10/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Oct. 21, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jessica Davenport, a senior center on the Ohio State women’s basketball team, was honored at the conclusion of the third quarter Saturday during the Buckeye football game vs. Indiana in Ohio Stadium. The native of Columbus, Ohio, received her 2006 Ohio State Athlete of the Year award after leading the Buckeyes to their second-consecutive Big Ten title.
Davenport, from Independence High School, is the two-time reigning Big Ten player of the year and has earned back-to-back All-America honors from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and the Associated Press.
Davenport and the Buckeyes open their season at Army Nov. 12. The first home game is vs. Southern California Nov. 19 in Value City Arena.
