[1] While attending Mercy, Dietz earned a 3.6 grade point average and won varsity letters in basketball, volleyball and softball all four years.
"[2] After graduating from Mercy, Dietz enrolled at the University of Michigan where she played basketball from 1979 to 1982 and became the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,076 career points.
On February 27, 1982, Dietz set a Big Ten Conference single-game scoring record with 45 points against the University of Illinois.
That record stood for 22 years until Penn State guard Kelly Mazzante scored 49 points in a game in 2004.
In her position at Cranbrook, Dietz oversees marketing and communication efforts, community outreach and government relations.
She was the fifth person to receive the awarded, granted to former Michigan athletes who have made extraordinary contributions in their post-collegiate careers.
She was the first women's basketball player inducted into the Hall, joining the ranks of Fielding H. Yost, Tom Harmon, Cazzie Russell, Rudy Tomjanovich and Gerald R.
In March 2010, Dietz was featured on CNBC's special documentary called "Boomer's" produced by Tom Brokaw.