Zach Davis

Class:
Freshman
Position:
HJ/Decathlon
Height:
6-3
Hometown:
Sparta, N.J.
Prev School:
Sparta High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
60 - 7.48 (Indoor)
100 - 11.47
400 - 52.79
1,000 - 2:51.87 (Indoor)
1,500 - 4:54.41
60H - 9.00 (Indoor)
110H - 15.75
LJ - 23-10.25 (7.27m)
HJ - 7-0.25 (2.14m)
PV - 15-1 (4.60m)
SP - 46-1.25 (14.05m) (Indoor)
DISC - 134-8 (41.06m)
JAV - 202-2 (61.63m)
HEP - 5,259 (Indoor)
DEC - 7,171

IC4A Individual Titles (1)
2017 Indoor Heptathlon

Big South Individual Titles (2)
2016 Outdoor Decathlon
2017 Outdoor Decathlon

All-Big South Honors (12)
2014 Outdoor High Jump - 2nd
2014 Outdoor Decathlon - 3rd
2015 Indoor High Jump - 3rd
2015 Indoor Heptathlon - 2nd
2015 Outdoor Decathlon - 2nd
2016 Indoor High Jump - 2nd
2016 Outdoofr High Jump - 3rd
2016 Outdoor Decathlon - 1st
2017 Indoor High Jump - 2nd
2017 Indoor Pole Vault - T3rd
2017 Outdoor High Jump - 3rd
2017 Outdoor Decathlon - 1st

Career
• At the time of his graduation, ranked No. 3 in program history for the indoor heptathlon (5,259), No. 4 for the outdoor high jump (7-0.25) and tied for No. 6 for the indoor high jump (6-11
• Left Liberty with the decathlon records for the long jump (23-10.25) and high jump (6-10.75), while ranking No. 2 for the decathlon javelin (202-2)

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Successfully defended his Big South decathlon title, while adding a third-place finish in the high jump and a fifth-place showing in the javelin
• Ended his career as a 12-time All-Big South performer, earning all-conference medals in four different events (high jump, pole vault, heptathlon and decathlon)
• High jumped a season-best 6-9.75 during the Virginia Challenge decathlon, contributing to his season-high point total of 6,898 and qualifying him for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round high jump competition
• Part of Liberty's strong javelin crew, threw a season-best 198-9 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Big South All-Academic Team member
• Scored a career-best 5,259 points to become the second IC4A heptathlon champion in program history and earn Big South Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honors on March 8
• Big South high jump runner-up, while tying for third place in the pole vault (personal-best 14-7.25) and finishing 11^th in the long jump
• His two all-conference honors make him a 10-time All-Big South performer for his career
• Some of his best event marks on the year included an indoor personal-best 23-4 long jump (Liberty Elite Invitational heptathlon), a 6-10.75 high jump (IC4A heptathlon) and a personal-best 46-1.25 shot put (IC4A heptathlon)

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• First career Big South title came in the decathlon, to go along with a third-place finish in the high jump and a sixth-place showing in the javelin
• Top high jump clearance of the season (6-8.25) came during the Big South decathlon competition
• Threw the javelin a season-best 195-11 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Big South high jump runner-up, while placing fifth in the long jump (season-best 22-11) and eighth in the shot put (season-best 44-8)
• Tied for sixth in the IC4A high jump final
• Scored a season-best 5,161 points in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational heptathlon, earning Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors on Feb. 3
• Top high jump effort of the year (6-10.75) was part of the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational heptathlon competition

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the second year in a row
• Took part in 13 events at the Big South meet, finishing second in the decathlon, fourth in the high jump, fifth in the javelin and eighth in the long jump
• High jumped at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet for the second time
• Recorded his first two career 7,000-point decathlons, scoring 7,049 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational and improving to 7,171 at the Big South meet
• His personal-best 23-10.25 long jump at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational was the best-ever mark by a Flame within a decathlon, and his personal-best 202-2 javelin mark at the Big South meet ranks No. 2 on Liberty's all-time decathlon list

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Placed in three events at the Big South meet, including the heptathlon (second), high jump (third) and long jump (seventh)
• Finished sixth in the IC4A heptathlon competition
• Scored a career-best 5,054 points in the heptathlon at the Liberty Quad, becoming the seventh 5,000-point scorer in Flames history

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• Earned All-Big South honors in the high jump (second place) and decathlon (third place)
• Came in third in the IC4A decathlon and tied for seventh in the high jump
• High jumped a facility record 7-0.25 to win at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier and become the ninth Flame ever to jump over seven feet
• Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week on May 8, after his 7-0.25 high jump clearance
• High jumped at the NCAA Preliminary Round meet
• Recorded the Flames' best-ever high jump clearance as part of a decathlon (6-10.75) at the IC4A meet
• Long jumped a season-best 22-6.25 as part of the Liberty Collegiate Invitational decathlon
• Improved his javelin personal best to 173-7 during the Big South decathlon competition

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Tied for fourth place in the IC4A high jump final after sharing fifth place in the event at the Big South meet
• Aided by an indoor-best 6-11 high jump clearance, scored a season-best 4,781 points for fourth place in the Big South heptathlon
• Moved into the top 10 in program history for both the high jump and heptathlon

Prep
• Graduated from Sparta High School
• Capped off a stellar senior year by high jumping a Sussex County-record 6-10.75 for fourth place at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals
• Also won the outdoor New Jersey Group 3 state high jump crown before placing second at the New Jersey Meet of Champions
• Fourth-place finisher in the 2013 Penn Relays high jump competition
• Became the first Sparta athlete ever to win an indoor New Jersey Meet of Champions title, claiming the high jump crown in 2013
• During his first year of track & field competition in 2012, cleared 6-8.75 to finish fifth at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals
• Other personal-best marks included 21-6 in the long jump, 45-0.5 in the triple jump and 169-10 in the javelin
• First team all-conference performer in football

Personal
• Son of Jim and Ruth Davis
• Younger sister Rebecca Davis was a heptathlete on the Liberty women's track & field team
• Brother Jake Davis plays football at Sacred Heart
• Father Jim Davis played football at Carthage College
• Uncle Lou Benfatti played in the NFL for the New York Jets
• Criminal justice major
• Birthday is July 5