ASU Student Brooke Dalgai to be Presented with Ryneldi Becenti Award During Sunday’s Native American Day Game

TEMPE, Ariz. – Brooke Dalgai, a senior computer science major at ASU, is the recipient of this year's Ryneldi Becenti Award. Dalgai will be presented with the award during the Sun Devil women's basketball team's Native American Day Game vs. Colgate on Sunday (game time is 3 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena).
 
A member of ASU's Barrett, the Honors College, Dalgai had the honor of representing ASU as its Miss Indian ASU 2015-16. Her platform was bringing awareness to domestic violence. One of Delgai's favorite moments as Miss Indian ASU was meeting the former First Lady Michelle Obama in Washington, D.C. She is the current ASU chapter leader of I Am That Girl that promotes women empowerment and self-love. Dalgai, who is currently employed by Apple, studied abroad in Italy during the summer of 2016. The daughter of Sandra and Patrick Dalgai, Brooke hails from St. Michaels, Ariz.
 
The first Sun Devil women's basketball player to have her jersey hung from the rafters of Wells Fargo Arena and a member of the Sun Devil Sports Hall of Fame, Becenti will be in attendance on Sunday to present the award named in her honor.
 
Sun Devil Athletics worked in collaboration with the ASU Office of American Indian Initiatives Office (OAII) to establish the award in Becenti's honor in 2016. The OAII used the following criteria to determine the recipient of the award:

• Native community engagement
• Tribal Nations Tour/Athletics activities involvement
• Academic achievement
• Demonstrated Leadership skills
• Campus-based organizations participation
• Promotes Healthy lifestyles/physical activity 

The award is named after Becenti, who came to ASU in 1991 following a two-year stint at Scottsdale Community College where she earned junior college All-America recognition. In only two seasons at ASU Becenti would accumulate 396 assists, which at the time was the second-highest career total in school history. Her career average of 7.1 assists per game remains a Pac-12 record to this day, while her 17-assist outing vs. Marquette in 1992 still sits atop the program's list for most assists in a single game.  A native of Fort Defiance, Arizona, Becenti starred at Window Rock High School where she earned high school All-America distinction.
 
Currently 3-0, the Sun Devils will host Colgate on Sunday (3 p.m.) at Wells Fargo Arena. Fans attending Sunday's game are asked to be cognizant of road closures/restrictions due to Sunday's Ironman Triathlon. Click on this link for more information.