Biography
Career Awards & Honors:
2x All-American Guard, D2CCA Honorable Mention (2021-22), WBCA Honorable Mention (2022-23)
2x All-Central Region Guard by D2CCA 1st team (2021-22), 2nd team (2022-23)
MIAA Player of the Year (2021-22)
MIAA Freshman of the Year (2021-22)
2x All-MIAA Guard 1st team (2021-22 & 2022-23)
2x All-MIAAÂ Defensive Team (2021-22 & 2022-23)
MIAA All-Tournament Team MVP (2023)
2x MIAA All-Tournament Team (2022 & 2023)
NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team (2023)
7x MIAA Player of the Week (2021-22 for Weeks 9, 11, 12, 13 and 15), (2022-23 for Weeks 1 & 5)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
MIAA transfer and first-year Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)
MIAA transfer and first-year Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)
1st Lion to have over 500 points, 150 rebounds and 150 assists in a season (612 points, 176 rebounds and 174 assists in 2021-22)
1st Lion to average at least 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists a game for a season (19.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists a game in 2021-22)
MSSUÂ record for points scored in an MIAA Tournament with 69 in three games in 2022 Tournament
18Â MSSUÂ Freshman records in 2021-22
2nd MSSU Freshman ever to record an assist-points double-double, happened vs. Rogers State (Jan. 26, 2022)
Freshman MIAA record for points scored in an MIAA Tournament with 69 in three games in 2022 Tournament
7th most points scored overall in an MIAA Tournament with 69 in three games in 2022 Tournament
2022-23 - Stokes started in all 36 games for the Lions as a guard and staked her claim as one of the best players in Division-II while averaging 17.3 points, 5.2 assists, 4.1 rebounds, 2.4 steals, 1.0 threes and 0.1 blocks a game in 31.7 minutes with a 3.32 assist-turnover ratio ... For the season scored 623 points going 223-for-544 from the field, 37-for-138 from three, 140-186 from free throws while grabbing 149 rebounds, dishing out 186 assists, blocking four shots and collecting 88 steals ... Shot 41.0 percent from the field, 26.8 percent from three and 75.3 percent from free throws.
2021-22 - Stokes started in all 31 games for the Lions as point guard and emerged as not only one of the best freshman but players overall in Division-II... Averaged 19.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 3.3 steals a game and had a 2.95 assist-turnover ratio while going 163-of-227 from the free throw line (71.8)...Became the first freshman in school history to be named a 1st-team All-MIAA, All-Region and All-American selection... Owns 18 schools records for freshman along with being the only player in MIAA history to be named the Player and Freshman of the Year in the same season and is the leading scorer in an MIAA Tournament by a freshman with 69 points scored in three games... Is the only Lion to ever provide at least 150 assists and rebounds along with 500 points scored in a season and to average at least 5.0 assists and rebounds along with 15.0 points a game... A five time MIAA Player of the Week that included a span of winning the award in three straight weeks along with winning the award at one point four out of five weeks (weeks 9, 11, 12 and 13)... Began the season off with back-to-back games scoring over 20 points going for 25 against Henderson State (Nov. 12th) and 21 against Harding (Nov.13th), becoming the second freshman in school history to achieve the feat being first achieved by Joyce Falls in 1986-87... Against Henderson State (Nov. 12th) finished with a stat line of 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals in the game, her 25 points scored is the seventh most in a season opener and the most by a freshman in school history... Began MIAA play with the first ever 30 point performance by a freshman in program history going for 33 points against Central Oklahoma (Dec. 2nd) while grabbing eight rebounds and dished out five assist... Began her freshman program record for games scoring 20 or more against #21 Missouri Western (Feb. 10th) going for 24 points in the Pink Game where she also overtook the program record for steals in a season and finished against Missouri Western (Mar. 5th) in the MIAA Tournament Semifinals where she scored 32 points for the freshman program record in an MIAA Tournament game... Finished the MIAA Tournament with 69 points (MIAA and MSSU freshman record), 20 rebounds, 12 assists and eight steals for averages of 23 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.7 steals a game as the Lions made it to their fourth appearance in the MIAA Tournament Championship game... In the Lions first NCAA Regional game in 26 games finished with 20 points, seven steals, eight assists and four rebounds setting the freshman record for the program in NCAA Regional games in steals and assists while playing in a season-high 44 minutes... Scored a freshman program record 36 points against Pittsburg State (Feb. 19th) going 12-of-22 from the field, 4-of-9 from three and made eight free throws while adding seven assists and five rebounds... Recorded her first double-double of her career against Oklahoma Panhandle State (Nov. 27th) with 12 points and 10 rebounds while providing eight assists... Stokes second double-double of the season was the second point-assist by a freshmen in program history where she finished with 13 points and 10 assists along with pulling in six rebounds and having three steals against Rogers State (Jan. 26th), it was also the first time a Lion had eclipsed 10 assists since the 2014-15 season... Individually Stokes ranked overall among all three NCAA divisions fifth in free throws attempted, eighth in steals, 12th in assist-turnover ratio, 15th in free throws made, 27th in field goals attempted, 30th in steals per game, 31st in assists, 37th in assists per game and 58th in points per game... Among the NCAA divisions freshman ranks Stokes was first in free throws made and attempted along with steals, second in field goals attempted and assist-turnover ratio, third in steals per game, fourth in field goals made, assists and assists per game and was seventh in points per game... Among Division-II ranks Lacy was first in free throws made and attempts, assists, assists per game, steals, steals per game, assist-turnover ratio while being second in field goals made and third in points per game.
Prior to Southern - Hails from nearby Mount Vernon where she was a four-year starter on the hardwood for coach Grant Berendt and the Mountaineers. Stokes averaged 22.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and had 45 steals as a junior, helping Mount Vernon to a 23-7 record. She was the Big 8 Conference East Division Player of the Year and was an All-State selection ... For her career, Stokes scored 2,132 points, made 481 free throws, 742 field goals and averaged 17.5 points per game all second in Mount Vernon career ranks ... Holds the top two scoring seasons in school history scoring a record 825 points as a senior and 686 points as a junior ... Her 25.8 points per game as a senior tops Mount Vernon single-season charts and her junior year of 22.9 points per game is tied for third in the schools history ... As a senior set a new school record in free throws made with 192 and in field goals made with 282 while her junior year totals in each 155 and 239 rank fourth in a single-season ... In her career Stokes ranks fourth in three point field goals made with 167, the most coming as a senior where she knocked down 69 threes the third most in school history and as a junior hit 53 threes to rank ninth in school history ... Owns the school record for 16 steals in one game ... She was the conference Freshman of the Year on the volleyball court, while helping the basketball team to three-straight District Titles. A three-time All-Area pick for basketball, Stokes also was All-State in volleyball where she was a four-year starter at setter.
Personal - Lacy is the daughter of Jessica and Caleb Stokes and plans to major in accounting at Southern.
