Deja Davis

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Deja Davis hits a home run in Duke's NCAA Regional win over Liberty

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Liberty University

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Cerritos, Calif.

Honors:
NFCA All-America – Second Team (2021)
NFCA All-Region – First Team (2021, 2023)
All-ACC – First Team (2021, 2023)
ACC All-Tournament Team (2023)
Eason/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2022)
CSC Academic All-America – First Team (2023)
CSC Academic All-District (2021, 2023)
All-ACC Academic (2019, 2021, 2022)
ACC Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Top 25 Finalist for National Player of the Year (2021)
Duke Athletics Female Student-Athlete of the Year (2021)

2023 – Graduate Student: Started in 53-of-54 games played in her final season in Durham … sits second on the team with a .372 batting average … led the team with 15 doubles on the year … recorded two triples, six home runs and drove in a career-high 31 runs … tallied 18 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … recorded the first multi-home run game of her career after crushing two long balls in back-to-back plate appearances against Pittsburgh … elected to the team’s leadership council in four consecutive seasons … started in 216 of 230 games played during her Blue Devil tenure, finishing with a .359 career batting average and .568 slugging percentage … honored with the True Blue award, given to the player that best models Duke softball’s core values, both on and off the field.

2022 - Senior: Competed in 45 games, making 33 starts ... Hit .318 with three home runs and 15 RBI, while stealing 10 bases ... Named to the Extra Elite 100 Player Rankings List and Softball America Top-100 Player Rankings List in the preseason ... Launched a key home run in a win over Penn State on Mar. 8 ... Drove in five runs in the series sweep over NC State from Mar. 11-13 ... Was a key piece of a win over Virginia on Apr. 9, going 3-for-3 with a double, triple and three RBI ... Played her strongest softball down the stretch, with a hit in nine of her last 10 games of the season ... Hit a home run in the NCAA Regional win over Liberty on May 21 ... Ended the season on a 10-game on base streak ... Named Duke's 2021-22 Female Student-Athlete of the Year.

2021 - Junior: Started all 56 games as a junior … first All-American in program history … led the Blue Devils in batting average (.389), hits (65), triples (7), total bases (109), slugging percentage (.653) and on-base percentage (.444) … broke the single-season program records for hits, triples and total bases … tallied 16 multi-hit games, including four three-hit contests … longest hitting streak was 14 games (2/19-3/13) … garnered at least one hit in 20 of Duke’s first 22 games of the season while reaching base in 21 consecutive games … recorded her first inside-the-park home run against Longwood on Feb. 27 … blasted her first career grand slam versus McNeese on Feb. 13.

2020 - Sophomore: Played in 19 games before her sophomore season was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic ... Boasted a .412 batting average with 21 hits in 51 at bats, including nine extra-base hits as her four triples led the team ... Garnered a .745 slugging percentage and .483 on base percentage.

2019 - Freshman (Stats): Appeared and started in all 56 games, seeing starts at second base and shortstop … Led the Blue Devil offense with a .324 clip and 61 hits … Also the team leader on the base paths, going 24-for-25 in stolen bases, which finished seventh in the ACC … Her 0.43 stolen bases per game finished seventh in the conference and 68th nationally … Her 24 stolen bases set both the program career and single-season marks … Recorded five triples on the year, putting her in a tie for fourth in the league, while her 0.09 triples per game average put her fifth in the league and 45th in the NCAA …Led the team with 15 multi-hit games this season, including four three-hit showings and one four-hit performance … Began her collegiate career with a dominant showing at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, earning four hits, scoring two runs, tallying a double and stealing four bases over the week … Set a Duke single-game record with three stolen bases against Penn State (Feb. 17), adding along with it a 2-for-3 performance at the plate … Followed with the second four-hit performance in school history and another 3-for-3 showing on the base paths in the next game against NC Central (Feb. 19), also adding in two runs scored, an RBI and a double … Reeled in her first multi-RBI performance in Duke's extra-innings win against Kansas on March 2, going 3-for-4 with two runs driven in, two scored by herself and her first-career triple … Earned the second triple of her career two games later against Charleston Southern on a 2-for-4 showing at the plate … Put together a career-long six-game hitting streak, which started with her performance against CSU on March 3 … Hit the first home run of her career during Duke's dominant weekend at Georgia Tech, finishing the March 30th contest 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored … Went 2-for-4 with three runs driven in and her second homer of the season in game one against Longwood on April 3 … Tied her career-long hitting streak with another six-game stretch from April 17-23 … Started off that stretch with a masterful showing in a doubleheader at James Madison, going 6-for-7 with three runs scored, one RBI and a stolen base.

High School/Travel Ball: One of the top players from The Golden State as an All-State and All-League star at Gahr High School … Lead Gahr to two league titles and a second place finish in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division I … Posted 128 hits, 111 runs scored and stole 70 bases in her career at Gahr despite only playing in two contests her junior year due to injury … Finished her GHS career earning All-State Third Team and All-Los Angeles Second Team honors … Recorded a .387 batting average and .413 slugging clip, earning 29 hits and driving in 14 runs while scoring 24 runs and stealing 14 bases … Tallied an on-base percentage of .447 and was dominant in the field with a fielding percentage of .980 … Posted a batting averages of .424 and .500 her first two years, with .525 and .616 slugging percentages … Also raised her on-base clip from .500 to .570 from year one to two … In only her two games her junior year, she tallied three runs on six hits and a stolen base as the Gladiators raced on to their third-straight league title … Opened her high school career in dominant fashion, posting impressive numbers off the bat to lead Gahr to a league championship and a fifth-place finish in California Interscholastic Federation playoffs … The infielder racked up 53 runs scored, 50 hits and 31 stolen bases with .424/.525/.500 (BA/SLG/OBP) averages … Upped her game in year two en route to earning Offensive MVP and CIF Division Three Second Team honors, increasing all three averages with a .500 clip, .616 slugging percentage and .570 OBP and tallying 43 hits, 31 runs and 24 stolen bases … Also showcased her dominance in the field, posting a .928 fielding percentage … On the club side, she was a member of the Ohana Tigers since 2015 … Her leadership has paced the Tigers to a number of successes, highlighted by a first place finish in the 2017 USSSA Nationals while being tabbed the most valuable player on offense … The 2017 campaign also saw the Tigers post a top five finish in the Colorado IDT Tournament, finish as runner up in the TCS World Series amd reach the PGF Nationals for the second-straight season … In the classroom, she was twice named Scholar Athlete of the Quarter … Named the Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and a ABC USD Distinguished Scholar her senior season.

Personal: Born Dejanae Dominique Page Davis on Sept. 28, 2000 in Anaheim, Calif. … Daughter of Earnest Page, Jr. and Tanisha Davis and step-father Phillip Davis … Has two sisters, Satyrah Davis and Leila Lanae Page, and one brother, Earnest Page III … Not the first in her family to attend Duke, as her third cousin Jeanette Llorens graduated in 2016 and was a member of the Duke rowing program from 2012-16.

Last updated: August 23, 2023