B-W: Yellow Jacket Senior Thad Davis is Named as the OAC Player of the Week for the

Second Time This Year and Fourth Overall

BEREA, OHIO —Baldwin-Wallace College senior forward Thad Davis (Elyria/ Open Door) is this week's Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week. It is the second time he has won the award this season and the fourth time in his outstanding career.

Davis earned the honor for his efforts in wins last week against Ohio Northern University (74-54) and Capital University (72-55). In the win against ONU in Berea on December 15, Davis scored a game-high 30 points and grabbed a season-high 19 rebounds. In the win at Capital on Dec. 18, Davis had a game-high 20 points and grabbed 15 more rebounds. For the week, he totalled 50 points, 34 rebounds, one assist, three blocked shots and a steal.

For the season, Davis is leading the OAC in scoring (20.6 points-per-game) and rebounding (13.6 rpg.) and tops B-W, 7-2 overall, in blocked shots with 19 and steals with 12. He earned OAC Player of the Week honors earlier this season for his efforts in wins against Case and Thiel (Pa.). In the Thiel game, Davis scored a career-high 37 points.

For his career, Davis currently stands eighth all-time on the B-W scoring list with 1,527 points and seventh in rebounding with 775. He is a two-time All-OAC player, including a first-team pick last winter. In 2003-2004, Davis was also a second-team All-Great Lakes Regfion pick by the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) and a third-team All-Great Lakes Region choice by D3hoops.com internet web site.

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