Southern Arkansas University Athletics

A conversation discussing the top performers in the history of the Southern Arkansas Women's Basketball program must include Kim Davis. However, a conversation discussing the best to take the court for the Lady Muleriders in the department's NCAA Era (1995-96) must start with Davis who remains one of the most highly decorated players in program history and one of the most prolific shooters the program has ever seen.
 
A native of Mountain Home, Arkansas, Davis engineered one of the more impressive freshman seasons for a Mulerider student-athlete regardless of sport as she turned in a rookie season in 2003-04 that finished with the 6' 1" post player being named a Women's Division II Bulletin All-America Honorable Mention selection in addition to earning Women's Division II Bulletin Freshman All-America honors.
 
A three-time Daktronics All-South Region selection including first team honors after her first year in Magnolia, Davis led the Gulf South Conference and ranked sixth nationally in combined field goal percentage (62.7%; 190-of-303) and two-point field goal percentage (63.0%; 186-of-295) as a freshman; both of which remain single-season program bests to this day. An obvious force inside, Davis also led the GSC in points per game at 17.7 and finished fifth in rebounding average at 9.7 boards per game.
 
Her 27-game output in 2003-04 took the league by storm and helped SAU snap an eight-year streak of finishing below .500. Davis' efforts resulted in the Arkansan being named GSC West Division Player of the Year and GSC West Division Freshman of the Year plaudits in addition to nabbing All-GSC First Team honors as well; the first of three all-league accolades acquired by Davis in her career which includes a second All-GSC First-Team honor following the 2006-07 season.
 
In four seasons, Davis never shot below 52.5% from the floor and averaged over 15.5 points per game in three of those seasons. In 81 total games played, including 69 starts, Davis averaged 29.2 minutes on the floor behind a career double-double average of 16.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game; one of only two players in program history and the only one in the NCAA Era to average a double-double for her career.
 
Her 1,305 career points rank seventh on the program's all-time scoring list which came courtesy of career records in combined field goal percentage (58.4%; 506-of-866) and two-point field goal percentage (59.8%; 485-of-811). Davis' career free throw clip of 79.8% (272-of-341) ranks second all-time. She totaled 822 rebounds, 92 steals, 61 assists and 55 blocks.