Charlisse Leger-Walker has become New Zealand’s all-time NCAA Division I (male or female) points scorer despite Washington State University Cougars going down 74-65 at #8 Stanford in Pac-12 Conference play.
A deep three from Leger-Walker, on the brink of half-time, was the score that carried the WSU standout past the previous record of 1,647 points held by Cantabrian and former Tall Fern Erin Rooney (Monmouth University Hawks, 2009-11/Fordham University Rams, 2012-14).
Leger-Walker was all class in the defeat making 5 from 10 three-pointers on her way to a game high 22 points along with 9 rebounds and 4 assists. She now has 1,667 career points in 99 appearances with her 100th game for the Cougars coming up on Monday against the University of California, Berkeley.
Her 100th game will see the Waikato native become the 27th Kiwi to bring up a century of appearances in Women’s NCAA Division I basketball, emulating the milestone achieved by sister Krystal Leger-Walker (Washington State 2020-22/Northern Colorado 2015-18).
All time New Zealand NCAA Division I Top scorers: ( #played 5 seasons including the additional Covid year)
| 1,667 | Charlisse Leger-Walker (Washington State 2020-present) | ||
| 1,647 | Erin Rooney (Monmouth University, 2009-11/Fordham University 2012-14) | ||
| 1,624 | #Akiene-Tera Reed (Virginia Commonwealth 2017-21, USC 2021-22) | ||
| 1,497 | Megan Compain (St Joseph’s University, 1993-97) | ||
| 1,454 | Kirk Penney (University of Wisconsin, 1999-2003) | ||
| 1,439 | Stella Beck (St Mary’s College, California 2014-18) | ||
| 1,291 | #Kendell Heremaia (Fordham University 2017-22) | ||
| 1,265 | Callum McRae (University of California Riverside 2018-23) | ||
| 1,262 | Rhaiah Spooner-Knight (Monmouth 17-18, Utah Valley 13-16) | ||
| 1,249 | #Amiee Book (CSU Fullerton 2018-21, Fresno State 2021-23) | ||
| 1,209 | #Tegan Graham (Colgate Uni 2016-20, BYU 2020-22) | ||
| 1,195 | Micaela Cocks (University of Oregon, 2006-10) | ||
| 1,167 | Ashleigh Karaitiana (University of Hawaii, 2012-16) | ||
| 1,144 | Margaret Johns (Utah State University, 1979-83) | ||
| 1,116 | Tai Webster (University of Nebraska, 2013-17) | ||
| 1,114 | Craig Bradshaw (Winthrop University, 2003-7) | ||
| 1,104 | Kruz Perrott-Hunt (University of South Dakota, 2019-23) | ||
| 1,096 | Jillian Harmon (Stanford University, 2005-09) | ||
| 1,089 | Tessa Boagni (California State University, Northridge 2014-18) | ||
| 1,081 | Josie Stockill (Colgate University, 2012-16) | ||
| 1,032 | #Krystal Leger-Walker (Washington State 2020-22, Northern Colorado 2015-18) | ||
| 1,028 | #Flynn Cameron (UC Riverside 2020-23, DePaul University, 2018-20) | ||
| 1,006 | Chevannah Paalvast (Monmouth University, 2010-14) | ||
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