2016 Softball Roster
Roster
Whitney Davis
- Position:
- Third Base
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Onley, Va.
- High School:
- Nandua
Shared team lead with nine home runs, concluding her career with 31 to rank tied for sixth on RU's all-time list... Second among Highlanders with 33 RBI to move into 10th in program history with 116... One of four players to start all 61 games... Led team with 11 multi-RBI performances... Posted her fourth career two-home run game vs. East Tennessee State on Mar. 30... Hit two-run walk-off homer in 11th inning beat Gardner-Webb 11-9 on Apr. 10... Totaled five hits and six RBIs in DH sweep of East Carolina on Mar. 16.
2015
Started 42 of 43 games she appeared in...began the season at third base before moving to shortstop for majority of the year...season ended after breaking a bone in her zygomatic arch at Gardner-Webb (April 25)...led the Highlanders in several categories, including batting average (.326), triples (2), home runs (9), RBI (38) and slugging percentage (.597)...set career-bests in runs (22), hits (42), RBI and stolen bases (2-2)...one of two in RU history to tally two triples in a single game (vs. Sacred Heart - March 1)...second player in program history to have three career two-home run efforts...named all-tournament at the USC Upstate Classic (Feb. 8)...scored career-best three runs against George Mason (Feb. 14)...season-best five RBI on three different occassions...had team-high 15 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI outings.
2014
Started 41 games at third base... Second-team all-conference selection... Launched 10 home runs, second on the team and sixth in the league... .283 average and .575 slugging percentage were second on the squad, while 36 hits were third... Slugging ranked seventh in the Big South... Team-best nine-game hitting streak in which she recorded seven, including four straight (9-12, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 8 R), of her 10 multiple-hit games... During that stretch, she batted .586 (17-29) with 5 HR, 17 RBI and 10 runs... Matched a school record with six RBI (2-for-2, HR, 2 R) in game three against PC (4/6) and two home runs (3-for-3, 3 RBI) in game three versus Liberty (4/9)... Knocked in three runs against Winthrop (3/30), Presbyterian (4/5) and Liberty (4/9).
2013
Made 32 starts and 42 appearances... Posted 18 hits, 10 runs, four doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI... Connected on first collegiate home run vs. Indiana State (Georgia Bulldog Invitational) and finished 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI... Matched a school record with two long balls at Liberty (Game 2 of DH)... Career-best 3-for-4 with four RBI against the Lady Flames... 2-for-2 with a double, three RBI adn two runs in game one at Presbyterian... Was 5-for-12 with two doubles and three RBI in first four games at City of Clearwater Invitational... Recorded first collegiate hit and two RBI against Wagner (Cougar Classic).
PREP / CLUB
2012 Region A and Eastern District Player of the Year... Three-sport standout; Named 2011-12 Nandua Female Athlete of the Year… Two-time first-team all-state honoree; second-team in 2011… Selected first-team all-district and region her final three seasons… Garnered four all-district first-team honors in volleyball and three more in basketball... United States Marine Corps Athletic Achievement Award recipient... Member of Sportsplus (2010-12) and Delaware Diamonds (2006-10) travel teams; helped Diamonds to 2009 18U USSSA World Series runner-up finish and was named the tournament's offensive MVP and selected to the all-world team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Whitney Lia Davis... Elementary education major... Whitney and her older brother Billy are the children of Billy and Kathy Davis.
