Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1984
He was named to the All-ACC team all three years; in 1971, he was the ACC Player of the Year.
His uniform (No. 12) was the third to be retired by the university.
His 51-point game against American came in the Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 15, 1969. Davis made 19-of-27 field goal attempts and 13-of-14 free throws. The Deacons won 105-81 as he scored 35 of the team's 56 second half points.
His final home game, on March 2, 1971 against Maryland, was proclaimed "Charlie Davis Night" at the Memorial Coliseum. In 1970, Davis received the Arnold Palmer Award as Wake Forest's Athlete of the Year.
Davis spent three seasons in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers. Davis averaged 8.9 points per game in the NBA.
When he left Wake Forest for the NBA, Davis was 18 hours short of receiving his degree. He returned to school later and graduated in 1990.
Davis was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 and was named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary team in 2002.
"About 15 years ago, I ventured down from New York City to Winston-Salem," said Davis during his induction ceremony. "All I really wanted to do was play a game called basketball for a major college in a top conference. And I was given that opportunity. I thought on the night that my jersey was retired, with my family there stand beside me, that nothing could be better than that. But to me, this is a greater honor. I'm proud, I'm honored and I accept this award humbly."
Davis served as an assistant athletic director at Wake Forest University and as the athletic director at North Carolina A&T State University.
Davis was born Sept. 7, 1949 in New York City. He was just the second African-American player in Wake Forest history and the first to win the ACC Player of the Year Award.
