One of only seven players in Nebraska history to post 400 or more career assists, Stacy Imming ranks seventh on NU's all-time charts with 402 assists. Her 159 assists in 1986-87 ranks among the top 15 on NU's single-season list, while her 13 assists against Oklahoma on Feb. 21, 1987, rank as the fifth-best single-game mark.
Imming's name would have appeared even higher on the Husker charts had she not left the team for personal reasons after the first 10 games of 1985-86. She returned to start all 29 games as a senior.
The 5-8 guard from Kearney, Neb., was an explosive scoring threat, erupting for a career-high 28 points and 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State on Feb. 24, 1987. She was also a talented performer in the classroom, earning first-team academic All-Big Eight honors in 1986-87.
Imming (Sykes) was inducted into the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame in 2000. She was an all-class all-state selection in both basketball and volleyball her senior season at Kearney High School. She now lives in Clatonia, Neb., and is a math teacher at Great Bend Middle School.
Imming's Career Statistics
Year |
G-GS |
FG-FGA |
Pct. |
3P-3PA |
Pct. |
FT-FTA |
Pct. |
TRB-Avg. |
Pts-Avg. |
1983-84 |
28-14 |
116-272 |
.426 |
NA |
NA |
45-70 |
.642 |
76-2.7 |
277-9.9 |
1984-85 |
27-25 |
141-324 |
.435 |
NA |
NA |
60-75 |
.800 |
71-2.6 |
342-12.7 |
1985-86 |
10-10 |
39-101 |
.386 |
NA |
NA |
14-23 |
.608 |
35-3.5 |
92-9.2 |
1986-87 | 29-29 | 116-275 | .421 | NA | NA | 93-117 | .794 | 81-5.8 | 325-11.2 |
Career |
94-78 |
412-972 |
.423 |
NA |
NA |
212-285 |
.743 |
263-3.3 |
1, 036-11.0 |