CHICAGO – Roosevelt University Vice President of Athletics and Student-Athlete Success Mike Cassidy announced Monday that former Lakers women's basketball standout Casey Davis will be the first student-athlete in school history to have their number retired. The two-time All-American and program's all-time leading scorer will have her No. 15 retired in a ceremony on Saturday, February 22, 2025 when Roosevelt hosts Michigan Tech at the Goodman Center.

Davis, a 2014 graduate with a BA in Psychology, finished her Roosevelt career with a record 2,203 career points. She also owns the single-game scoring record with a 51-point performance against Olivet Nazarene University on Jan. 25, 2014, and holds the top-two spots in single-season scoring with 679 points in 2013-14 and 604 points in 2012-13.  Davis earned NAIA First-Team All-American honors following both of those seasons, and was named First Team All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference following her sophomore, junior and senior campaigns after being recognized as the CCAC Freshman of the Year after her rookie season.



Davis was a part of the athletic department's inaugural recruiting class when the University reinstituted men's varsity athletic programs after a 20-year absence and sponsored women's varsity athletic programs for the first time.

"I recall my mantra during that first year of promoting our new athletic program to prospective student-athletes being you can go to another institution and follow in someone else's footsteps or come to Roosevelt and leave the footprints others will walk in," said Cassidy, who was hired at Roosevelt in 2009 to lead the athletic department's creation and development. "Casey definitely lived that mantra. Her hard work, dedication and skill validated not only our women's basketball program, but highlighted Roosevelt as a place where student-athletes could realize their athletic and academic aspirations."

Davis helped lead the women's basketball team to immediate success. By year three of the program's existence the Lakers were one of the top teams in the country. Roosevelt finished the 2012-13 campaign with a 28-7 record and ranked No. 10 in the country, advancing to the round-of-16 in its first-ever NAIA Tournament appearance after claiming the CCAC regular-season and tournament titles. Davis played a pivotal role in the Lakers winning the conference crown with a last-second, driving layup to defeat Purdue Calumet 92-90 in overtime in a contest between the league's top two teams.



The following year Roosevelt rose as high as No. 5 in the national rankings and made a return to the NAIA Tournament.
 
"This is a well-deserved honor for Casey," said current Evansville women's basketball head coach Robyn Scherr, who recruited and coached Davis during her tenure leading the Lakers program. "From the first time I saw Casey play as a high schooler, I knew if she chose Roosevelt, she would accomplish special things. I told her on her recruiting visit that I felt she could be a 2,000-point scorer.
 
"It was an honor to coach Casey for four years. She was a tremendous natural athlete, but what set her apart was how hard she worked on her game each offseason. She improved her three-point shooting each year and expanded her skill set. Casey also wouldn't have accomplished all that she did without great teammates. Casey honored her commitment to me and to Roosevelt Women's Basketball during some tough times our first two years, and because she and her teammates chose to stay and grow with our program, they won a championship"