Davis
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what he wanted to do with his life. He enrolled
in a variety of classes his freshman year, and
took a liking to ethnic studies. Ultimately, Davis
said he focuses on the subject because of its
importance in today’s society.
“I’m really interested in different people and
different ethnic groups and so that’s why I took
it — just (to) get a better understanding of
(what) the truths are of people’s backgrounds.
... America’s becoming so diverse already, I
just want to be able to relate better.”
With a little over a year remaining in his col
legiate career, Davis hasn’t started looking
ahead just yet. In fact, the thought of doing so
is a little overwhelming for the Pacific-10 Con
ference’s most prolific three-point shooter.
“I’ve never been the person to kind of look
ahead like that. Just let it all happen. Of course
I want to look ahead a little bit. I mean, actual
ly, I ain’t really sat — it ain’t hit me yet. I mean,
this year has flown by and next year is going to
go fast and then I’m almost out of here. That’s
when it’s really going to hit me: Then what am I
going to do?”
Davis said working for Nike would be a
“dream job,” but hearing the statement is a lit
tie odd, considering it’s coming from someone
who’s never really held a job. Davis worked
construction for a short time to earn some cash
with a group of fellow Duck basketball players,
but that’s about it. Oh, and then there was the
job his father got for him.
“(My father) used to clean gym floors in
Portland. I used to just go there and shoot
most of the time. I’d work out while he was
cleaning the gym,” Davis said, laughing.
Davis grew up in a rough Northeast Portland
neighborhood and didn’t move to Vancouver
until he was in seventh grade. Going from a
place where most kids were black to a place
where most weren’t — it caught the guard off
guard. Nonetheless, he considers the move one
of the best his family ever made.
“It was just a culture shock to me, even
though I’m mixed — with my mom being
white and my dad black — it was still just
different,” Davis said.
Things were different when Davis came
to the University, too. He got used to college
classes and a new basketball team. He also
met his girlfriend, Brianne Firkins, a former
University cheerleader.
The pair now spend most of their free
time together, going out to dinner, watching
movies and hanging out. Having been to
gether for two years, the couple may be
gearing up for the long haul.
“When it first started out, it was a college
thing: We were just hanging out, having
fun,” Firkins said. “But over the past two
years, I’ve seen the person he’s grown into
and I’ve completely fallen in love with him.
I see us together forever.”
Davis shyly talked about his relationship
— perhaps because he’s occasionally heck
led by his teammates and even his coach —
but he said he’s very happy and called
Firkins his “best friend.”
Davis said he’d like to have children within
the next five years and, ideally, play profes
sional basketball. If basketball isn’t an option,
he said he’d hope to live in Beaverton and pur
sue a career with Nike. Whether either situa
tion is in the cards, however, is up to God.
“Ultimately, I’d want to make a living
playing basketball in the NBA or overseas.
But if that’s not God’s plan, then, you know,
wherever it takes me.”
And as for Davis and Firkins, can he say where
they’ll be, or is that out of his hands as well?
“It is in His hands,” Davis bashfully said.
“But it’s in my hands, (too).”
Contact the news editor
at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
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