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STUDENT-ATHLETE (Women's Basketball, Softball)
Lisa Houska-Dey was a two-sport athlete at UMSL in women’s basketball and softball. As a softball player, she became the school’s first female athlete to twice earn All-American honors, receiving that honor in 1989 and again in 1991. She was a four-time all-conference selection and was a three-time all-region selection in 1989, 1990 and 1991. She ranks third in career hits at UMSL with 176, third in career doubles with 32, second in career triples with 15, third in career stolen bases with 30 and fifth in career runs with 99.
On the basketball floor, Houska-Dey was named a three-time all-conference selection in the MIAA and was named to the conference all-freshman team in the 1987-88 season. She ranks seventh in career points scored with 1,029, and is one of just nine players to eclipse the 1,000 career point mark. In addition, Houska-Dey is the school’s all-time career leader in both steals and assists, recording 214 career steals and 636 career assists, over 250 more than the next best total in school history. She holds four of the top five single season assist records at UMSL, and holds the single game record of 15 in 1989.
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