Clarissa Davis

Medal record
Women’s Basketball
Competitor for  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Team Competition

Clarissa Davis (born 4 June 1967 in San Antonio-Texas) is former Texas women's basketball All-American, who is also known as Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil). She is a National Player of the Year, Olympic and pro standout, and was inducted into The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in April of 2006. She was one of six inductees in the Class of 2006, which features four former players and two coaches.

Career

• Played professionally in Italy (1990-91), Japan (1992-93) and Turkey with Galatasaray (1994-96) and with Fenerbahçe (1997-99) before returning to the United States to finish her professional career
• Italian Women Basketball League Championship winner in 1990 and finalist in 1991 with Ahena Polisportiva Cesena
• European Women Basketball League winner with Ahena Polisportiva Cesena (Italy) in 1991 (Final Four in Barcelona, Spain)
• Four times Turkish Women Basketball League Championship winner, two with Galatasaray and two with Fenerbahçe Istanbul
• NCAA Women's Division I MOP Award Winner with Texas Longhorns in 1986
• Naismith College Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989 for two times
• Alternate on the 1988 US Olympic Team
• Wade Trophy winners in 1989
• Member of the 1992 US Olympic Team
• Assigned as a premier player to the New England Blizzard in 1996
• Played for the Long Beach StingRays 1997-98
• Assigned to the Lasers after the closure of the StingRays 26.08.1998
• Played for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury during the 1999 season the finished her career
• General Manager for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars (2003-2005)

WNBA career

Clarissa Davis selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the second round (22nd pick overall) of the 1999 WNBA Draft.

At Texas

• Garnered National Player of the Year recognition, receiving the Naismith Award in both 1987 and 1989 and the Wade Trophy in 1989
• As a senior in 1988-89, named Naismith National Player of the Year, U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year, Champion and Mercedes Benz National Player of the Year
• Two-time Kodak All-American and Naismith All-American, U.S. Basketball Writes Association All-American at the University of Texas (1987, 1989) ... consensus All-American
• Earned Most Outstanding Player honors as a freshman at the 1986 Final Four, leading Texas to the NCAA Championship with a flawless 34-0 mark ... Also led Texas to the NCAA Final Four (1986) and to the Final Eight twice (1988, 1989)
• Named to both the NCAA and the Southwest Conference "Team of the Decade" for the 1980s, earning top honors as the SWC's "Athlete of the Decade"
• Tallied 2,008 points during her collegiate career for an average of 19.9 ppg ... in the Texas career record book, she stands: 1st, scoring average; 3rd, scoring; 4th, rebound average (8.7 rpg); 5th, field goal pct. (.539); 8th, rebounding (887)
• Set Texas single season records (as a senior) for points (843), scoring average (26.3 ppg) and free throws made (188)
• Came to UT after starring at John Jay High School in San Antonio

USA Basketball

• Played on the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team, which received a bronze medal in Barcelona ... was the team's second-leading scorer (13.0 ppg)
• Played on USA Basketball squads that collected gold medals in the 1986 World Championship, the 1986 and 1994 Goodwill Games, and the 1988 Pan American Games
• Alternate on the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team

Current happenings

• Assistant Coach for the University of Texas Longhorns
• Founder of TEAMXPRESS Foundation, a non-profit sports based mentoring organization for girls in San Antonio, TX. http:www.teamxpress.org
• Inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame April 2006

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