2022 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 17
Tata Davis
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Miss.
- High School:
- Philadelphia HS
Bio
Conference USA All-Conference First Team (2021, 2022)
2021 (Senior): Selected as a Conference USA First Team All-Conference honoree after an impressive senior season … Played in and started 52 contests for the Black & Gold … Led Southern Miss in hits with 57 and finished the season ranked No. 3 in Conference USA in the category … Led Southern Miss in batting average (.324), RBIs (36), total bases (90) and slugging percentage (.511), setting new career-highs in all categories in the process … Racked up multiple hits in 14 contests … Defensively, Davis led Southern Miss in double plays, with seven, and finished the season with 79 putouts … Tied a career-high in home runs, with seven on the season … Davis’ season-best performance came against UTEP on April 2, as she recorded four hits, four runs, five RBIs and the second multi-home run game of her collegiate career.
2020 (Junior): Donned the Golden Eagle uniform 22 times, starting all…Compiled a .254 batting average at the plate (16-for-63)…Recorded 19 RBI’s, 16 hits, 13 runs, six stolen bases, three doubles, two home runs, and two triples…Hit above .300 in six straight games with seven RBI’s and seven hits…Against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/15/20), earned four RBI’s off a homerun.
2019 (Sophomore): Started all 52 appearances for the Golden Eagles….Tallied a .263 batting average from a 41-for-156 mark at the plate…Second on the team for stolen bases (11)…Put up a team third-best total bases (74), RBI’s (34), home runs (7), and doubles (10)…Tied for fourth on the team for slugging pct. (.474)…Notched a team fifth-best for total hits (41)…Had an early four game streak (2/8/19 - 2/20/19) with a batting average of at least .500, tallying six hits, six runs, five RBI’s, three doubles, and a homerun…Season best game at UTEP (3/24/19) earning a cycle with a .323 avg., eight RBI’s, four hits, three runs, two home runs, a triple, and a double…Had a second four game hot-streak, earning 15 RBI’s, nine hits, five runs, three home runs, and two doubles.
2018 (Freshman): Played in 54 of the Golden Eagles’ 55 contests, earning 54 starts … Served as the Golden Eagles’ primary third baseman … Went 37-for-151 at the plate for a .245 batting average … Totaled 10 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 19 runs batted in, 20 runs scored, 58 total bases, five walks, five hit-by-pitches, 11 sacrifice bunts, one sacrifice fly, a .384 slugging percentage and a .290 on-base percentage … Successfully swiped 10 of the 14 bases that she attempted to steal … Racked up 54 putouts and a team-best 149 assists on the defensive side … Finished the season as the team leader in sacrifice bunts and was tied for the most doubles … Additionally, ranked top five on the team stolen bases, stolen base attempts, plate appearances, at-bats, game played, games started, home runs, runs scored, hit-by-pitches, slugging percentage, stolen bases, hits, chances and fielding double plays … Recorded the first hit and multi-hit game of her collegiate career at LSU (2/9) … Tallied her first home run as a Golden Eagle versus South Alabama (3/7) … Notched two career-high three hit games versus Saint Louis (3/2) and at Nicholls State (3/28) … Posted a career-high three RBI game versus Mississippi Valley State (2/18) … Recorded a career-long hitting streak (2/18-2/24).
High School: Lettered all four seasons at Philadelphia High School (Philadelphia, Miss.) ... Helped the Tornandos to the postseason in her senior campaign ... A member of the 2015 Fastpitch State Championship team ... Was a First Team All-District selection her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Played in the All-Star Game and was named MVP of the game ... Played basketball, and was named best defensive player her sophomore year and led the team in steals ... Lettered all four years in softball and basketball.
Personal: Full name is Alyssa Tatyana Davis ... Born on December 31, 1998 in Meridian, Miss. ... Daughter of Melissa Luckett ... Has a younger sister, Lakendria Luckett ... Majoring in criminal justice.
Alyssa’s Favorites
2021 (Senior): Selected as a Conference USA First Team All-Conference honoree after an impressive senior season … Played in and started 52 contests for the Black & Gold … Led Southern Miss in hits with 57 and finished the season ranked No. 3 in Conference USA in the category … Led Southern Miss in batting average (.324), RBIs (36), total bases (90) and slugging percentage (.511), setting new career-highs in all categories in the process … Racked up multiple hits in 14 contests … Defensively, Davis led Southern Miss in double plays, with seven, and finished the season with 79 putouts … Tied a career-high in home runs, with seven on the season … Davis’ season-best performance came against UTEP on April 2, as she recorded four hits, four runs, five RBIs and the second multi-home run game of her collegiate career.
2020 (Junior): Donned the Golden Eagle uniform 22 times, starting all…Compiled a .254 batting average at the plate (16-for-63)…Recorded 19 RBI’s, 16 hits, 13 runs, six stolen bases, three doubles, two home runs, and two triples…Hit above .300 in six straight games with seven RBI’s and seven hits…Against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/15/20), earned four RBI’s off a homerun.
2019 (Sophomore): Started all 52 appearances for the Golden Eagles….Tallied a .263 batting average from a 41-for-156 mark at the plate…Second on the team for stolen bases (11)…Put up a team third-best total bases (74), RBI’s (34), home runs (7), and doubles (10)…Tied for fourth on the team for slugging pct. (.474)…Notched a team fifth-best for total hits (41)…Had an early four game streak (2/8/19 - 2/20/19) with a batting average of at least .500, tallying six hits, six runs, five RBI’s, three doubles, and a homerun…Season best game at UTEP (3/24/19) earning a cycle with a .323 avg., eight RBI’s, four hits, three runs, two home runs, a triple, and a double…Had a second four game hot-streak, earning 15 RBI’s, nine hits, five runs, three home runs, and two doubles.
2018 (Freshman): Played in 54 of the Golden Eagles’ 55 contests, earning 54 starts … Served as the Golden Eagles’ primary third baseman … Went 37-for-151 at the plate for a .245 batting average … Totaled 10 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 19 runs batted in, 20 runs scored, 58 total bases, five walks, five hit-by-pitches, 11 sacrifice bunts, one sacrifice fly, a .384 slugging percentage and a .290 on-base percentage … Successfully swiped 10 of the 14 bases that she attempted to steal … Racked up 54 putouts and a team-best 149 assists on the defensive side … Finished the season as the team leader in sacrifice bunts and was tied for the most doubles … Additionally, ranked top five on the team stolen bases, stolen base attempts, plate appearances, at-bats, game played, games started, home runs, runs scored, hit-by-pitches, slugging percentage, stolen bases, hits, chances and fielding double plays … Recorded the first hit and multi-hit game of her collegiate career at LSU (2/9) … Tallied her first home run as a Golden Eagle versus South Alabama (3/7) … Notched two career-high three hit games versus Saint Louis (3/2) and at Nicholls State (3/28) … Posted a career-high three RBI game versus Mississippi Valley State (2/18) … Recorded a career-long hitting streak (2/18-2/24).
High School: Lettered all four seasons at Philadelphia High School (Philadelphia, Miss.) ... Helped the Tornandos to the postseason in her senior campaign ... A member of the 2015 Fastpitch State Championship team ... Was a First Team All-District selection her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Played in the All-Star Game and was named MVP of the game ... Played basketball, and was named best defensive player her sophomore year and led the team in steals ... Lettered all four years in softball and basketball.
Personal: Full name is Alyssa Tatyana Davis ... Born on December 31, 1998 in Meridian, Miss. ... Daughter of Melissa Luckett ... Has a younger sister, Lakendria Luckett ... Majoring in criminal justice.
Alyssa’s Favorites
- Favorite Food: Wings
- Favorite TV Show: Love & Hip Hop
- Favorite Movie: The Lion King
- Favorite Book: No Matter How Loud I Shout
- Favorite Pro Team: Houston Astros
- Favorite Pro Athlete: Odell Beckham Jr.
- Hobbies: Sleeping, reading and eating
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