La Crosse Central senior guard Johnny Davis, a University of Wisconsin signee, was named the state's Mr. Basketball on Tuesday. Leading the Red Raiders to a 20-5 overall record and a berth in the WIAA state sectional finals prior to the cancellation of the season due to the coronavirus outbreak, Davis averaged 27.2 points per game as a senior.

Davis is the first Wisconsin Mr. Basketball to sign with the Badgers since Kobe King, his former teammate, who led Central to a state championship in 2017. Since the inaugural award in 1982, UW has landed nine Mr. Basketball winners -- Rick Olson (1982), Sam Okey (1995), Mike Wilkinson (2000), Devin Harris (2001), Brian Butch (2003), Keaton Nankivil (2007), Sam Dekker (2012), King (2017), and Davis.

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Davis, a 247sports composite three-star prospect, verbally committed to the Badgers in June. He chose Wisconsin over other scholarship offers from Marquette, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, and more.

"That was the happiest I've ever seen coach Gard (Greg Gard)," Johnny told Badger247 about his commitment. "He jumped up and clapped his hands. He was very excited."

Davis is the nation's No. 17 ranked combo guard in the class of 2020.

Finishing his career as the all-time leading scorer in Red Raider program history, Davis scored 2,141 career points. In three full seasons, Davis never missed a state tournament, winning the Division 2 championship as a freshman in 2016-17.

Davis, whose twin brother, Jordan Davis, is also committed to UW, is the son of former Old Dominion star Mark Davis. Davis' father was a fourth round draft pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1985 and also played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns during his NBA career.

"Nobody recruited my boys like Wisconsin did," Mark told Badger247. "My wife and I can agree on this, Wisconsin is like a family. Coach Gard and especially coach Krabbenhoft (Joe Krabbenhoft), did everything right to recruit my boys.

"I feel great about them coming here."