Rutgers-Newark Athletics

SOPHOMORE (2009): Second on the team in batting average (.313), hits (25), slugging percentage (.450) and on-base percentage (.367) while starting in 33 games at catcher or first base… posted a team-best .962 fielding average, making just five errors in 131 chances… hit safely in 16 games with six multiple-hit efforts… closed out Rebel Games slate in Florida by going three for three with two RBIs and three doubles against Utica (3/20/09) before going three for four against McDaniel (3/20/09)… went four for seven with three RBIs, a home run, a double and three runs scored in a doubleheader sweep of St. Elizabeth (4/9/09)…went two for three, scored four times, drove in a run and tripled in a 13-12, 8-inning win over St. Joseph’s LI (4/16/09)… went two for three in the second game of an NJAC twinbill against Rowan (4/18/09). 

FRESHMAN (2008): Made 32 starts as a freshman for Rutgers-Newark… went one for three with a double and two RBIs in a matchup with Roger Williams (3/17/08)… finished three for six with a double and an RBI in a doubleheader with the College of Staten Island (3/26/08)… went two for three with two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader with Rowan (4/19/08). 

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Neptune HS… helped Scarlet Flyers to the Monmouth County semifinals as a senior captain… member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Nursing student at Rutgers-Newark who academic workload ended her softball career after just two seasons… daughter of Susan and Larry Davis… has one older sister, Sara… lists her parents as the biggest influence on her life.

Shannon Davis’ Career Stats

YEAR    BAVG     GP-GS       AB      R     H  RBI   2B-3B-HR  SLG%   BB   SO   OB%  SF-SH SB/A

2008       .195     33-32       82      5   16      7          2-1-0    .244      4   18    .230      1-7    0-0

2009       .313     34-33       80   15   25   11          6-1-1    .450      8   14    .367      2-1    2-2

Total       .253     67-65     162   20   41   18          8-2-1    .346   12   32    .299      3-8    2-2