Stacey Dales (born September 5, 1979) is a Canadian former

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player and a current reporter on the

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. Dales was born in

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, and raised in

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Basketball

Before attending the

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, 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

, 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

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Player of the Year and is the Big 12 all-time career assist leader (764). In 2002, she was the all-sports

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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. Dales was drafted third overall in 2002 by the

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, 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

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in her hands. In 2004, she announced her retirement from the league for the first time. After a one-year retirement, Dales joined the

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, 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 in June 2016, alongside her brother Burke.

College statistics

Source

WNBA statistics

A 6'0" (183 cm)

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, Dales played for the

and

. She ranked 4th in the WNBA for 3-pointers made (62) and 2nd in 3-point attempts (201) in 2007.

Television

From 2002 - 2008 Dales served as a men's and women's

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analyst, as well as a sideline reporter for college football and the NBA, on

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. Dales was the first female at

to work as an in-studio men's basketball analyst. In August 2009 the

announced that it hired Dales to serve as host and national reporter/correspondent for

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Media Programming. Dales is currently in her tenth year, entering her eleventh

season, with the

. For the

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, Dales was hired by

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to work as a correspondent. Dales has also served as a sideline reporter for

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covering primetime

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games as well as for

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covering primetime

games. In 2018 and 2019 Dales was hired as a brand ambassador and spokesperson for

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in connection with its long running partnership with the

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Basketball Tournament. In 2018,

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announced that it hired Dales to serve as color analyst for women's college basketball coverage for the 2018–2019 season.

Personal life

Dales' brother

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played 10 seasons in the

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, retiring in 2014. Her cousin,

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, played 18 seasons in the

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, retiring in 2013.

References

External links

Player ProfileInterview with The Oklahoman
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