Amy Achesinski just keeps on going.

A starter in the post for the Butler varsity girls basketball team since her freshman year, Achesinski will leave this program as one of its most prolific — and perhaps most humble — players ever.

Entering Friday's game against New Castle, Achesinski had accumulated 1,360 points in her career. Only three basketball players in Butler history — male or female — have scored more.

Shawn Bellis scored 1,466 points for the boys team and graduated in 1994. Leatha Baker scored 1,630 points for the girls squad and graduated in 1988. Wendy Brink scored 1,619 points and graduated in 1987.

Brink held the girls scoring record at Butler for all of one year. Baker has held it for 18 seasons.

The chances of Achesinski breaking that record are slim indeed. If she averaged 30 points per game over the Golden Tornado's final nine regular season games, she would tie the mark.

If Butler has a long postseason run, Achesinski could break the record by averaging a few points below 30 per game.

Again, the record isn't likely to come her way under either scenario.

And she doesn't care.

Achesinski is not about setting records. Butler coach Dorothea Epps has called her one of the most unselfish players she's ever been around.

Just the idea of her approaching 1,600 points shows how consistent a player she has been.

She averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game as a freshman, stepping in as Butler's starting post player a year after Kim Nowakowski — a 1,000-point scorer in high school herself — graduated from Butler and eventually had another 1,000-point career at California (Pa.)University.

Achesinski averaged 14.8 points and nine rebounds per game as a sophomore. She averaged 16.6 points and 10 rebounds per game last year.

Now she's netting 20.4 points and 11 rebounds per game. And she's had some huge games, such as her 34-point performance in a 58-56 win at North Allegheny last Monday.

The refreshing thing about Achesinski's prowess is that she just loves to play. Her head never was filled with dreams of being a Division I college athlete, her pockets stuffed with high school records.

This is a girl who played volleyball for the fun of it and helped Butler earn its first playoff spot in years in that sport.

Achesinski spurned offers from bigger schools to sign early with Mercyhurst College in Erie.

She signed with Mercyhurst because it felt comfortable, she could play for four years without "waiting her turn" at the big-time level, and her family could watch her play.

In the end, Amy Achesinski got a full scholarship playing the sport she loves, isn't straying far from home and will leave Butler as one of its greatest players ever.

And the smile never left her face.