QUANTICO, Va -- Courtney Davidson, team captain for the 2003-2004 Navy women’s basketball team, put one last touch on a stellar collegiate basketball career, appearing in the 16th Annual Mountain Dew College Basketball Slam Dunk and Three-Point Championships in San Antonio, Texas on April 2. The competition, held in conjunction with the 2003-2004 Men's Final Four, brought together the top men and women student athletes across the nation for a show of shooting excellence.
Davidson, a senior from New Oxford, Pa., scored 11 points in the first round of the competition to place fifth overall in the women's three-point contest. Beth Jones of Purdue, narrowly edged her out after a five-minute delay for officials to review the videotape, resulted in rescoring of Jones from 10 points to 12, moving Jones into the semi finals. Though her exit from the competition came early, Davidson's involvement in the annual tournament carried on through the Women's Final Four in New Orleans. She was also one of several athletes featured in the official program for the Women's Final Four. A one-page photo essay of Davidson highlights her contributions as a prominent woman basketball player on and off the court. One photo shows Davidson, a future helicopter pilot for the Marine Corps, standing next to a helicopter with a listing of her athletic and academic accomplishments. Davidson leaves the Naval Academy holding the Navy and Patriot League record for most three-point field goals made in a career, with 245. She also holds Navy records for the most points scored in both a season (530) and in a career (1,857). Davidson is a two-time Academic All-American selection and became the first Navy women's basketball player to be named to the First-Team All-Patriot League three times (2002, 2003, 2004).
Davidson is currently enrolled in the Naval Academy's Voluntary Graduate Education Program, through which she is taking courses at the University of Maryland. After completing her Master’s Degree in public policy and government, Davidson will begin her career with the Marine Corps in January 2005.