Women’s Basketball’s Grace Daley To Be Inducted Into the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame
Jul 24, 2023 | General, Women's Basketball
New Orleans – Former Tulane women's basketball standout Grace Daley, the all-time leading scorer in the history of the program, has been selected for induction into the Allstate Sugar Bowl's Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
The Green Wave went an impressive 99-23 in Daley's four seasons in a Tulane uniform including a berth in the NCAA Tournament each season.
As a freshman in 1996-97, Daley averaged 13.2 points per game as Tulane won the regular-season and tournament championships in Conference USA and earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. She was named the league's Freshman of the Year.
Her sophomore season, Daley averaged 20.1 points and shot better than 50 percent from the field. She would not only be an honorable mention selection on the Kodak All-American team for the first of three consecutive seasons, but she was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 2.9 steals per game.
After being slowed by a stress fracture in her foot early in her junior season, the scoring average dropped slightly to 19.1 points per game, but Tulane again claimed regular-season and tournament titles in CUSA.
Daley saved the best for last as a senior, averaging 21.6 points per game and earning CUSA Player of the Year honors.
Along the way in that final season, Daley passed Stacey Gaudet as the career scoring leader in Tulane women's basketball history, and then put the cherry on top by surpassing Jerald Honeycutt's record in men's basketball. She would finish her career in the olive and blue with 2,259 points.
Daley completed her career being a three-time All-American, a three-time First Team CUSA All-Conference selection, earning the CUSA Tournament MVP Award in 1999, twice being selected for the CUSA All-Tournament Team and taking home the conference's Freshman of the Year honor in 1996-97.
She finished her Tulane career having appeared in 122 games with 89 starts, averaging 18.5 points per game, shooting 50.2% from the field, 35.6 % from three-point range, 77.7 % from the free throw line, picking up 4.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.4 steals per contest. She completed her career with 594 rebounds, 345 assists and 289 steals.
Following her senior season, Daley would become one of the highest draft picks in any sport in Tulane athletic history, going fifth overall in the 2000 WNBA Draft to the Minnesota Lynx. In the WNBA, Daley played in a total of 71 regular season games for the Lynx, New York Liberty, Houston Comets and the Phoenix Mercury. She also was the part of a pair of playoff squads.
Daley's No. 4 jersey was retired by Tulane in December 2006. She was only the second Tulane women's basketball player, along with Gaudet, to earn that honor.
Daley is one of four standout local sports figures who will be added to the Hall of Fame this year. Each year's Hall of Fame class is selected by the Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, a group of current and former media members who annually recognize a variety of annual award-winners, as well as the Hall of Fame, the Corbett Awards and the Eddie Robinson Award. The group also selects the Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month each month.
Overall, 24 individuals and three teams will be honored this year for their achievements at the Committee's annual awards banquet on Saturday, August 5. Honorees are currently being announced over a two-week period, wrapping up with the Corbett Awards for the top male and female amateur athletes in the state on July 28.
The Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee came together when James Collins spearheaded a group of sports journalists to form a sports awards committee to immortalize local sports history. For 13 years, the committee honored local athletes each month and a variety of annual award winners. In 1970, the Sugar Bowl stepped in to sponsor and revitalize the committee, leading to the creation of the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, honoring 10 legends from the Crescent City in its first induction class. While adding the responsibility of selecting Hall of Famers, the committee has continued to recognize the top amateur athlete in the Greater New Orleans area each month as well as a range of annual awards – the honors enter their 67th year in 2023.
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 28 national champions, 102 Hall of Fame players, 52 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 89-year history. The 90th Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will double as a College Football Playoff Semifinal, is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2024. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting nearly $2.4 billion into the local economy in the last decade. For more information, visit www.AllstateSugarBowl.org.
TICKETS
Tickets for the upcoming 2023 football and volleyball campaigns can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
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Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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The Green Wave went an impressive 99-23 in Daley's four seasons in a Tulane uniform including a berth in the NCAA Tournament each season.
As a freshman in 1996-97, Daley averaged 13.2 points per game as Tulane won the regular-season and tournament championships in Conference USA and earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. She was named the league's Freshman of the Year.
Her sophomore season, Daley averaged 20.1 points and shot better than 50 percent from the field. She would not only be an honorable mention selection on the Kodak All-American team for the first of three consecutive seasons, but she was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 2.9 steals per game.
After being slowed by a stress fracture in her foot early in her junior season, the scoring average dropped slightly to 19.1 points per game, but Tulane again claimed regular-season and tournament titles in CUSA.
Daley saved the best for last as a senior, averaging 21.6 points per game and earning CUSA Player of the Year honors.
Along the way in that final season, Daley passed Stacey Gaudet as the career scoring leader in Tulane women's basketball history, and then put the cherry on top by surpassing Jerald Honeycutt's record in men's basketball. She would finish her career in the olive and blue with 2,259 points.
Daley completed her career being a three-time All-American, a three-time First Team CUSA All-Conference selection, earning the CUSA Tournament MVP Award in 1999, twice being selected for the CUSA All-Tournament Team and taking home the conference's Freshman of the Year honor in 1996-97.
She finished her Tulane career having appeared in 122 games with 89 starts, averaging 18.5 points per game, shooting 50.2% from the field, 35.6 % from three-point range, 77.7 % from the free throw line, picking up 4.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.4 steals per contest. She completed her career with 594 rebounds, 345 assists and 289 steals.
Following her senior season, Daley would become one of the highest draft picks in any sport in Tulane athletic history, going fifth overall in the 2000 WNBA Draft to the Minnesota Lynx. In the WNBA, Daley played in a total of 71 regular season games for the Lynx, New York Liberty, Houston Comets and the Phoenix Mercury. She also was the part of a pair of playoff squads.
Daley's No. 4 jersey was retired by Tulane in December 2006. She was only the second Tulane women's basketball player, along with Gaudet, to earn that honor.
Daley is one of four standout local sports figures who will be added to the Hall of Fame this year. Each year's Hall of Fame class is selected by the Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, a group of current and former media members who annually recognize a variety of annual award-winners, as well as the Hall of Fame, the Corbett Awards and the Eddie Robinson Award. The group also selects the Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month each month.
Overall, 24 individuals and three teams will be honored this year for their achievements at the Committee's annual awards banquet on Saturday, August 5. Honorees are currently being announced over a two-week period, wrapping up with the Corbett Awards for the top male and female amateur athletes in the state on July 28.
The Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee came together when James Collins spearheaded a group of sports journalists to form a sports awards committee to immortalize local sports history. For 13 years, the committee honored local athletes each month and a variety of annual award winners. In 1970, the Sugar Bowl stepped in to sponsor and revitalize the committee, leading to the creation of the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, honoring 10 legends from the Crescent City in its first induction class. While adding the responsibility of selecting Hall of Famers, the committee has continued to recognize the top amateur athlete in the Greater New Orleans area each month as well as a range of annual awards – the honors enter their 67th year in 2023.
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 28 national champions, 102 Hall of Fame players, 52 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 89-year history. The 90th Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will double as a College Football Playoff Semifinal, is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2024. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting nearly $2.4 billion into the local economy in the last decade. For more information, visit www.AllstateSugarBowl.org.
TICKETS
Tickets for the upcoming 2023 football and volleyball campaigns can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA
For behind-the-scenes coverage, follow Tulane women's basketball (@GreenWaveWBB) on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Â
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WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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