Career
She was one of six inductees in the Class of 2006, which features four former players and two coaches. Davis played under coach Mike Floyd at John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas before playing at the University of Texas. Two-time Kodak All-American and Naismith All-American, United States. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and an undefeated season with a 34-0 record.
Also led Texas to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four (1986) and to the Elite Eight twice (1988, 1989)
Named to both the National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 (87 rpg). 5th, field goal pct. (539).
8th, rebounding (887)
Secretariat Texas single season records (as a senior) for points (843), scoring average (263 ppg) and free throws made (188)
Came to Utah after starring at John Jay High School in San Antonio
She also played in the 1986 and 1994 Goodwill Games, and the 1987 Pan American Games. After serving as an alternate on the 1988 United States. Olympic Team, she played on the 1992 United States. Olympic Team, which received a bronze medal in Barcelona, and was the team"s second-leading scorer (130 ppg).
Clarissa Davis was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the second round (22nd pick overall) of the 1999 Women's National Basketball Association Draft.
She played in fourteen games with the Mercury, averaging 9.3 points per game in her only season in the league. 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 Women's National Basketball Association franchise, and served as the Silver Star"s Chief Operating Officer from 2002–2006.
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.