Missouri State

Honors: MVC Defensive Player of the Year (2025)...All-MVC First Team (2025)...All-MVC Second Team (2024)...MVC Newcomer of the Year (2024)...MVC All-Defensive Team (2024, 2025)...MVC All-Newcomer Team (2024)...MVC All-Tournament Team (2024, 2025)...MVC Player of the Week (Feb. 24, 2025)...MVC Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 4, 2023; Dec. 18, 2023; Dec. 27, 2023; Jan. 9, 2024; Jan. 30, 2024; Feb. 6, 2024; Feb. 20, 2024; March 5, 2024; March 11, 2024)...CSC Academic All-District Team (2024)...Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025).

Career Summary: Played and started in 135 career games...Ended her career ranked 1^st in Missouri State program history in assist-to-turnover ratio with a 2.06 mark (301-146), 13^th in scoring average, 16^th in FTM, 18^th in FTA, 19^th in both steals and assists and 34^th in points…Totaled 2,161 points, 661 assists, 583 rebounds and 364 assists across her entire career…Owned a career .417 field goal percentage, .274 three-point field goal percentage and .742 free throw percentage.

2024-25: MVC Defensive Player of the Year…All-MVC First Team selection…MVC All-Defensive Team…MVC All-Tournament Team…MVC Player of the Week (Feb. 24)…Started all 35 games for the Lady Bears in her senior season…Averaged a team-leading 14.4 points per game in addition to 4.6 rebounds per game…Led the team in points (504), assists (148), steals (90), free throw percentage (.793) and minutes per game (34.8)…Logged the second-most minutes in a single season (1,219) and posted the fourth-highest single-season assist-to-turnover ratio (2.114) in program history…Also ranked T-8^th in steals, 9^th in FTM and 20^th in points in MoState single-season history…Recorded a team-high 27 double-figure scoring performances and 10 20-point games…Led the team in scoring 12 times, in assists 23 times and in steals 24 times…Ranked inside the top 25 in the NCAA in steals (19^th- 90) and steals per game (23^rd – 2.6)…Led the MVC in steals per game…Posted 21 points in addition to pulling down a Missouri State career-high nine rebounds and matching her career best with seven steals at Saint Louis (Nov. 23)…Poured in 28 points and set a career high with four three-point field goals against Murray State (Jan. 4)…Set her Lady Bear career-best mark with 29 points in MoState’s quarterfinal victory over UIC in the MVC Tournament (March 14)…Dished out 10 assists, matching her career high, in the Lady Bears’ WBIT first round victory against Oral Roberts (March 20)…Finished the season with 12 consecutive double-figure scoring performances, which included seven games with at least 20 points…Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.

2023-24: All-MVC Second Team selection…MVC Newcomer of the Year…Named to the MVC All-Defensive and All-Newcomer teams…MVC All-Tournament Team selection…Nine-time MVC Newcomer of the Week, tying the league’s single-season record...Member of the CSC Academic All-District Team…Led MSU in scoring (12.8 ppg), assists (153) and steals (85)…Ranks 6^th in MSU single-season history in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.013) and 11^th for total assists in a single season…Recorded a team-leading 23 double-digit scoring performances and five 20-point games…Tallied 16 games with five or more assists…Led MSU in scoring 13 times, in assists 30 times and in steals 21 times…Scored 18 points and had five assists in her Lady Bear debut in the season opener at Little Rock (Nov. 6)…Poured in 21 points on 60 percent (6-10) from the field and 7-12 from the free throw line against Wichita State (Dec. 16)…Hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer to open conference action with a victory over UNI (Dec. 30)…Put together a three-game span with 21 assists and just one turnover from Jan. 11-Jan. 19…Dished out a season-high eight assists and scored nine points at Illinois State (Jan. 14)…Set season highs with 26 points and seven steals, in addition to seven assists at home against Illinois State (March 2) – one of just three players in NCAA Division I to post that stat line in 2023-24 joining Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and LIU’s Ashley Austin…Scored a game-high 22 points in the regular season finale at Valparaiso (March 9)…Posted 21 points and five assists in Missouri State’s MVC Tournament semifinal victory over Belmont (March 16)…Gave MSU a one-point lead with 0:03 remaining before falling by one point in the MVC Tournament championship game against Drake – scored 16 points with seven assists and six steals versus the Bulldogs (March 17)…Dropped a team-high 22 points and had five assists in MSU’s postseason WBIT game at Illinois (March 21)…Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023.

Background: Transferred to Missouri State after two seasons at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin…In her sophomore campaign, Stokes started all 36 games for the Lions as she averaged 17.3 points, 5.2 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game…Also shot 41 percent from the field, 27 percent from three and 75 percent from the free throw line in 2022-23…As a freshman, Stokes started all 31 games for MSSU and burst onto the scene, becoming one of the best players in NCAA Division II as she set 18 freshman program records…Averaged 19.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 3.3 steals per game on her way to being the first freshman in MSSU history to earn first-team All-MIAA, All-Region and All-American honors…Her other accolades include being named MIAA Freshman and Player of the Year in 2021-22, earning all-region and honorable mention All-American twice, and being named to the All-MIAA first team, All-MIAA all-defensive team and the MIAA all-tournament team in each of her first two seasons…Named the MIAA Player of the Week seven times and was a two-time member of the MIAA academic honor roll…Hails from Mount Vernon, Mo. where she was a four-year starter for the Mountaineers…For her high school career, she scored 2,132 points and averaged 17.5 points per game while helping lead her team to a state runner-up finish during her senior season…Was also a four-year starter in volleyball, in which she earned all-state honors.

Personal: Lacy Stokes is the daughter of Caleb Stokes (stepmom - Goldie Stokes) and Jessica Stokes (stepdad - Jeff Jones)…Born November 9, 2002 in Springfield, Mo….Has two brothers, Isaiah and Cale Cornell, and a sister, Nyah...Brother, Isaiah, played football at Peru State College…Majoring in Health Services.