Dales in 2014
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Personal information | |
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Born |
Collingwood, Ontario |
September 5, 1979
Nationality | Canadian |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Thousand Inlands Secondary School (Brockville Ontario) |
College | Oklahoma (1998–2002) |
WNBA draft | 2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall |
Selected by the Washington Mystics | |
Playing career | 2002–2007 |
Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Number | 21, 12 |
Career history | |
2002–2004 | Washington Mystics |
2006–2007 | Chicago Sky |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Stacey Dales (born September 5, 1979) is a former Canadian basketball player and a current reporter on the NFL Network. Dales was born in Collingwood, Ontario, and raised in Brockville, Ontario.
Before attending the University of Oklahoma, she attended Thousand Islands Secondary School (TISS) and Dales was a star for the TISS Pirates ladies basketball team during her High School years, Dales was a major reason why TISS captured three consecutive Ontario ‘AA’ high school senior girls basketball championships 1994, 1995 & 1996. After graduating in 1997 she attended the University of Oklahoma, Dales made an Olympic appearance for Canada in 2000 and was a first team All-American in 2001 and 2002. She was named the 2001 and 2002 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and is the Big 12 all-time career assist leader (764). In 2002, she was the all-sports Academic All-American of the Year. She was the first Oklahoma player to record 1,700 points, 600 rebounds and 700 assists. During her senior year she led the Sooners to the NCAA Championship game where they lost to Connecticut. After leaving Oklahoma that year, she went by the married name "Dales-Schuman," but has used only "Dales" since divorcing her husband during her year off from pro ball.
Dales was drafted third overall in 2002 by the Washington Mystics, the highest pick ever for a Canadian. That year she was named to the All-Star team as a replacement. When she was with Washington, she was diagnosed with Raynaud's phenomenon in her hands. In 2004, she announced her retirement from the league for the first time.
After a one-year retirement, she joined the Chicago Sky, who picked her in the expansion draft of 2006 after Washington left her unprotected. On April 5, 2008, Dales announced her retirement from the WNBA for the second time.
Dales was Inducted into Brockville's Hall Of Fame June 2016 along side her brother Burke Dales