Jess Davis

Height:
6-2
Weight:
195
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.
High School:
Kearney HS

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021)
- Appeared and started in all 54 games
- Batted .258 with 48 hits, 39 runs, seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 30 RBIs
- Held a perfect fielding percentage with 186 putout and one assist in center field
- Had a season-high four hits versus Alabama A&M on Feb. 26, also drove in three runs during the game
- Second on the team with 23 steals on the season
- Has 77 career stolen bases, which is third all-time in program history

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020)
- Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Appeared and started in all 16 games
- .290 batting average with 20 hits, 11 runs, five doubles, one triple, one home run and 12 RBIs
- Had a .435 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentage
- Held a .955 fielding percentage with 41 putouts and one assist

FRESHMAN SEASON (2019)
- Appeared in all 56 games, starting in 54 of them
- Selected to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team
- Finished second in the country and led the conference with 48 stolen bases on the year
- Second most hits (64) and doubles (14) for the Blazers on the season
- Batted .296 with five home runs, 34 RBI and 50 runs scored
- Tallied a career-high four hits in a 4-for-5 effort with a homerun, an RBI and two runs scored in an 11-4 series-clinching win at FIU (5/5)
- Had 12 multi-steal games, highlighted by swiping a career-high five bags on five attempts in a 13-5 win over SIUE (2/16) to finish a sweep
-Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored on top of the five steals in the final game of the SIUE series
-Also stole four bases on four attempts in both wins over Alabama State (2/27, 5/1)
- Posted a .970 fielding percentage
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

REDSHIRT SEASON (2018)
- Did not see any action
- Played summer ball in the Great Lakes Summer League for the Lima Locos with teammates Justin Wiley, Christian Waltman and Troy Cordrey
- Recipient of the league’s Academic Medal and was named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL
- Played at Kearney High School in Kearney, Mo.
- As a senior hit .486 with seven doubles, two home runs, 13 triples and swiped 20 bases
- 13 triples broke the Missouri High School State Record for triples in a season
- Named First Team All-State and All-Conference as an outfielder his senior season
- Also excelled in football
- As a senior had 83 catches for 1,539 yards and 18 touchdowns
- Holds eight Kearney High School receiving records
- Named First Team All-State, All-District and All-Conference as a senior
- Helped team the 2015 State Championship and finished runner-up in 2016

PERSONAL
- Born Jess Davis on Dec. 7 in Kearney, Mo.
- Son of Mark and Christine Davis
- Older brother Zack also played for the Blazers
- Father played football and baseball at Nebraska from 1982-85 and went on to play professional baseball in the Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals organization
- Older brother Cole is a quarterback for North Dakota State where he has been a member of three FCS National Championship teams
- Majoring in business