Aurora's Larry Welton became the first player in Division III this season to reach the 2,000-point milestone on a jump shot with 2:53 remaining in the first half of AU's 74-63 loss at Franklin on Dec. 29, 2007.

Welton entered the contest four points shy and finished the evening with 12 points on 4-for-11 shooting from the field, 1-for-4 from three-point range, and three-of-three from the free throw line. The previous night, in AU's 78-71 win against Baldwin-Wallace, Welton scored 45 points on 15-of-27 shooting from the field and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Welton reaches the 2,000 mark in just under three and one-half seasons in the AU men's basketball program. He scored 562 points as a freshman, 615 points as a sophomore, 559 points as a junior and entering the 2008 portion of the schedule in his senior season, he has 272 points. On the year, Welton is averaging 22.7 points per game while shooting 45.1 percent from the field.

With 13 regular season contests remaining at AU, Welton is 138 points behind Clyde Oatis (1966-1970) for second on the all-time scoring list and is 445 points behind AU's all-time leading scorer Mickey Johnson (1970-1974), Johnson has 2,453 career points.

You can see our milestone history for any Division III player by clicking on his or her name on the Milestones page. Welton's milestone history.