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Davidson Named To USA Softball Collegiate Player Of The Year Watchlist
January 26, 2022 | Softball
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State's Mia Davidson is one of 50 student-athletes across the country to be named to USA Softball's Collegiate Player of the Year Watchlist.
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The graduate student from Hillsborough, North Carolina, enters her final season needing just two home runs to tie the SEC career record. She is a three-time all-region selection and was selected as an All-American in 2019. That same year, she was a Top 10 Finalist for the Collegiate Player of the Year award.
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Last spring, Davidson started all 60 games, playing 45 at catcher but seeing time at every infield position. She led the team in runs (42) and was second in slugging percentage (.672), on-base percentage (.426), doubles (11), home runs (17), total bases (119) and walks (30).
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Davidson is one of 10 baseball and softball players in SEC history to have hit 65 or more career home runs and ranks third among those in career home runs per game (0.335). Her 69 career long balls trail only Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo (88) for the most among active players entering 2022.
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USA Softball is the national governing body of softball in the United States and is in its 19th season of honoring a Collegiate Player of the Year. The Top 25 Finalists for the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 20. While an athlete does not have to be on the "Watch List" to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists.
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That list will be trimmed to the Top 10 Finalists, announced on May 4 and the Top Three announced on May 18. The 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be announced prior to the Women's College World Series.
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Three Bulldogs have been named finalists for the award. In addition to Davidson, Chelsea Bramlett finished in the Top 25 in 2008 and 2009 before reaching the Top 10 stage in 2010. Iyhia McMichael was a Top 10 selection in 2003 and became the only Bulldog to reach the Top Three in 2004. This season marks the third straight year that Davidson has been selected to the preseason watchlist.
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Mississippi State opens the 2022 season on Feb. 11 at the Mark Campbell Invitational in Irvine, California, with a pair of games against Loyola Marymount and No. 1 Oklahoma.
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For more information on the Bulldog softball program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching "HailStateSB."
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The graduate student from Hillsborough, North Carolina, enters her final season needing just two home runs to tie the SEC career record. She is a three-time all-region selection and was selected as an All-American in 2019. That same year, she was a Top 10 Finalist for the Collegiate Player of the Year award.
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Last spring, Davidson started all 60 games, playing 45 at catcher but seeing time at every infield position. She led the team in runs (42) and was second in slugging percentage (.672), on-base percentage (.426), doubles (11), home runs (17), total bases (119) and walks (30).
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Davidson is one of 10 baseball and softball players in SEC history to have hit 65 or more career home runs and ranks third among those in career home runs per game (0.335). Her 69 career long balls trail only Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo (88) for the most among active players entering 2022.
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USA Softball is the national governing body of softball in the United States and is in its 19th season of honoring a Collegiate Player of the Year. The Top 25 Finalists for the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 20. While an athlete does not have to be on the "Watch List" to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists.
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That list will be trimmed to the Top 10 Finalists, announced on May 4 and the Top Three announced on May 18. The 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be announced prior to the Women's College World Series.
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Three Bulldogs have been named finalists for the award. In addition to Davidson, Chelsea Bramlett finished in the Top 25 in 2008 and 2009 before reaching the Top 10 stage in 2010. Iyhia McMichael was a Top 10 selection in 2003 and became the only Bulldog to reach the Top Three in 2004. This season marks the third straight year that Davidson has been selected to the preseason watchlist.
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Mississippi State opens the 2022 season on Feb. 11 at the Mark Campbell Invitational in Irvine, California, with a pair of games against Loyola Marymount and No. 1 Oklahoma.
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For more information on the Bulldog softball program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching "HailStateSB."
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