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Oklahoma basketball: Stacey Dales named to Academic All-America Hall of Fame

By Chip Rouse

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: A game ball sits on the court in the first half between the Mississippi Rebels and the Oklahoma Sooners during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 22: A game ball sits on the court in the first half between the Mississippi Rebels and the Oklahoma Sooners during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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Stacey Dales, one of the greatest players in the 46-year history of women’s Oklahoma basketball, has been named to the 2020 class of the College Sports Information Directors’ Association Academic All-America Hall of Fame.

Dales played for Sherri Coale at Oklahoma from 1998-2002 and led the Sooners to three Big 12 conference titles and the school’s first Final Four appearance in women’s basketball in 2002. Oklahoma lost to Connecticut in the national championship game that season, 82-70.

OU’s first two-time women’s All-American and two-time Big 12 Player of the Year, Dales was an Academic All-American in 2001 and 2002 and was the Academic All-America women’s basketball team member of the year in 2002.

Dales averaged 14.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game in her four seasons at OU.

The Brockville, Ontario, Canada, native holds the Oklahoma women’s record for career assists (764) and stands third in program history in double-digit scoring games (104), fourth all-time in games played (133) and seventh in points scored (1,920).

The Oklahoma standout was a member of the Canadian team in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Dales was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft, going to the Washington Mystics. She played five professional seasons in the WNBA. She averaged 9.2 points in her WNBA career playing for two teams (the Mystics and the Chicago Sky).

After her playing career was over, Dales became a television sports reporter. She currently works for the NFL Network and is a color analyst for FOX Sports women’s basketball coverage.

In 2014, Dales became the first Oklahoma women’s player to have her No. 21 jersey number retired at Lloyd Noble Center.

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