Biography
CAREER: Played in 181 games with 178 starts in center field ... Named All-Southern Conference second team in 2019 and first team in 2021 ... Career batting average of .320 with 222 hits, 152 runs scored, 146 RBIs and 35 home runs ... Selected in the seventh round (204 overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners ...2021: Started 50 of 51 games played in center field ... Named Southern Conference Player of the Year and All-Southern Conference first team ... Second on the team with a .351 batting average, which ranked ninth in the Southern Conference ... Led the team with 11 home runs and 121 total bases, along with 18 doubles ... Ranked first in the SoCon in doubles, sixth in total bases, fourth in slugging percentage and fourth in stolen bases ... At Gardner-Webb (2/20) had three hits - a double, triple and home run - and scored three runs ... Against Xavier (2/28) had a double that drove in three runs ... Added three hits at UNC Asheville (3/2) ... Against Toledo (3/12) had three hits and three RBIS ... Also against Toledo (3/13) had three hits and scored three runs ... At The Citadel (3/20) had three hits, two of which were home runs ... At Mercer (3/27) had a home run in the first game of the doubleheader and added three hits, including a home run, in the second game ... In the three game series against Western Carolina (4/2-3) had seven hits, two home runs, six RBIs and scored five runs as he earned Southern Conference Player of the Week honors ... At ETSU (4/11) was 4-of-5 from the plate with two doubles and three RBIs ... Against Samford (4/30) had a two-run homer ... In the finale against the Bulldogs (5/1) had a solo home run in the seventh inning and had an RBI single in the ninth to tie the game ... At Western Carolina (5/15) was 4-of-6 from the plate with two home runs and four RBIs ... Played for the Brewster Whitecaps in the Cape Cod League during the summer ...2020: Started all 17 games, with 15 starts in center field and two as the designate hitter ... Batted .348 with a team-high 23 hits, which ranked fourth in the Southern Conference ... Scored 20 runs to rank second in the league and added 15 RBIs ... Slugging percentage of .591 was fifth in the SoCon and he was third in the league with a team-best four home runs ... In the season opener against Binghamton (2/14) had two hits and scored twice ... In the series finale against the Bearcats (2/16) had three hits and drove in two runs ... Against Brown (2/22) had three hits, including a two-run homer in the fourth inning ... Against Merrimack (2/29) had a two-run homer in the third inning ... Added two-run homer in the fifth inning against La Salle (3/7) ... On Sunday against La Salle (3/8) had a three-run homer in the third inning and added a run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning ... At Auburn (3/11) drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in the third inning and had a single in the seventh inning, but his biggest play came on defense as he robbed his older brother Conor of a potential three-run homer in the fifth inning ... Preseason All-Southern Conference first team ... 2019: Started 59 of 60 games played in center field ... Batted .302 on the season with 68 hits, including a team-high seven home runs ... Named All-Southern Conference second team by the coaches ... Led the team with 14 multiple RBI games and had 18 games with multiple hits ... Opened the season with a double that drove in two runs against Ohio (2/15) ... Had two hits, including a solo home run, against UNC Asheville (2/26) ... Against Lafayette, drove in two runs on a double in the first game (3/15) and added two RBIs in the second game of the series (3/16) ... At Florida A&M (3/23) had a two-run homer ... Against Mercer (3/30) had three hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning ... At Western Carolina (4/5) had three hits and drove in three runs ... Against VMI (4/12) had a two-run homer in the seventh inning ... Added a solo home run against the Keydets (4/13) ... At The Citadel (5/3) had four hits and four RBIs, which included a pair of doubles ... Against Furman (5/10) had a home run ... At UNCG (5/17) had three hits and drove in two runs ... In the Southern Conference Tournament, had two hits, including a home run, against East Tennessee State (5/23) ... During the summer played with the Cotuit Kettlers in the Cape Cod League ... 2018: Started 52 of 53 games played at center field ... Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... First Terrier since 2008 to be named to the Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American team ... Finished third on the team with a .303 batting average, third in hits with 63, fourth in runs scored with 44 and he led the team in home runs with 13 ... Among SoCon leaders he was fourth in home runs, sixth in doubles (17), sixth in total bases (127) and seventh in slugging percentage (.611) ... Made first career start against Dayton (2/18) and had two hits ... Added two hits against Xavier (2/23) ... Against Marist (3/10) had four hits, including a 3-run homer, as he posted seven RBIs in the game ... Had three hits against USC Upstate (3/14) ... Against Siena (3/18) had two hits and three RBIs ... Hit a home run at Gardner-Webb (3/21) ... At Mercer (3/23) had a double, triple and home run ... Added a home run against Winthrop (3/27) ... Had a pair of doubles against Western Carolina (3/30) ... At East Carolina (4/4) had three hits and three RBIs ... At UNC Wilmington, had a pair of two-run homers in the series ... At Furman (4/14) had two hits, including a three-run homer, to drive in five runs ... Against UNCG (4/28) had three hits ... At USC Upstate (5/9) had a three-run homer in the third inning ... At VMI (5/11) had a two-run homer ... Added a solo home run on Saturday against the Keydets (5/12) ... Against ETSU at the Southern Conference Tournament (5/23) had three hits ... Added solo home runs against Samford (5/24) and UNCG (5/25) at the tournament ... Played during the summer for the Elmira Pioneers.
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HIGH SCHOOL: During his senior year at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School hit .421 with 56 hits, 61 RBIs and ten home runs ... Named first team All-State and first team All-Region as the team was 36-6 overall and was the state runner-up ... As a junior batted .400 on the season with 19 RBIs as team was the state runner-up with a 33-4 record ... During his sophomore season, the team won the state championship with a 33-2 overall record ... Also played wide receiver on the football team, which was state runner-up in 2015.
PERSONAL: Born February 8, 1999 ... Son of Richard and Maura Davis ... A finance major ... Mother played soccer at Alabama ... Grandfather Ted Davis played football at Georgia Tech and nine years in the NFL with the Saints, Colts and Dolphins ... Brother, Conor, played baseball at Auburn and reached the College World Series in 2019 ... Brother, Ryan, is a wide receiver at UAB.
FAVORITES: TV Show- Peaky Blinders ... Candy- Trolli gummy worms ... Book - Greenlights ... Pro Sports Team- Dodgers ... Historical Figure - Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Vacation - Snowmass Colorado ... Actor - Tom Hardy ... Superhero - Batman ... Musician - Lil Baby
