94 wins in 125 games. 4 trips to Pendleton for the Class 2A state tournament. And 2,664 points. It’s almost unfathomable.
But those are the numbers Regis High senior Isaiah Koehnke takes away from a glittering career with the Rams. Wins, games and trips to Pendleton … yes, other people have done that.
But 2,664. That’s an Oregon high school record. That’s NOT a Class 2A record. It’s a STATEWIDE record. As in no one who has ever played boys high school basketball in Oregon has scored more points. Relegated to second is Kevin Love of Lake Oswego, who scored 2,628 for the Lakers before moving on to a highly successful college and pro career.
The 6-foot Koehnke set the record during a Class 2A state semifinal loss to Western Christian in Pendleton.
“I didn’t think it was really possible until I got to 2,500 earlier this season,” Koehnke told Our Town. “I just wanted to keep playing and not have it be on my mind.”
And to keep playing in 2A basketball, that means trips to Pendleton for the state tournament. Koehnke and the Rams finished 5th, 4th, 6th and 4th in his four years, frustratingly close, yes, but if you are in the playoffs the games keep mounting up.
“I’ve been lucky to play the maximum amount of games every year and I’ve never been hurt,” he said. “We’ve been in the playoffs every year.”
Koehnke’s 125-game career includes 12 state tournament games in Pendleton as well as subround playoff games and league playoffs. For example, a Mid-Valley school that never made the playoffs during Koehnke’s four-year run played just 96 games, 29 fewer than Koehnke and the Rams.
To establish a record like Koehnke’s also demands prolific scoring from your freshman year onward. Koehnke checked that box by averaging 18.3 points per game as a 9th-grader and was named to the Class 2A all-tournament team, a rarity for a first-year player. Koehnke followed with 20.5 points in his sophomore year, 24.9 as a junior and 21.8 this season.
And, no, he didn’t have a down year in 2024-25. In fact his coach and father, Jason Koehnke, thinks “his senior year was his best and most complete season.” Isaiah added 5.6 rebounds per game and set a career best with an average of 7.2 assists “because that’s what he knew his team needed most,” the coach said.
And let’s think about that 24.9 in 2023-24 for a second. High school basketball games consist of four 8- minute quarters. Clearly, Koehnke spent time on the bench, either resting or because the game was out of hand. Thus, it is quite possible that in his junior season he averaged a point per minute.
“To say that it was a pleasure to get to coach Isaiah would be an understatement,” Jason Koehnke said. “I am very proud of him and blessed to get the opportunity to coach him. I am proud and impressed with how hard Isaiah works and what a great teammate he is. He and his teammates genuinely like working together on becoming the best they can be.”
Koehnke said his model player growing up has been Damian Lillard, who spent 11 seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers before being traded to Milwaukee to join Greek superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. The next five minutes of the interview consisted of a back and forth on why the trade did not make the Bucks better. We don’t have a good answer.
Looking ahead Koehnke said he wants to play basketball in college, but he’s not sure where yet. His goal academically is to study business, which leaves a lot of leeway in terms of school choice. His family runs the Power Auto Group. Koehnke says he “might want to work for my dad” and that he still wants to learn more about the auto business.
Has Kevin Love contacted him about the record?
“No, but wouldn’t that be cool if he did?”
