Joining the 1,000 point is an enormous accomplishment for any basketball player. For UMass Dartmouth junior Megan Ronaghan, it's just the tip of the iceberg.

In one of the last games leading up to league season, Ronaghan of North Attleboro scored a college career 1,000 points. Ronaghan led the Corsairs, 8-3, to an 88-43 victory against Salem State, where she scored 21 points. The milestone was everything she wanted it to be: at a home game with her family in attendance.

This was Ronaghan’s first time scoring 1,000 points. After several successful seasons, her goal of scoring her first thousand seemed attainable.

"I had that mindset going in,” she said.

However scoring a thousand points flat wasn't enough for Ronaghan. Instead, she got away with 1,001 before the game ended.

"Come see her play, she's something special," said Head Women's Coach and Recruiting Coordinator Matt Ducharme. "Every coach in the league, their game plan is to stop her but she still score is 20 a game, and when she doesn't score is 20 everyone's like, 'what happened?'"

"It was amazing. I had a lot of people supporting me, my team, my coach, my family,” Ronaghan said. “It was nice to see we had a lot of people in the stands. I wanted to get it on a home game really bad."

A thousand points is just another notch in Ronaghan’s belt as a college athlete. During her freshman year, she won rookie of the year, as did a friend from the boy’s basketball team. Last year, she and another male basketball player won player of the year, respectively.

"I was able to share it with people I care about, which was great," she said of the awards.

An athlete since she was about nine years old, Ronaghan has played volleyball, track and basketball in rec leagues. Though she still plays volleyball in the fall, no sport has resonated with her as much as basketball.

"It's always been my favorite sport," said Ronaghan.

Team-wise, Ronaghan is most proud of her team's win against the University of Southern Maine during her freshman year. It was the first time the team had won against them since 1988. They had to go into overtime to do it, but the UMass Corsairs came out with the win.

"It was like a Cinderella story, it was incredible. I will never ever forget that game," said Ronaghan. "It was just a comeback, it was really nitty-gritty the whole time. Anyone could've won it."

Though she is satisfied with this milestone, Ronaghan doesn't want to become complacent. She hopes to improve her personal performance throughout the rest of the season.

"We instilled a new offense, so now we're working on defense,” said Ducharme. "We can score with anybody. We just need to stop the opposition from scoring."

"She's a good person, not just a great player," said Ducharme. "She'll go down as one of the all-time greats at UMass Dartmouth for sure. As great as she is now, the ceiling is still higher. She still got more to do, which is amazing really. I'm excited for the next year and a half.”