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Advertising Supplement to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | All-Arkansas Preps | Sunday, June 28, 2020 33M OUTSTANDING PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
BOYS BASKETBALL
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD to win something like this.”
— Davonte Davis, ALL-ARKANSAS PREPS MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AND OUTSTANDING PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR BOYS BASKETBALL
DAVONTE’S
■ KATV Full-Court Award winner
■ All-Arkansas Preps First Team, 2018 and 2019
■ Averaged 21 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals this season
■ Team record: 20-5 ■ 5A Central
Conference title
■ 5A state title
■ National Honor Society
■ FUTURE PLANS: Davonte has signed with the University of Arkansas and plans
to study zoology or strategy management.
his games without having to sit in the cold or heat like she would for the outdoor sports.
Yvette said Davonte
gets his drive from her
and his grandfather and
mother. She also said Davonte
has a natural talent, but they did
have to teach him how to shoot with his right hand because he is left-handed.
Joyner said one of the biggest improvements Davonte Davis has made is his leadership skills. Joyner said Davis used to be a bit of a rebel, but now he has become more coachable over the past few years.
“He got a little more poised with playing the game and learning how to execute and do the things that you do to run and be a point guard that runs the team. He got much, much better from the first year to the second year,” Joyner said. “You can see the results the second year, and once he allowed himself to be a little bit more coachable, and once we both got on the same page, then the team really took off.”
Joyner said Davis’ leadership skills are “off the charts.” He said that when Davis realized how much command he had over the team and took responsibility, the group became better.
“We got him to realize, ‘You are the leader; you are the quarterback. [ e team] feeds off of you, not only on the court,’” Joyner said. “He started to relish in [the responsibility] once he accepted it.”
In the classroom, Davis carries a 2.8 grade-point average and is a member of the National Honor Society and DECA, a program designed to prepare students for college. Davis hopes to study strategy management or zoology at the University of Arkansas. He said he loves animals and wants to understand them better.
“Good things are coming for me,” he said. “I feel like as long as I put in my work and push everyone around me that things for me and the people around me will get better as time goes on.”
Yvette said all members of the family are big Razorback fans, so they were very proud when he signed with the team.
“He’s always been very competitive,” Yvette said. “He’s a great young man. He’s always been a good kid.”