Stokes had a sophomore season to remember for the Cardinal basketball team. He led the Cardinals to Region XIV title and a seventh-place finish at the national tournament.  As a sophomore, he was named the conference’s Most Valuable Player and helped the Cardinals make a 17-win improvement from the previous year. In two years, he averaged 17.6 points, 6.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds.
  He went on to be a two-year starter at Southeast Missouri University, where he was twice named All-Ohio Conference. In his career there, he averaged 13.9 points, 4.5 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. Stokes also averaged 35.4 minutes per game in two seasons.