Steph Dacey Bio

Stephanie Rich was born and raised in Crawfordsville, Iowa. The only girl in a family of four children. Parents, Phil and Jacque Rich own a farm in Crawfordsville where Stephanie and her three brothers spent their childhood. Her father, Phil, industrious as he was then is still running the family farm today.

Growing up with three brothers developed Stephanie’s athleticism and passion for sports, especially basketball.

“I fell in love with basketball because of my older brother Perry. He was a good basketball player in high school and was always outside shooting hoops. Like any younger sister, I wanted to follow my brother around. I learned my shooting form from him.”

She started playing basketball in the second grade and worked hard to further her skills ever since.

Through dedication and hard work, she earned numerous awards and recognition such as four-time all-state selection, three-time Iowa 3A state basketball champion, 2001 Miss Iowa Basketball, 2001 Gatorade State Player of the Year, and 2007 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Basketball Hall of Fame and many more.

After spending two years as an assistant coach at Furman University [2005 through 2007], Stephanie moved to St. Louis, Missouri to work as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Saint Louis University until March 2012.

Despite the long lists of accomplishments in life at such a young age, Stephanie remains down to earth and is grateful to all those who supported her with those achievements. Even now, outside court and in the Real Estate field, she continues to dominate by following the same principles she learned at home, in school, as an athlete and as a team player:

“Hard work, determination and passion to be the best. And make my parents proud.”