Austin Davis

Photo by: Seth Seebaugh

Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks

2021 (Junior)

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Led squad with .320 mark at the plate in 51 games played, including 49 starts
Finished with nine doubles, one home run, one triple and 18 RBI
Also stole 17 bases, good for No. 2 on the team
Featured on SportsCenter’s “Top 10 Plays” twice for plays in the field
Gathered 27 total hits in 18 games in May; finished the year on a six-game hit streak
Hit safety in 12 of the final 13 games of the season
Totaled 18 multi-hit games, including four in a row from May 8-15
Enjoyed a four-hit day against TCU on May 1
Had a pair of doubles on May 11, against Marshall; finished 3-for-4 with an RBI on the night
Hit first career home run against Oklahoma on May 8
Drove in a season-best three runs against Dayton on May 16
Stole three bases against Kennesaw State on Feb. 26
Opened Big 12 play with a 3-for-4 night at the plate with a double, three runs scored and two RBI against Kansas on March 26

Started all 16 games, hitting .322 (third-best on team) with four doubles, a triple, 10 RBI and nine runs scored
Also went 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts
Had five games with three or more hits
Finished 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI at Jacksonville on Feb. 15
Tallied three hits and four runs scored against Canisius on Feb. 18
Collected three more hits on Feb. 21, against Kennesaw State
Recorded a season-best four hits with three runs scored and two RBI at Richmond on March 1
Drove in a pair of runs in a 3-for-4 performance against Liberty on March 11

Hit .220 with 14 runs, 13 hits, one double and three RBI in 59 at-bats
Also stole 12 bases in 42 games, including 16 starts
Earned his first career hit and run scored on Feb. 16, at Georgia State
Went 1-for-3 and stole four bases against Canisius on Feb. 19
Stole two more bags and tallied a pair of runs scored on March 10, against Kent State
Registered a seven-game hit streak from March 27-April 10; recorded five runs and three RBI in that span
Finished 1-for-2 with a double, stolen base and run scored against Texas A&M in the NCAA Tournament on June 2

Attended Conrad Academy and played for coach Persio Rodriguez
Named a Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American in 2018
Was a two-time all-metro honoree
Named a Perfect Game Underclass All-America Honorable Mention in 2016
Member of the No. 26-ranked 2018 WVU recruiting class, the highest-rated class in program history at the time
Also played football, where he earned all-metro, defensive player of the year and MVP honors