Biography
2018 (Junior): Named Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference at first base … Ranked third in the Sun Belt in walks (53), tied for fourth in sacrifice flies (5), seventh in on-base percentage (.451) and 11th in home runs (8) … In league contests, ranked third in OBP (.476), fourth in walks (25), tied for fourth in sacrifice flies (3), sixth in slugging percentage (.574) and RBIs (30), and 10th in batting average (.340) … Recorded 17 multiple-hit games and 15 multi-RBI contests … Reached base in 19 consecutive games to end the season … Hit safely in 35 of 56 games played … His 53 walks ranks eighth on the Jaguar single-season record list … Tied his career high in hits (3) in the season-opening win over Kansas State (Feb. 16) … Also tied that mark at Georgia State (March 24), versus Georgia Southern (April 15) and against UT Arlington (May 11) ... Reached base in 19 consecutive games to close the season.
2017 (Sophomore): Appeared in 57 games with 55 starts ... Led the Sun Belt Conference in RBIs (46) in league games ... Led the team with 14 home runs ... Tied for the league lead in home runs (10) in conference games, and ranked tied for second in sacrifice flies (4) in SBC games ... Named Second-Team All-Sun Belt at first base ... Finished as one of three finalists for the American Baseball Coaches Association / Rawlings Gold Glove Award at first base after committing just one error in 477 total chances ... Batted .293 with 50 runs scored, seven doubles, 14 home runs, 57 RBIs, .532 slugging percentage and .412 on-base percentage in 57 games played ... Hit .347 with 32 runs scored, three doubles, 10 home runs, 36 RBIs, .684 slugging percentage and .447 on-base percentage in 27 SBC contests ... Recorded 20 multiple-hit and 15 multi-RBI games ... Went 2-for-3 with a grand slam, four RBIs and one run scored in the season opener against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 18) ... Hit safely in 10 of his first 11 games of the season ... Went 3-for-4 with two home runs, three RBIs and three runs scored in the series opener at App State (May 13) ... Followed that performance by going 3-for-7 with a home run, six RBIs and three runs scored against App State (May 13) in the nightcap of that doubleheader ... Capped the App State series with a 2-for-3 performance (May 14) in which he homered, drove in two runs and scored three times ... Went 4-for-8 with two home runs, two RBIs and two runs scored in three games at the NCAA Hattiesburg (Miss.) Regional to earn all-tournament honors.
2016 (Freshman): Appeared in four games and made his Jaguar debut against Evansville (Feb. 20) ... Drew a walk in his first career at-bat at USA in a pinch-hit spot against the Purple Aces (Feb. 20) ... Recorded a .200 on-base percentage on four official at-bats.
High School: Lettered three years in baseball and soccer, and one year in football at New Hope High School ... Helped the baseball program capture consecutive 5A state titles in 2013-14 ... A class 5A all-state selection in baseball in 2014, and received all-district honors in baseball and soccer in 2014 and ‘15 ... Also earned all-area honors as a punter in football as a senior ... Named the best offensive player of the Class 4A-6A D.M. Howie All-Star Baseball Game ... Hit .379 with 12 doubles, one home run, 33 RBIs, 31 runs scored, .484 on-base percentage and .524 slugging percentage as a junior … Committed just one error in 185 chances in the field in 2014 ... Finished with a .326 career batting average.
Personal: Full name is Wells Braddock Davis ... Born March 23, 1997, in Starkville, Miss. ... Lists drumming among his hobbies ... Son of Lee Davis and Bobbie Pearson ... Father, Lee, played football for four years at Mississippi State ... Mother, Bobbie, played basketball for four years at Mississippi State ... Favorite movie is “We Are Marshall” ... Lists the Pittsburgh Steelers, St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Heat as his favorite pro sports teams ... Favorite athletes are LeBron James and Bryce Harper ... Favorite food is chicken ... Majoring in business.
