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Issue date: 3/11/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Curtis Barnard Senior guard Brittney Davis hopes to become a radio or TV broadcaster when her playing career has ended. Davis is Oregon State's leading score averaging 14 points per game.

With the final days of the 2008-09 basketball season creeping up, and a communications degree in sight, senior guard Brittney Davis has made her mark at Oregon State in more ways than one.

For someone who grew up a diehard Duck fan, Davis certainly has no regrets about transferring from the University of Minnesota after her sophomore year to her father's alma mater as well as her childhood rivalry, Oregon State.

"I was a huge Oregon fan growing up," Davis said. "My dad went to Oregon State but I never wanted to be a Beaver. So when I decided to transfer and come here, he gave me a hard time because I always said I wouldn't. I went up to their games a lot for football and basketball. Oregon was all I really knew but it was great to have the opportunity to come to Oregon State and I'm glad I'm a Beaver instead of a Duck. My dad talked a lot of smack about me coming to Oregon State but it's all good because we make it a joke now."

And that was only the beginning.

Davis grew up in Portland and attended Jefferson High School, where she lettered four years with the women's basketball team. During her career at Jefferson, Davis helped lead the team to an 80-16 record and averaged 20.1 points per game during her senior season.

Looks like Davis' senior year of high school and her senior year at Oregon State are quite similar.

The Beavers finished out the regular 2008-09 season at 19-10, 9-9 Pac-10, and landed in a three-way tie with USC and UCLA for fourth place. This year marks the most successful season under head coach LaVonda Wagner. So why did she transfer?

For Davis, it seems home is where the heart is.

"Minnesota was the right place at the right time, but things didn't work out as well as I thought they would, so after my sophomore year I was ready to transfer," Davis said. "I really wasn't expecting to play at home, but I wanted to play on the West Coast. Everybody told me to talk to Coach Wagner and said she was a great coach and to look at the Oregon State program. So I took the opportunity to talk to her and she helped me become a Beaver. I was very impressed with her and the team, and from the first impression, I just said 'Wow, this is where I need to be.' From that first impression, and that first sit down with coach and the team, I've had a great experience."

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