Kayla Davis

Photo by: Brian Brakebill

Photo by: Ernie Aranyosi

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Gahanna Lincoln
Hometown:
Gahanna, Ohio

2023-24

Named MAC Sportswoman of the Year
Earned WCGA All-American Scholar Team Accolades
Chosen as the MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week (3/08)
Earned Academic All-MAC honors
Appeared in all 12 tournaments for the Falcons
Completed the season with a low stroke count of 70.
Finished her career with a birdie in the MAC Championship to complete a 77.01 career stroke average, ranking No.2 all-time in BGSU history
Tied for sixth place in the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational shooting 232 (+8)
Recorded a 77.33 stroke average and +8 at the Bobby Nicols Intercollegiate, while BGSU placed 1st as a team
Finished with a career best finish in the UTRGV Vaquero Invitational with a 213-stroke count and finished Even and placed fifth in the tournament

2022-23

Named Second Team All-MAC
Named to College Sports Communicators Women's At-Large-All District Team
Earned MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week Apr. 27 for her 3.923 GPA
Named MAC Sportswoman of the Year
Earned All-Academic MAC honors
Played in all 11 events totaling 32 rounds, with a stroke average of 75.4, a new BGSU single-season record
Tied for 2nd place in the MAC Championship, shooting 219 (+3), having BGSU's best individual finish since 2015
Finished tied 3rd in the Chippewa Invitational, where she shot 157
Placed 3rd in the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, shooting 148 while leading BGSU to 5th place

2021-22

Named Second Team All-MAC
Played in all 32 rounds with a stroke average of 76.6
Won the Cardinal Classic shooting a +4 to gain her first collegiate victory and the first Falcon to win an Individual Medal Honor since 2019-20
Earned MAC Golfer of the Week for her victory at the Cardinal Classic being the first Falcon to receive the weekly award since 2018-19
Finished 4th at the Mac Championships with a 223 (+7) to help the Falcons get their best team finish in program history (4th)
Finished 2nd in the Shirley Spork EMU Invitational
Went undefeated in Match Play
Had a career-best score of 69 in round one of the Bearkat Invitational in route to a 33rd place finish
Recorded a total of five top 10 finishes
23 of her 32 rounds were in the 70’s
Led the Falcons in four of the season's 11 events

2020-21

Academic All-MAC selection
WGCA All-American Scholar
Played in all 14 rounds
Competed in all five events for the Falcons
Posted a stroke average of 77.29
10 rounds in the 70’s
Shot 76-74-75 at the Spring Break Shootout while finishing tied for 34th
In Hunstville for the Toyota Bearkat Invitational, recorded a three-round total for 235, which was good enough for a tie for 24th
At the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational, fired a 74 and 81 to finish tied for 22nd
Finished tied for 34th at the MAC Championships after shooting 79, 85, and 81 over three rounds

2019-20

WGCA All-American Scholar
Played in seven tournaments for the Orange and Brown
Competed in 18 rounds of golf
Posted a stroke average of 78.05
Led the Falcons on the leaderboard three times
Finished a tournament by scoring in the 70's in every round four times
Scored a season-low 74 in the second round of the Redbird Invitational
Finished T-14 for her best finish of the season at the Bearkat Invitational
Closed out the fall with a T-16 finish at the Mastodon Fall Invitational

High School

Graduate of Gahanna Lincoln High School in the spring of 2019
Four-year letterwinner for coach Chase Huddle
Served as a captain as a senior
Voted team MVP all four years on varsity
First Team All-Conference selection all four years, and a three-time Conference Player of the Year
Named the 2018 Central District Girls Golf Coaches Association All-District Division I Player of the Year
Posted an 18-hole average of 73, and a nine-hole average of 36.5
Shot a 32 in 2017 to earn the nine-hole school record
National Honors Society member
National Technical Honors Society member

Personal

Born and raised in Gahanna, Ohio
Daughter of Don and Beth Davis
Father played football at Ohio State
Has one younger sister, Bella
Major is Adolescence to Young Adult Education

Year                Rounds Strokes            Average          Low
2019-20           16                    1,250               78.12               74
2020-21           14                    1,082               77.28               72
2021-22           32                    2,453               76.65               69
2022-23 30                    2,262 75.40   69
2023-24 32 2,489 77.78 71
Career 124 9,536 76.90 69

CAREER FINISHES

2023-24
Sept. 11 - Redbird invitational - 82-78-71 - 231 (+15)
Sept. 26 - Ptarmigan Ram Classic - 77-75-76 - 228 (+9)
Oct. 3 - Shirley Spork EMU Invitational - 72-80-77 - 229 (+13)
Oct. 10 - Loyola Parkinson Family Invitational - 83-78-75 - 236 (+20)
Oct. 24 - Terrier Intercollegiate - 83-74-79 - 236 (+23)
Feb 14- BGSU Women’s Intercollegiate – 80-80-82-242 (+29)
Feb 25- WMU Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational- 77-77-82-236 (+20)
Mar. 05- UTRGV Vaquero Invitational- 70-70-73-213 (E)
Mar. 19- Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate- 75-83-74-232 (+19)
Apr. 7- Dolores Black Falcon Invitational- 75-76-151 (+8)
Apr. 13- Battle of I-75-  Lost 1-3 against Toledo’s Amelia Lee
Apr. 23- MAC Championship- 88-87-80-255 (+39)

2022-23
Sept. 12 – Redbird Invitational – 75-77-73– 225 (+9)
Sept. 27 – Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic – 77-79-74– 230 (+14)
Oct. 4 – Shirley Spork EMU Invitational – 76-72-78– 226 (+10)
Oct. 11 – Rocket Classic Invitational – 80-75-73– 228 (+10)
Oct. 18 – Chippewa Invitational – 75-82– 157 (+13)
Feb. 7 – Falcon Florida Classic – 74-74-69– 217 (+1)
Feb. 26 - Rio Verde Invitational - 80-73-71- 224 (+8)
Mar. 21 - Nevel Meade Intercollegiate - 78-80- 158 (+14)
Mar. 28 - Babs Steffens Invitational - 76-77-77- 230 (+14)
Apr. 08 - Dolores Black Falcon Invitational - 74-74- 148 (+4)
Apr. 23 - MAC Championship - 70-72-77- 219 (+3)

2021-22
Sept. 5 – Redbird Invitational – 76, 75, 79 – 230 (+14)
Sept. 14 – Golfweek Fall Challenge – 77, 78, 84 – 239
Sept. 21 – Cardinal Classic – 73, 74, 73 – 220 (+4)
Sept. 28 – Bearkat Invitational – 69, 82, 78 – 229 (+16)
Oct. 5 – Shirley Spork EMU Invitational – 76, 72, 73 – 221 (+5)
Oct. 12 - Rocket Classic Invitational - 83, 81, 76 - 240 (+24)
Feb. 27 - Rio Verde Invitational - 82, 76, 76 - 234 (+18)
Mar. 15 - HBU Husky Invitational - 74, 80, 84 - 238 (+22)
Mar. 22 - Nevel Meade Collegiate - 75, 78, 77 - 230 (+14)
Apr. 10 - Dolores Black Falcon Invitational - 79, 70 - 149 (+5)
Apr. 24 - MAC Championships - 71, 77, 75 - 223 (+7)

Match Play
K. Davis, BGSU def. O. Kerr, WIU (3&2)
K. Davis, BGSU def. P. Chitty, CMU (2&1)
K. Davis, BGSU def. I. Courtney, WMU (4&3)
K. Davis, BGSU def. K. Dull, EMU (3&2)

2020-21
Feb. 9 – Mid-American Challenge – 78, 72, 72 - 222
Mar. 16 – Spring Break Shootout – 76, 74, 75 - 225
Mar. 30 – Huntsville Toyota Bearkat Invitational – 79, 76, 80 - 235
Apr. 11 – Dolores Black Falcon Invitational – 74, 81 – 155
Apr. 24 – MAC Championship – 79, 85, 81 - 245

2019-20
Sept. 9 – Redbird Invitational – 78, 74, 75 – 227
Sept. 17 – Cardinal Classic – 79, 77, 79 – 235
Oct. 1 – Bearkat Invitational – 77, 75, 76 – 228
Oct. 8 – MAC Fall Preview – 78, 81, 86 – 245
Oct. 15 – Mastodon Fall Invitational – 80, 81, 79 – 240
Feb. 21 – Rio Verde Invitational - 75

Match Play
C. Salvador def. K. Davis (2&1)
K. Davis ties C. Loftus