How to pad your record

This future Missouri State Lady Bear is now Missouri's all-time leading scorer.

What do you do after your break the state’s most hallowed record? Try to put it out of reach.

After Miller High School senior and future Lady Bear Hannah Wilkerson broke the Missouri career scoring record two weeks ago, passing Melissa Grider, the former Morrisville and Marshfield player, Wilkerson continues to put points on the board.

Trying to leave Grider’s 3,211 points in the rear view mirror, Wilkerson is up to 3,360 with a week and a half before district begin. Sure, her scoring average has dropped from 38.2 to 37.0, but now we’re nitpicking. Don’t get it wrong, she is still dominating and is now focused on districts.

How high can she take the record? We’ll have to wait and see.

So far this season (through Monday, Feb. 1):

• Fair Grove, 38 points
• Harrison (Ark.), 40 points
• Marshfield, 44 points
• Webb City, 34 points
• Golden City, 34 points
• Greenfield, 37 points
• Strafford, 28 points
• Clever, 35 points
• Walnut Grove, 30 points
• Fordland, 29 points
• Ash Grove, 45 points
• Ash Grove, 37 points
• Diamond, 50 points
• Billings, 38 points
• Ash Grove, 38 points
• Verona, 54 points
• Purdy, 47 points
• Liberal, 35 points
• Morrisville, 32 points
• Lockwood, 32 points
• College Heights, 27 points
• Greenfield, 35 points
• Billings, 32 points

• Total: 851 points (37.0 per game through 23 games)

The state’s top career scorers:

1. Hannah Wilkerson, Miller, 2007-2010, 3,360
2. Melissa Grider, Morrisville-Marshfield, 1989-91, 3,211
3. Kari Koch, Elsberry, 1999-2002, 3,077
4. Lauren Dubbert, Madison, 2002-05, 3,038
5. Joyce Arnsmeyer, So. Boone County, 1963-66, 3,036
6. Lisa Ellis, Elsberry, 1981-84, 2,980
7. Renee Garrison, Climax Springs, 1998-2001, 2,944
8. Shyla Tucker, Fredericktown, 1987-90, 2,926
9. Michelle Holman, Dadeville, 1994-97, 2,820
10. Bethany Creed, Ash Grove, 1999-2002, 2,760
11. Casey Garrison, Bolivar, 2004-08, 2,744
12. Michele Harkrader, Rich Hill, 1985-88, 2,735
13. Jessica Keller, Belle, 2002-05, 2,735
14. Sonya Daugherty, Hancock, 2002-05, 2,703

Games it took to catch Grider: 19

Games left in Miller’s regular season: 3

Projected career total – through regular season: 3,471

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Aside from the career scoring mark, she has already dented the record books in the following categories:

Most points in a season

1. Melissa Grider, Morrisville-Marshfield, 1989-90, 1,231
2. Joyce Arnsmeyer, So. Boone County, 1965-66, 994
3. Hannah Wilkerson, Miller, 2008-09, 975
4. Kari Koch, Elsberry, 2001-02, 956
5. Shyla Tucker, Fredericktown, 1988-89, 952

Most points scored by a freshman in a season

1. Hannah Wilkerson, Miller, 2006-07, 746
2. Lauren Dubbert, Madison, 2001-02, 686
3. Sonya Daugherty, Hancock, 2001-02, 642
4. Tasheena Mmoris, Blue Eye, 2001-02, 634
5. Kami Scrivner, Mt. Vernon, 1997-98, 616

Wilkerson’s scoring by year

• Freshman, 749 points (a state record)
• Sophomore, 785
• Junior, 975
• Senior, 851

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