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Jersey Number 3
Jess Davis
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 200
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Kearney, Mo.
- High School/Previous School:
- Kearney HS / UAB
Honors / Awards
2021 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Gloveย Award Winner2019 C-USA All-Freshman Teamย
2019 C-USA Commissionerโs Academic Honor Roll
2018 C-USA Commissionerโs Academic Medal
2018 C-USA Commissionerโs Academic Honor Roll
2022 (Senior Season)
Season: Appeared in 33 games, starting 21 as the centerfielder...Hit for a .222 average on 18 hits, six of them being doubles and one home run...Drove in 12 RBIs and drew 11 walks.
Binghamton (3/14): Had a 1-for-2 day with a double and two runs scored...drew two walks and stole a base.ย Georgia (3/18-20): Went 2-for-5 with a double and HBP in game three, scoring a run while driving in three RBIs. Missouri (4/29-5/1):ย In game one; scored two runs on a 1-for-3 day, while also reaching on a walk. Texas A&M (5/13-15): Hit a two-run homerun in game two against the Aggies.ย
2021 (Junior Season - UAB)
Season: Appeared and started in all 54 gamesโฆBatted .258 with 48 hits, 39 runs, seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 30 RBIsโฆHeld a perfect fielding percentage with 186 putout and one assist in centerfieldโฆHad a season-high four hits versus Alabama A&M on Feb. 26, also drove in three runs during the gameโฆSecond on the team with 23 steals on the seasonโฆHas 77 career stolen bases, which ranked third all-time in UAB program history.
2020 (Sophomore Season - UAB)
Season: Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemicโฆAppeared and started in all 16 gamesโฆPosted a .290 batting average with 20 hits, 11 runs, five doubles, one triple, one home run and 12 RBIsโฆHad a .435 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentageโฆHeld a .955 fielding percentage with 41 putouts and one assist.
2019 (Freshman Season - UAB)
Season: Appeared in all 56 games, starting in 54 of themโฆSelected to the Conference USA All-Freshman TeamโฆFinished second in the country and led the conference with 48 stolen bases on the yearโฆSecond most hits (64) and doubles (14) for the Blazers on the seasonโฆBatted .296 with five home runs, 34 RBIs and 50 runs scoredโฆTallied 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 sweepโฆWent 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored on top of the five steals in the final game of the SIUE seriesโฆAlso stole four bases on four attempts in both wins over Alabama State (2/27, 5/1)...Posted a .970 fielding percentageโฆNamed to the Conference USA Commissionerโs Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (True Freshman Season - UAB)
Season: Redshirted, did not see actionโฆPlayed summer ball in the Great Lakes Summer League for the Lima LocosโฆRecipient of the Conference USA Commissionerโs Academic Medal and was named to the C-USA Commissionerโs Academic Honor Roll.
High School
Played at Kearney High School in Kearney, MissouriโฆAs a senior, hit .486 with seven doubles, two home runs, 13 triples and swiped 20 basesโฆHis 13 triples broke the Missouri High School State Record for triples in a seasonโฆNamed First Team All-State and All-Conference as an outfielder his senior seasonโฆAlso excelled in footballโฆAs a senior, had 83 catches for 1,539 yards and 18 touchdownsโฆHolds eight Kearney High School receiving recordsโฆNamed First Team All-State, All-District and All-Conference as a seniorโฆHelped team the 2015 State Championship and finished runner-up in 2016.
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Personal
Born on Dec. 7 in Kearney, MissouriโฆSon of Mark and Christine DavisโฆOlder brother, Zack, played baseball at UABโฆFather played football and baseball at Nebraska from 1982-85 and went on to play professionally for the Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals organizationโฆOlder brother, Cole, played quarterback at North Dakota State where he has been a member of three FCS National Championship teamsโฆMajoring in business.
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