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2023 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 5
Delaney Davis
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Washington Community
- Hometown:
- Washington, Ill.
Bio
Years of eligibility remaining (through the Spring 2025 season): 1
2025
2024
2023
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE BGSU?
“I chose to attend BGSU because of their great softball and education programs.”
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Bowling Green |
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second consecutive season
- Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Played in 35 games, making 22 starts
- Started 14 games in left field, one in right and seven at the designated-player spot
- Hit .308 in 65 at-bats on the year, with 10 runs scored and five RBI
- Her 20 hits included one double
- Had three walks and was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen bases on the season
- Batted .375 in MAC games, going 15-for-40, and had a .405 on-base pct.
- Hit an eye-popping .433 in home games, going 13-for-30
- Ended the season by going 5-for-11 in her last five appearances
- Appeared in four games, making three starts, at the season-opening Spartan Classic
- Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base in a win over Monmouth
- Saw action in all five of BGSU's games at the Norman Tournament
- Appeared as a pinch-runner and scored in both of BGSU's games on the final day of that tournament
- Those games included a contest vs. #2 Oklahoma, as the Falcons took the four-time defending national champions to extra innings
- Had a pinch-hit single and scored a run at Buffalo
- Went 5-for-6 (.833) in the Kent State series
- Came off the bench and had a pinch-hit single in the sixth inning of game two vs. KSU
- Then, the next inning, had the game-winning hit with a walk-off RBI double, as BGSU posted a comeback win
- In the final game of the series, went 3-for-4 with three RBI as the Falcons completed the sweep
- Had hits in six-straight at-bats before she was finally retired in her last at-bat of that final KSU game
- Entered the KSU series with four career RBI, before driving in four runs in a four at-bat span vs. the Flashes
- Had a sac bunt, a hit-by-pitch and a stolen base vs. Youngstown State
- Then, in the nightcap of that DH, had three bunt singles and scored a run
- Had another bunt single and came around to score vs. Ball State
- Went 4-for-6 in the Akron DH, with a hit in the opener and a 3-for-3 performance in the nightcap
- In that second game, also had a run scored, an RBI and a sac bunt
- Started the second game of the Ohio DH and had a sac bunt
- Went 1-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored at Toledo
- Reached base four times in five plate appearances in the Miami twinbill
- Was 2-for-2 with a walk and a run scored in the opener, then went 1-for-2 in the nightcap
- Single and came around to score a run in BG's 3-0 win over Robert Morris on the final day of the season
2024
- Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Also named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Played in 30 games, starting 18
- Made one start in left field and 17 in right
- Hit .184, with nine runs and nine hits
- Was perfect in four stolen-base attempts on the season
- Scored six of her runs in MAC play, and stole three bases vs. league foes
- Made a pair of pinch-running appearances at the Battle at the Beach, scoring a run against Louisville
- Played in two games, making one start, the following weekend at the Hoosier Classic
- Stole a base and wound up scoring in a pinch-running appearance vs. Buffalo
- Scored a run in the opening game of the Toledo series
- Started both games of the Detroit Mercy doubleheader
- After batting just five times in BG's first 20 games, went 3-for-6 in the UDM twinbill
- Was 1-for-3 in the opener, then went 2-of-3 with a stolen base and two runs scored in the nightcap
- Had a hit in the middle game of the Akron series as well
- Started all three games of the Ball State series, and had an RBI single in the opener
- Reached on an error and came around to score vs. Central Michigan, then had an RBI single several innings later
- Had a hit in each end of a doubleheader vs. Northern Illinois, scoring a run in both contests
- Had a sac bunt in the opener and stole a base in the nightcap
- Batted in the leadoff spot at Western Michigan, and began the game with a base hit to center
2023
- Wore uniform #8 in her first two seasons with the Falcons
- Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
- Played in 47 of BGSU's 50 games, making 38 starts
- Led the Falcons in stolen bases, with seven, and finished second on the team in both walks (14) and runs scored (18)
- Had three doubles and a triple among her 21 hits
- Was third on the team with seven multiple-hit games
- Tied for the team lead in sac bunts, with four
- Had a .964 fielding percentage, with just two errors in 56 total chances
- Made 37 starts in right field and one at the designated-player spot
- Played in four games, making three starts, in the DePaul Dome Tournament
- Had her first -- and her second -- collegiate hit in the win over Valparaiso
- Reached base in all four trips against the Beacons, going 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored
- Played in all four games at Florida's T-Mobile Tournament, starting three
- Saw action in all five games at the Evansville tourney, making four starts
- Had an RBI double vs. Purdue Fort Wayne that weekend
- Walked twice, singled and scored against St. Thomas, adding a stolen base
- Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against host Evansville
- Was 4-for-8 on the Falcons' trip to Auburn, scoring a team-high five runs on the weekend
- Went 2-for-3 in back-to-back games vs. Tennessee Tech
- In the first game, also walked twice and scored three times
- In the second contest, had a triple, a sac bunt and two runs scored
- Walked twice and scored a run against Toledo
- In the following game vs. the Rockets, doubled, stole a base and scored another run
- Hit .500 in the Ohio series, going 3-for-6 with a double
- Was 2-for-3 in the series opener, and had another hit in Sunday's first game
- Made a pinch-running appearance in the nightcap, scoring te game-tying run with two outs in the sixth
- Went 2-for-3 at Buffalo as well
- Had a hit in the first game vs. Miami, then went 1-for-1 with a walk in the next contest
- Started all three games of the Ball State series
- Went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI vs. Kent State
- Started each of the three games at Northern Illinois
Washington Community High School |
Washington, Ill. |
- Earned four letters at Washington Community H.S. (‘22), playing for coaches Stephanie Lawson and Clint Reed
- An IHSSCA All-State selection as a senior in 2022, helping the Panthers to a 20-8 record and a Mid-Illini Conference championship
- Also a unanimous first-team all-league selection
- IHSA Academic All-State
- 2022 Peoria Journal All-Area First Team
- Team went 21-8 in her junior year
- Led the team in stolen bases and runs scored
- Holds the school’s single-season and career stolen-base records
- IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award
- WCHS Panther Pride Program
- National Honor Society
- Also earned three volleyball letters, helping that team to a 2021 Regional Championship and a school-record win total
Personal |
- Born in Washington, Ill.
- Daughter of Aaron and Holly Davis
- Has a sister, Tatem
- Plans to major in inclusive education / intervention specialist
- Has played travel softball for Peoria Sluggers 16U and 18U Gold Trotter
- Favorite athlete is Sophie Weber
- Lists her parents as her biggest influences
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE BGSU?
“I chose to attend BGSU because of their great softball and education programs.”
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