1. Clarissa Davis was born on June 4,1967 and is a former Texas women's basketball All-American, who is known as Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil.
11 Facts About Clarissa Davis
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Clarissa Davis is a National Player of the Year, Olympic and pro standout, and was inducted into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2006.
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Clarissa Davis was one of six inductees in the Class of 2006, which features four former players and two coaches.
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Clarissa Davis played basketball in Europe with Galatasaray Istanbul and Fenerbahce Istanbul in Turkey and won Turkish Championships with both of these rival clubs.
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Clarissa Davis graduated with a Communications bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in 1989.
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Clarissa 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.
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Clarissa Davis played in the 1986 and 1994 Goodwill Games, and the 1987 Pan American Games.
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Clarissa Davis was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the second round of the 1999 WNBA Draft.
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Clarissa Davis played in fourteen games with the Mercury, averaging 9.3 points per game in her only season in the league.
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Clarissa Davis 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.
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Clarissa Davis left Texas after one season to take a similar position with C Vivian Stringer's Rutgers University team in 2008.