KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Lady Vol standout Rennia Davis has been named the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Women’s College Basketball Player of the Year in the state, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Davis, a 6-foot-2 guard/forward from Jacksonville, Fla., averaged 17.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game to pace Tennessee in both categories this season. She shot 48.0 percent from the field and 85.3 percent at the free-throw line. Even better in SEC play, Davis put up 20.0 ppg. and 9.0 rpg. while shooting 52.3 percent from the floor and 85.2 at the charity stripe.
Her worksheet also included 10 double-doubles and 10 games of 20 or more points, leading UT to a 17-8 final record, a third-place mark of 9-4 in SEC play, a No. 13 AP national ranking and advancement to the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the first time since 2018.
Davis, the No. 9 overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx in the recent WNBA Draft, earned All-SEC accolades for the third time in her career, including first-team honors the past two seasons, and picked up her third WBCA All-America Honorable Mention nod and second such honor from both AP and the USBWA. She also was the winner of the Senior CLASS Award and was a finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award and a repeat candidate as well for the Wade Trophy, Naismith Trophy and John R. Wooden Award.
From a career standpoint, Davis concluded her UT tenure fourth all-time among Lady Vols in double-doubles with 39. She trailed only Chamique Holdsclaw (57), Mercedes Russell (46) and Candace Parker (45). She was fifth in career 20-point scoring games with 23 and drained an incredible 15 career buzzer-beating shots, including two game-winners, four at the half, seven at the end of the third quarter and two at the end of the first quarter.
Elsewhere on the Lady Vol record book career list, Davis wound up ninth in scoring (1,815) and points per game (15.4), 10th in rebounds (947) and sixth in rebounds per game at 8.03 rpg. Additionally, she finished sixth in free-throw percentage (.816), eighth in field goals attempted (1,477) and ninth in field goals made (696). Davis joined Holdsclaw, Parker and Tamika Catchings as the only Lady Vols to currently rank in the UT career top 10 in points, points per game, rebounds and rebounds per game.
-UT Athletics
