United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Women's Basketball - Davis Named Ashe Sports Scholar of the Year

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(4/4/07)--Coast Guard junior DeCarol Davis has been named the 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Davis was choosen from a pool of over 600 student athletes.

Davis was also recently named the Coast Guard Academy’s first ever Truman Scholar.

The junior guard started all 26 games this season and is ranked first in the junior class of 237 cadets as she carries a 3.95 GPA in Electrical Engineering. She averaged 9.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for Coast Guard which finished 13-13 overall this season.

Davis, a Rhodes Scholar representative, is on the Commandant of Cadet’s List for Military Excellence, the Dean’s List and served as Class President as a freshman and sophomore.

“DeCarol Davis has more energy and enthusiasm than I’ve ever seen,” said Coast Guard Academy Superintendent, Rear Admiral J. Scott Burhoe. “Her blend of intellect, integrity, physical fitness, and character reflects the very best of the Coast Guard Academy. We are all very proud of her.”

While at the Academy, the 2006 Arthur Ashe women’s basketball and softball first team Sports Scholar, has won the Commandant’s Undergraduate Award, established a recycling program at the Academy as well as written and directed a children’s play performed for Engineering Outreach program.

Davis, a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Alpha Lambda Delta , was named to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I college division women’s basketball first team as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) earlier this season.

Diverse Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination.

The team consists of schools in NCAA Divisions I, II, III and junior colleges.