KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced the region finalists for the 2021 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team, and Tennessee senior Rennia Davis is on that list for the third-consecutive season.
The selection committee will choose the 10-member Coaches’ All-America Team from these 52 finalists. The 2021 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team will be announced on April 3.
Davis, a 6-foot-2 forward from Jacksonville, Fla., averaged 17.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game to pace Tennessee in both categories this season. She shot 48.0 percent from the field and 85.3 percent at the free-throw line. Her worksheet also included 10 double-doubles and 10 games of 20 or more points, leading UT to a 17-8 final record, a third-place mark of 9-4 in SEC play, a No. 13 AP national ranking and advancement to the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the first time since 2018.
Even better in SEC play, Davis put up 20.0 ppg. and 9.0 rpg. while shooting 52.3 percent from the floor and 85.2 at the charity stripe. She earned All-SEC accolades for the third time in her career, including first-team honors the past two seasons.
From a career standpoint, Davis concluded her UT tenure fourth all-time among Lady Vols in double-doubles with 39, trailing only Chamique Holdsclaw (57), Mercedes Russell (46) and Candace Parker (45). She was fifth in career 20-point scoring games with 23.
In the Lady Vol record book, Davis wound up ninth in scoring (1,815) and points per game (15.4), 10th in rebounds (947) and sixth in rebounds per game at 8.03 rpg. Additionally, she finished sixth in free-throw percentage (.816), eighth in field goals attempted (1,477) and ninth in field goals made (696).
-UT Athletics
