Black Hills State University Athletics

Joe Davis, Class of ’81, had an extraordinary basketball career at BHSU, finishing with 1,590 points, 745 rebounds and 361 blocked shots--an NAIA record for blocks. The NAIA All-American center was named Newcomer of the Year in 1990-1991. He was also named to the All-Conference second team his freshman year. For each of the following three years, he was named to the All-Conference first team. In 1992-1993 he was named to the NAIA All District 12 team. He was named the team’s most valuable player and SDIC player of the year in 1993-94. He also earned NAIA division two, third team All-American status.

After graduating from BHSU with a degree in business administration, Davis began working for Green Tree Financial in Rapid City. He is currently working for CompuCom as a desktop support engineer and is the telephone site administrator in Rapid City.