Central's Nina Davis wins Gatorade Player of the Year Award

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Chalk up another award for Central basketball star Nina Davis.

The 6-1 senior, who has signed with Baylor, was named Gatorade player of the year for the state of Tennessee on Thursday. The award comes on the heels of the AAA Miss Basketball Award she won last Saturday.

A starter since arriving at Central four years ago, Davis averaged 28.2 points and 11.4 rebounds per game as a senior, shooting 56.2 percent from the floor and 52.2 percent from 3-point range. She's a two-time Best of the Preps player of the year and was named Most Valuable Player of the state tournament as a sophomore in 2011 when Central won the championship.

This season, Davis led Central to a 26-6 record and a spot in the AAA state semifinals, where the Lady Warriors lost to eventual state champion Murfreesboro Riverdale. She ends her high school career with well over 2,000 points and almost 1,000 rebounds.

Davis becomes the third state winner from Memphis joining Ashley Early of Briarcrest who won in 2001 and Harding's Juana Brown who won the 1997 award. Gatorade starting announcing state winners in 1986.