INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever announced today the team signed guard/forward Rennia Davis (pronounced reh-NYE-uh). In an additional transaction, the team announced guard Bria Hartley has also been waived.
“I am very familiar with Rennia. She is a very athletic wing that had a great career in the SEC before being drafted,” Fever Interim General Manager Lin Dunn said. “Rennia fits in our plan to continue to improve with young and talented players.”
Davis, the No. 9 overall pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft from of the University of Tennessee, was sidelined for her entire rookie season due to a stress fracture in her left foot. Davis returned to Minnesota in 2022 and played one game with the Lynx.
The 6-foot-1 wing played in 118 career games with 116 starts for the Lady Vols, holding career averages of 15.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists. In her senior season, she averaged 17.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 24 games (all starts) and garnered 2020-21 Coaches All-SEC First Team honors.
At the conclusion of her career, she became one of four Tennessee players, joining Chamique Holdsclaw, Candace Parker and Tamika Catchings to rank top-10 in points (ninth, 1,815), points per game (ninth, 15.4), rebounds (10th, 947) and rebounds per game (sixth, 8.1).
Davis will wear No. 9 for the Fever.
Indiana takes on the Minnesota Lynx at 7 p.m. tonight at Indiana Farmers Coliseum.