Long Islands high-scoring Leary family adds another 1,000-point scorer to its ranks

This family doesn’t miss.Ryan Leary, a varsity basketball player for the Carle Place Frogs, recently notched the impressive milestone of 1,000 career points.Making the moment even more magical for the junior, he joined his three older sisters and mother as the latest family member to hit the overwhelming achievement.“When I saw that shot go in, it was such a crazy experience,” Leary, a 16-year-old shooting guard with ambitions to play in college, told The Post.“It only happened because of all the work that me, my sisters, and my parents all put in during the offseason,” he added of his Dec.

30 feat, which came against Malverne.All three of Leary’s sisters are college basketball players.Erin, his oldest, is a senior at Iona College; Amanda, his middle sister, is a junior at Springfield College; and Caitlin, the youngest, is a freshman at Mercy University.“Everything I learned was from watching and working out with them.

All of them would give me tips on my jump shot,” he said, recalling that they always train together when home from school.Leary, who was first called up as an eighth grader, gladly accepted the tutelage.He now holds the family record as the fastest to 1,000.“I don’t bust their chops too much, but if they say something to me first, I’ll remind them of that,” he kidded.Jokes aside, the family’s matriarch, Karin Leary, told The Post her kids are inseparable and use their achievements to motivate each other.

She netted her thousand points as a senior at Baldwin High School in 1989, and was not shocked to see her youngest succeed similarly.“We were all ready for it to happen [with Ryan].It’s unbelievable that all four did it,” she said.Karin also mentioned that she gave her son advice from the bleachers about shooting.Like Erin, Karin later played for Iona and now works as a physical education teacher at East Rockaway High School.

Fittingly enough, she coached three players to score 1,000 points during her past tenure wi...