Biography
HONORS
• 2022 Lute Olson National Player of the Year
• 2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year
• 2022 First-Team All-American (consensus)
• 2022 AP Big Ten Player of the Year
• 2022 Big Ten Player of the Year
• 2022 First-Team All-Big Ten honoree
• Wooden Award All-American, finalist
• Naismith Trophy finalist
• 2021 Maui Invitational MVP
• Big Ten Player of the Week (3x)
• Naismith National Player of the Week (1/10/22)
• Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (1/11/22)
• Won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup (July 3-11)
SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Has established himself as one of the best players in college basketball ... 2022 Big Ten Player of the Year ... 2021 Maui Invitational Tournament MVP after averaging 23.7 points (47.2% FG, 46.2% 3FG, 15-15 FT) and 6.7 rebounds per game over three games, including a then career-high 30 point outburst vs. #12 Houston (11/23/21) ... Went off for a career-high 37 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Badgers to a win at #3 Purdue (1/3/21) ... Scored a team-high 26 points, while grabbing 9 rebounds and matching a career high 5 assists vs. Iowa (1/6/22) ... Led Badgers with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals in rematch win at #17 Michigan State ... Summer prior to the season, Davis won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup (July 3-11), averaging 4.1 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 12.4 minutes per game over the seven game tournament
FRESHMAN (2020-21): Played in all 31 games for the Badgers as a true freshman ... Averaged 7.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 24.4 minutes per game as the team's lead reserve ... Ranked fifth on the team in minutes played (24.4 mpg), which going back to the 2012-13 season trailed only teammate Brad Davison (31.2 mpg) and All-American Ethan Happ (28.1 mpg) for the most minutes per game by a Badger in his first season at Wisconsin ... Breakout game vs. Penn State (2/2/21) with career highs in points (17), FG (6-7), 3FG (4-4), steals (3), plus 4 rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench ... Played a career-high 41 minutes vs. Indiana (1/7/21) and led UW in rebounding with a career high 8 rebounds, as well as a career-high 3 steals ... Against Nebraska (12/22/20), finished with a +/- of +24 tallying 7 points and 6 rebounds in 24 minutes ... Scored 12 points (5-10 FG) vs. Loyola Chicago (12/15/20), plus 5 rebounds and 2 assists ... Had 12 points (6-7 FG), plus 3 steals, 2 assists and 2 rebounds at Northwestern (2/21/21)
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-star recruit by Rivals ... 2020 Wisconsin Mr. Basketball ... Nominated to the McDonalds All-American game ... La Crosse Tribune Coulee Region Player of the Year in 2018-19 ... Finished his high school career as La Crosse Central's all-time leading scorer with 2,158 points ... Led Central to the WIAA Division 2 state tournament each of their three years on the varsity team, capturing the state title in 2017 ... As a senior, Davis averaged 27.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game for the Red Raiders, who reached the Divison 2 sectional final before the season was ended due to the coronavirus pandemic ... His junior season, Davis was named conference player of the year after averaging 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists per game for Central, also earning unanimous first-team all-state selection and first-team all-conference honors ... As a sophomore, averaged 22.7 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists per game and earned first-team all-conference and first-team all-state honors ... On the football field, Davis was a first-team all-state starter at quarterback, passing for 6,572 yards and 56 touchdowns, while rushing for more than 2,000 yards and scoring another 34 touchdowns on the ground
PERSONAL: Parents are Mark and Sarah Davis ... father, Mark, played 13 seasons of professional basketball, including 31 games with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1988-89, after being selected in the fourth round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers ... Mark played collegiate basketball at Old Dominion University ... family has two sets of twins: Jonathan and Jordan, who are twins and current teammates at Wisconsin, as well as two younger siblings and second set of twins in brother, Maxwell, and sister, Samantha
(updated March 14, 2022)
