Forward Height: 6-1 College: Texas '85-'89 Major: Speech Communication Birthdate: 6/4/67 Hometown: San Antonio, Texas High School: Oak Ridge
In the first season of the American Basketball League, Clarissa played for the New England Blizzard, then was traded to the ABL's expansion team the Long Beach Stingrays for the 97-98 season.
~ABL Highlights with the Long Beach StingRays (97-98)~
Ranked as the ABL's 24th all-time scorer with 516 points and ranked 14th in the league with an all-time free throw shooting average of .788
Holds the ABL record for points (36) scored in a playoff game. (The record was set in the final 1998 Championship Series game between the StingRays and the Quest.)
Ranked 1st on the team in three-pointers with 56
Ranked 11th among the ABL's top free throw shooters at .835
Scored a season-high 27 points vs. Philadelphia and set a club record with five three-pointers
Averaged 11.9 points, ranking 2nd on the Stingrays and 22nd in the ABL
~Highlights with the New England Blizzard (96-97 season)~
After the sixth game of the season, Davis-Wrighsil underwent arthroscopic knee surgery, missing eight games in the season. She returned to the team, averaging 14.8 points and 4.6 rebounds on the season
Shot .414 from three-point range (46-of-87, 5th in the ABL) and .750 from the free throw line (75-of-100)
~International Highlights~
Played professionally in Turkey ('94-'96), Japan ('92-'93) and in Italy ('90-'91)
Member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team
Alternate on the 1988 U.S Olympic Team
Won gold medals playing with U.S. teams at the 1994 Goodwill Games, the 1987 Pan Am Games, the 1986 World Championships and 1986 Goodwill Games
Played on the 1994 bronze medal-winning USA World Championship team
~Texas Highlights (1985-1989)~
Two-time Naismith Player of the Year ('87 and '89)
Averaged 19.9 points and 8.7 rebounds
Named Southwest Conference Player of the Decade for the 1980's
As a senior in 1989, Davis was honored with the Wade Trophy, USBWA Player of the Year, Southwest Conference Player of the Year and Kodak All-American honors
Named MVP of the 1986 Final Four as a freshman, scoring 56 points and grabbing 32 rebounds in 2 games
~Personal Facts~
Clarissa was born on June 4, 1967
She Majored in speech communication
Married to Jerald Wrightsil for six years
Her off-court hobby is trading securities in the stock market
