Hall of Fame
Shelly Davis – Florida Southern College (Softball)
1996 Sunshine State Conference Female Athlete of the Year Shelly Davis played a huge role in helping the Florida Southern softball team continue its winning ways from 1992-1996. The Altamonte Springs, Fla., native hit .461 in 56 games as a freshman to help lead FSC to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1993. The Moccasins were an incredible 174-38 in her four-year career and won two NCAA regional championships and won or shared four SSC championships. Davis received the amazing honor of being a four-time All-American, four-time NFCA all-region and four-time All-SSC selection. She holds the FSC career records for batting average (.462), hits (298), doubles (58), sacrifices (39) and total bases (394), as well as the FSC single-season records for batting average (.500), hits (85), doubles (23) and total bases (118). Academically, Davis was named to the FSC Honor Roll and earned her degree in physical education in 1996. After trying out for the 1996 U.S. Olympic softball team, Davis played for the Georgia Pride in the Women’s Professional Fast Pitch League in 1997 and on the championship team that won the ISA Women’s Open in Panama City, Fla. Along with volunteering her time to speak at youth clinics and umpire for the Camp Challenge adult softball tournament fundraiser, Davis is a physical education teacher at Gotha Middle School in Windermere, Fla., where she serves as department chair and coaches the seventh and eighth grade basketball teams. Davis is the sixth softball player and third from Florida Southern to earn induction into the SSC Hall of Fame.