Female Student First to Score 1,000th Basketball Point

's basketball game last week was one that will go down in history, literally. 

Junior Gloria Rothenberg of Livingston, scored her 1,000th basket minutes into the game Thursday against Newark's Central High School. Rothenberg is the first female athlete to reach this milestone at the school.

The game was stopped before the second quarter for a brief surprise ceremony for Rothenberg. 

"It was an exciting and momentous occasion for Gloria and women's athletics at Golda Och," athletic director Janet Herman said in a statement. "She's a great role model for the kids, on and off the court. It couldn't have happened to a nicer kid."

Rothenberg was named the most valuable player as a freshman and sophomore. She is the lead scorer for the team and scored 165 points in the first five games this season. Averaging 33 points per game, she scored a career high of 51 points last week against Immaculate Conception. 

"The fact that Gloria is a junior and the first female to accomplish this at GOA is even more special," Dean of Students Adam Shapiro said in a release. He said that Stephanie Aaron (Class of 2011) and Whitney Gruhin (Class of 2007) had earned second and third place – Aaron with 902 points and Gruhin with 754 points.