Former Oklahoma basketball star Stacey Dales has been named to the College Sports Information Directors' Association (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Hall of Fame 2020 Class, the organization announced Friday.
One of the most decorated players in OU and Big 12 Conference history, Dales led the Sooners to three conference titles and its first NCAA Women's Final Four appearance in 2002.
Dales holds the OU career record for assists (764) and ranks third in school history in double-figure scoring games (104), fourth in games played (133), fifth in steals (250) and seventh in points scored (1,920). She also set the school single-season assists record with 248 in 2000-01.
Dales was a member of the Canadian Olympic team at the 2000 Sydney Games and went on to play in the WNBA after graduating from Oklahoma in 2002 with a communications degree. As the No. 3 pick in the 2002 WNBA draft, Dales is OU's highest-drafted player and the highest-drafted Canadian in league history.
On Nov. 21, 2014, Dales became the first OU player to have her jersey honored at Lloyd Noble Center. She received the Distinguished Alumni award from the school's College of Arts and Sciences in 2016.
Dales has worked as a sports reporter, host and national correspondent for the NFL Network since 2009. She also serves as a color analyst for FOX Sports' women's college basketball coverage.
With the cancellation of CoSIDA's annual convention this June, the Class of 2020 will be honored next year at CoSIDA's 2021 convention June 13-16 as part of the organization's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Orlando World Center Marriott. The CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Class of 2021, which will be selected and named at the beginning of 2021, will be honored at the same time.