BETHEL – Bailey Davis would love the opportunity to play Division I basketball and study pre-med.

Those are pretty lofty aspirations for a girl from a small Western Maine high school, but don’t bet against the Telstar senior’s ability to achieve such goals.

“I firmly believe that Bailey will be successful wherever she goes,” said Telstar coach Kelly Dole. “That’s the kind of kid that she is.”

Davis has excelled in every way possible at Telstar. She’s been an all-star field hockey and basketball player. She’s among the top students in her class, and she’s accomplished a feat no other girls’ basketball player has approached.

“Bailey is very special because she will take time on her own all year round to make herself a better player and make herself the best that she can be,” said Dole. “She does that not only on the court but in the classroom as well.”

Tuesday, Davis became the first Telstar girls’ player to reach the 1,000-point mark. It is a feat that Davis takes in stride. Even amidst the hoopla of her accomplishment, Davis chalks it up to being an honor along the way to even bigger and better things.

“I don’t really think about it,” said Davis, who became just the fourth player overall to reach that milestone. “We haven’t had that strong of a girls’ team. I think it’s just coincidental that it was me.”

Success was a long-time coming for the girls’ program. It wasn’t until 2004 that the team posted a winning record or reached the quarterfinals in Augusta. A key part of that turnaround was the Class of 2006. A strong group of athletes changed the Rebels fortune. Davis was the next generation and built off the success of the group before her.

“I played with a really successful team my freshman and sophomore years, a really talented group,” said Davis. “I was lucky enough to be able to average around 11 points per game. That gave me a base to get 1,000.”

Davis was pushed and nurtured by that older group, which included her sister Chea. Her younger sister Emma, is a freshman on this year’s club.

“The Class of 2006 was a very special class,” said Dole. “Bailey was always playing with them. Playing with the older kids always helped her.”

When that group graduated, Davis, along with veteran guard Josie Reiss, filled the void. They were willing and able to step forward and maintain the progress the program had achieved.

“I think I’m a natural born leader,” said Davis. “So I kind of accept that role.”

She led the team in scoring last year, averaging 19 points per game. This year, she’s scoring at nearly 25 points while contributing seven rebounds, three assists and three steals.

She’s applied to Vermont, UNH, Brown, Quinnipiac and Georgetown. She’s interested in playing basketball, but admits that academics is her priority. She has her sights set on being a doctor.

“I’ve applied to colleges and am waiting to hear back,” she said. “I’m hoping to be able to play wherever I go. I’m really focused on academics too. So if I don’t get a chance to play, it’s not going to kill me.”

Between her athleticism, her accurate outside shot and ability to play outside and inside, she might be enticing to some college basketball programs. Nevertheless, she’s already made her mark like nobody else. She’s raised the bar for the players to follow just as her predecessors did for her.

“Whenever we work with the elementary school kids, Bailey is a great teacher,” said Dole. “They all look up to her.”