High school 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.
College 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.
WNBA 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. She ranked 4th in the WNBA for 3-pointers made (62) and 2nd in 3-point attempts (201) in 2007. ==Television==