Stacey Dales

Stacey Dales (born September 5, 1979) is a Canadian-American former basketball player and a current reporter on the NFL Network. Dales was born in Collingwood, Ontario, and raised in Brockville, Ontario.

Stacey Dales

Dales in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1979-09-05) September 5, 1979 Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High school	Thousand Islands Secondary School (Brockville, Ontario)
College	Oklahoma (1998–2002)
WNBA draft	2002: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
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
WNBA All-Star (2002) Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year (2002) 2× First-team All-American – AP (2001, 2002) 2x All-American – USBWA (2001, 2002) 2x Kodak All-American (2001, 2002) 2× Big 12 Player of the Year (2001, 2002) Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2002) 2x First-team All-Big 12 (2001, 2002)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Basketball

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.

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, Dales 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 in June 2016, alongside her brother Burke.

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2002	Washington	31	28	26.0	40.4	39.4	74.0	2.6	2.7	0.5	0.1	2.2	9.8
2003	Washington	34	31	29.4	40.9	35.6	70.9	3.0	3.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	10.0
2004	Washington	31	26	25.2	38.2	33.6	72.7	2.1	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	8.2
2006	Chicago	23	16	19.7	35.4	30.9	69.6	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.0	1.4	7.0
2007	Chicago	31	30	27.3	34.7	33.8	84.6	1.8	2.7	0.6	0.0	1.8	10.3
Career	5 years, 2 teams	150	131	25.9	38.0	34.8	73.9	2.2	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.8	9.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2002	Washington	5	5	19.6	43.3	44.4	100.0	1.6	3.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	7.6
2004	Washington	3	3	29.0	40.0	11.1	66.7	5.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	2.7	9.0
Career	2 years, 1 team	8	8	23.1	42.0	33.3	73.7	2.9	2.6	0.5	0.0	1.6	8.1

College career statistics

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998–99	Oklahoma	29	346	39.0	31.2	66.0	6.9	5.2	1.3	0.6	11.9
1999–00	Oklahoma	33	420	41.2	35.2	61.7	5.1	5.8	1.9	0.3	12.7
2000–01	Oklahoma	34	543	47.6	32.6	66.0	5.1	7.3	2.4	0.1	16.0
2001–02	Oklahoma	36	611	47.6	38.7	78.6	5.0	4.9	1.8	0.3	17.0
Career	Oklahoma	132	1920	44.4	34.8	68.7	5.5	5.8	1.9	0.3	14.5

WNBA statistics

A 6'0" (183 cm) guard-forward, Dales played for the Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky. 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 college basketball analyst, as well as a sideline reporter for college football and the NBA, on ESPN. Dales was the first female at ESPN to work as an in-studio men's basketball analyst. In August 2009 the NFL Network announced that it hired Dales to serve as host and national reporter/correspondent for NFL Media Programming. Dales is currently in her tenth year, entering her eleventh NFL season, with the NFL Network. For the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Dales was hired by NBC Universal Sports to work as a correspondent. Dales has also served as a sideline reporter for TNT covering primetime NBA games as well as for CBS covering primetime NFL games. In 2018 and 2019 Dales was hired as a brand ambassador and spokesperson for Phillips 66 in connection with its long running partnership with the Big 12 Basketball Tournament. In 2018, Fox Sports 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 Burke played 10 seasons in the Canadian Football League, retiring in 2014. Her cousin, Jason Arnott, played 18 seasons in the NHL, retiring in 2013.

External links

• Player Profile
• Interview with The Oklahoman
• Interview with New York Times
• Involvement in animal welfare
• Dales retires from the WNBA