Louis Dale III (born May 20, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at

Cornell Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

High school career

Dale attended the Altamont School in

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

, where he played basketball and ran track. As a senior, he averaged 16 points, six rebounds, and five assists per game. He was a McDonald's All-American nominee. Dale committed to play college basketball at

in April 2006.

College career

Dale averaged 13.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game as a freshman. He was named Honorable Mention All-

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. As a sophomore, Dale averaged 13.7 points, 4.9 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game. He was named Ivy League Player of the Year. Dale missed the first eight games of his junior season with a hamstring injury. He averaged 13 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. He went on a running program in the offseason to build stamina. As a senior, Dale averaged 12.8 points, 4.7 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game, shooting 47 percent from the floor. He earned his third consecutive First Team All-Ivy League honors. Dale helped Cornell reach the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, scoring a career-high 26 points in the 87–69 win over

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. He finished his career as one of five Ivy League players to score 1,300 points, pull down 400 rebounds, dish out 400 assists, and have 100 steals.

Professional career

In July 2010, Dale signed with

BG Göttingen Basketballgemeinschaft Göttingen ( eng, Basketball Association Göttingen) is a German basketball club based in Göttingen, Germany. In 2010, the club won the EuroChallenge against Krasnye Krylya Samara from Russia. The team had played in Germa ...

of the German

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. During the 2011–12 season, he averaged 11.9 points per game in nine games, but tore his ACL and missed the rest of the season. On August 31, 2012, Dale signed with

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of the Greek Basket League. After his playing career, Dale was a graduate assistant coach for the Boston College women’s basketball team. He received his MBA and found a job as an investment analyst for Aberdeen Standard Investments.

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Cornell Big Red bio
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High school career

College career

See also

Professional career

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