Just three games into his senior year, Lawson Schaffer has already left his stamp on Cullman’s basketball program.

Well, at least added more postage to the envelope.

The All-State guard netted 10 points in a 73-59 victory over West Point Thursday night, vaulting him into rarified air as the Black and Gold’s all-time scoring leader with 1,359 points — surpassing the 1,356-mark set by Lori Gullion in 1992.

He previously passed the boys’ mark set by Spencer Romine (1,342 in 2006) earlier this season.

As expected, Schaffer was blown away by the record-setting feat.

“It’s truly an honor for me because a lot of awesome players have passed through here,” he said. “It doesn’t really feel real. I’ve always wanted to beat the record, but I never thought I’d be able to pass it.”

One person certainly not surprised to see Schaffer’s success is Bearcat coach Bobby Meyer, who gave the playmaker a shot on the varsity squad midway through his freshman year.

It didn’t take too long after for Meyer to notice Schaffer was “an instant scorer.”

“He just has a relentless attitude to push the ball and try for others to stop him,” he said. “He’s got that mentality. He’s so good at getting the ball to his teammates, too. Lawson is just one of those guys. You better stop him first, or he’s scoring.”

While Schaffer, Meyer and others have some business that’s warranted this season — a state title comes to mind — Meyer can’t help but be excited for the potential opportunities that’ll come for his talented senior after his time at Cullman is done.

“I’ve had great players before, and you hate to see them go from your team,” Meyer said. “But he’ll have chances later on to go play and be great for another school.”

Until then, Schaffer said he’s going to keep doing what he’s always done — playing the best basketball he can.

That might mean scoring 30 points one game and following it up with 10 points, eight assists and seven rebounds the next.

Ask Schaffer, and he’ll say he’d take the extreme if it resulted in a Class 6A title come next March.

“I’d take all the zero-point, 20-assist games I could if we won a state championship,” he said with a laugh. “I’d be all over it.”