UMSL SPORTS HALL OF FAME

Lisa Houska-Dey - Women's Basketball/Softball

Inducted: 2002

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.

 

Year	G	FG-A	Pct	3FG-A	Pct	FT-A	Pct	Reb	Avg	A	St	TP	Avg
1987-88	26	86-226	.381	2-6	.333	53-67	.791	87	3.3	134	34	227	8.7
1988-89	27	87-198	.439	5-15	.333	25-38	.657	72	2.7	171	71	204	7.6
1989-90	27	138-341	.405	3-20	.150	63-95	.663	110	4.1	160	43	332	12.3
1990-91	27	115-284	.405	1-8	.125	35-46	.761	81	3.0	171	63	266	9.9
Career	107	426-1049	.406	11-49	.224	176-246	.715	350	3.3	636	211	1029	9.6

 

	GP	Avg	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB-A
1988	43	.281	114	23	32	6	5	0	18	3-5
1989	46	.353	156	28	55	4	5	1	22	6-10
1990	34	.360	114	18	41	13	0	1	19	3-7
1991	43	.387	124	30	48	9	5	2	15	18-21
Career	166	.346	508	99	176	32	15	4	74	30-43

 

Lisa Houska-Dey throwing out the first pitch at a 2004 UMSL Softball game.