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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name             = Clarissa Davis
| image            = Clarissa Davis, 1987 (cropped).JPEG
| caption          = Davis at the 1987 Pan American Games
| birth_date       = {{birthdate and age|1967|6|4}}
| birth_place      = [[San Antonio, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft        = 6
| height_in        = 1
| weight_lb        = 
| high_school      = [[John Jay High School (San Antonio)|John Jay]]<br/>(San Antonio, Texas)
| college          = [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Texas]] (1985–1989)
| career_position  = [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| highlights = 
* [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|NCAA Tournament MOP]] ([[1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1986]])
* [[Wade Trophy]] (1989)
* [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year|USBWA National Player of the Year]] (1989)
* [[WBCA Player of the Year]] (1989)
* 2x [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] (1987, 1989)
* All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (1989)
* 2x [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1987, 1989)
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[basketball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Basketball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA World Championship for Women|FIBA World Championship]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1986 FIBA World Championship for Women|1986 Moscow]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
}}

'''Clarissa Davis''' (born June 4, 1967) is a 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 [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in April 2006.  She was one of six inductees in the Class of 2006, which features four former players and two coaches. Born and raised in [[San Antonio, Texas]], Davis played under coach Mike Floyd at [[John Jay High School (San Antonio, Texas)|John Jay High School]] before playing at the [[University of Texas]]. She also played basketball in Europe with [[Galatasaray Medical Park (women's basketball)|Galatasaray Istanbul]] and [[Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball|Fenerbahçe Istanbul]] in [[Turkey]] and won Turkish Championships with both of these rival clubs. She won in 1991 [[EuroLeague Women]] with [[Conad Cesena|Cesena]].<ref>[http://www.forlibasket.it/2011/04/20-anni-fa-la-coppa-dei-campioni-di-cesena/ ''La Storia''] forlibasket.it</ref> Clarissa Davis graduated with a Communications bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in 1989.<ref name="Texas to retire Clarissa Davis' No. 24 jersey">[https://texassports.com/news/2019/12/30/womens-basketball-texas-to-retire-clarissa-davis-no-24-jersey-on-march-8.aspx "Texas to retire Clarissa Davis' No. 24 jersey"] [[Texas Sports News]]. ''www.texassports.com.'' Retrieved June 11, 2021.</ref>

==Amateur career==
* Won the [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] award in both 1987 and 1989 and the [[Wade Trophy]] in 1989<ref name="Wade Trophy">[http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_wade-trophy "The Wade Trophy."] [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association]]. ''www.wbca.org.'' Retrieved February 9, 2016.</ref>
* As a senior in 1988–89, named [[Naismith College Player of the Year]], [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year]], [[WBCA Player of the Year]], and Mercedes Benz National Player of the Year
* Two-time Kodak All-American and Naismith All-American, [[United States Basketball Writers Association|U.S. Basketball Writers 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 and an undefeated season with a 34–0 record... Also led Texas to the NCAA Final Four (1987) and to the [[Elite 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"
* Scored 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
* No. 24 [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Texas Longhorns]] in 2020.

==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
===WNBA===
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| align="left" | [[1999 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
|14||9||18.5||43.3||30.3||66.7||2.7||1.4||0.9||0.3||1.6||9.3	
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team
|14||9||18.5||43.3||30.3||66.7||2.7||1.4||0.9||0.3||1.6||9.3	
{{S-end}}

===College===
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/misc/wbbfinest.pdf|title=Women's Basketball Finest|website=fs.ncaa.org|access-date=2017-10-02}}</ref>
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Team
!GP
!Points
!FG%
!3P%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
!PPG
|-
|1986
|Texas
|34
|459
|58.3%
|NA
|66.0%
|7.7
|0.5
|NA
|NA
|13.5
|-
|1987
|Texas
|26
|483
|57.6%
|NA
|62.3%
|8.3
|'''1.5'''
|NA
|NA
|18.6
|-
|1988
|Texas
|9
|223
|'''64.1%'''
|0%
|'''74.0%'''
|9.7
|1.1
|1.9
|'''0.6'''
|24.8
|-
|1989
|Texas
|32
|'''843'''
|55.4%
|53.8%
|71.8%
|'''9.9'''
|1.0
|'''2.3'''
|0.4
|'''26.3'''
|-
|Career
|
|101
|2008
|57.5%
|53.8%
|68.3%
|8.7
|1.0
|0.9
|0.2
|19.9
|}

==USA Basketball==
Davis-Wrightsil's first experience with international basketball came in 1986, when she was a member of the team that won a gold medal at the 1986 World Championship.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150426092106/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/ninth-world-championship-for-women-1983.aspx "Ninth World Championship for Women – 1983."] ''www.usab.com.'' Retrieved February 9, 2016.</ref>  She also played in the 1986 and 1994 [[Goodwill Games]], and the 1987 [[Pan American Games]].<ref name="1987 Pan Am">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150907035355/http://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-womens/tenth-pan-american-games-1987-1.aspx "Tenth Pan-American Games – 1987."] ''www.usba.com.'' Retrieved February 9, 2016.</ref>  After serving as an alternate on the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team, she played on the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team, which received a bronze medal in Barcelona, and was the team's second-leading scorer (13.0 ppg).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil - Women's Basketball Coach |url=https://texassports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/clarissa-davis-wrightsil/836 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=University of Texas Athletics |language=en}}</ref>

==WNBA career==
Clarissa Davis was selected by the [[Phoenix Mercury]] in the second round (22nd pick overall) of the 1999 WNBA Draft.  She played in fourteen games with the Mercury, averaging 9.3 points per game in her only season in the league.<ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/PHO/1999.html "1999 Phoenix Mercury Stats."] ''www.basketball-reference.com.'' Retrieved September 30, 2013.</ref>

==Coaching career==
After her playing career, Davis-Wrightsil worked for the [[San Antonio Spurs]] organization from 1999 to 2002.  She ran the Spurs' successful campaign to obtain the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] as a [[WNBA]] franchise, and served as the Silver Star's Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to 2006.<ref name=rutgers>[http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040209aaa.html "Rutgers Women's Basketball Assistant Coach Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil Leaves Post."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215161149/http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040209aaa.html |date=February 15, 2016 }} ''www.scarletknights.com'', April 2, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2016.</ref>  Davis was an assistant coach for the University of Texas Longhorns women's basketball team during the 2006–2007 season.  She left Texas after one season to take a similar position with [[C. Vivian Stringer]]'s [[Rutgers University]] team in 2008. After helping the Scarlet Knights to their fifth consecutive [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|Sweet Sixteen]] appearance in the 2008–2009 season, Davis-Wrightsil resigned to be with her ailing mother in Texas.<ref>Mehta, Manish. [http://www.nj.com/rutgerswomen/index.ssf/2009/04/rutgers_womens_assistant_coach.html "Rutgers women's assistant coaach Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil resigns."] ''www.nj.com'', April 2, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2013.</ref>  Inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2006, Davis is also the founder of TEAMXPRESS, a [[non-profit]] sports-based mentoring organization for girls in San Antonio, TX.<ref>[http://teamxpress.org/founderbio.php "Our Founder: Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil."] ''www.teamexpress.org.'' Retrieved September 30, 2013.</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary |editor=Porter, David L. |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-313-30952-6}}

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