Millersville

Ray Davis was not just a two-sport athlete at Millersville University. He was a two-sport star. An All-PSAC selection in both baseball and basketball, Davis was a dominant pitcher on the diamond and a dangerous scoring threat on the hardwood, scoring 1,146 career points. He was the recipient of the 1975 Elwood J. Finley Award, given to the top Millersville senior athlete.
 
Tabbed as the hardest thrower in Millersville history by hall of fame coach Gene Wise, Davis posted a 2.40 career ERA from 1972-75, a number that still ranks seventh-best in program history.  As the staff ace for a PSAC Championship team in 1974, Davis posted a 9-2 record and set a career winning percentage mark that stood for 40 years.
 
As a sophomore in 1973, Davis went 5-1 with a 1.56 ERA in 34.2 innings and followed that with a 4-1 record and 2.65 ERA in 1974. He landed All-PSAC Second Team honors as a sophomore.
 
Davis accomplished it all on the baseball field while pulling double-duty as a forward for hall of fame basketball coach Richard DeHart. His 1,146 points placed him sixth on Millersville’s career scoring list at the time of his graduation in 1975, and he managed to accomplish this feat while playing alongside All-America selection Frank Gantz and future NBA player Phil Walker, who set both Millersville and PSAC scoring records.
 
Davis was an efficient scorer, averaging 11.9 points per game on 58 percent shooting as a junior and average 14.1 points per game on 56 percent shooting as a senior.  He picked up All-PSAC Honorable Mention status in 1974-75. He was a key figure in an offense that ranked 19^th nationally in scoring in 1974. Davis was later recognized as one of the top 30 players in Millersville’s first 100 years of men’s basketball.
 
Team success followed Davis as well. In addition to back-to-back PSAC Championships in baseball in 1974-75, his basketball teams went a combined 38-15 in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons, winning two NAIA District 19 championships. The ’74-75 club won three postseason games with Davis scoring 20-plus points in two of the wins and advanced to the second round of the NAIA national tournament.  
 
Davis graduated with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. He is currently a plant leader at W.L. Gore & Associates in Elkton, Md. He lives in North East, Md., with his wife of 40 years: Karen. The couple has three children: Ray and wife Courtney, Katie and husband Dan, and Travis and his wife Sarah. Davis also has four grandchildren: Ray, Colin, Brooke and Emily.