McMurry University Athletics

CAREER: A total of eight all-America honors ... Holds three McM records: outdoor shot (69’ 0 3/4”), discus (180’ 9”) and indoor shot (65' 3 1/4”) ... 2014 INDOOR: USTFCCCA national Co-Athlete of the Week (2/2/14) ... 3x NCCAA national Athlete of the Week (1/21, 1/28, 2/2) ... 2x Lone Star Conference field event "Athlete of the Week" (1/28 and 2/2) ... Won the Air Force Collegiate Open (63' 2 3/4") ... Set McM indoor shot record by winning Texas Tech Masked Rider Open (1/30/14) with a heave of 65' 3 1/4" ... Set McM indoor record with a toss of 62' 10" at Kansas Jayhawk Classic (1/26/14) ... 2013 OUTDOOR: Placed fifth in the nation at the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships (the top collegiate competitor in the field) in Des Moines, Iowa … Season-best mark of 69’ 0 3/4” at the USATF Southwestern Association Open and Masters Championships (Coppell, Texas) … NCCAA champion in both the shot put and discus … NCCAA field events “Outstanding Performer” award … Set NCCAA shot record (64’ 6 1/2”) … Third in shot put at prestigious Texas Relays … In 11 shot competitions, had nine first place finishes … Set McM shot record four times during the course of the season … Eclipsed 60 feet in shot put in all 11 meets … After the Heartland/McMurry Invitational on April 19, had the nation’s leading throw (67’ 4 1/4”) at any collegiate level … Was featured in the May 6 issue of Sports Illustrated in the “Faces in the Crowd” section … In addition to the NCCAA meet, he also won discus at Angelo State Relays with an McM record toss of 180’ 9” … Won the hammer at the Hardin-Simmons Invitational and the War Hawk Classic … Two-time NCCAA “Athlete of the Week” (3/26/13 & 4/22/13) and one USATF NCAA II National “Athlete of the Week” award (4/22/13) … 2013 INDOOR: Participated in the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. … Won the NCCAA championship in the shot put with an NCCAA and McM record, and indoor best, mark of 62’ 1” … Set McM indoor shot record three times … Also an NCCAA All-American in weight throw with a third place … NCCAA “Athlete of the Week” (1/29/13) ... 2012 OUTDOOR: NCAA III national champion in shot put (60’ 10 1/2”) ... His win clinched the team title for War Hawks ... Also qualified for NCAA III meet in the discus ... American Southwest Conference Field Events “Outstanding Performer” award ... ASC champ in shot with league-record toss of 59’ 7 1/2” ... Also second in ASC in discus and third in hammer ... McM school record heave of 62’ 8 1/2” in shot at the Trinity “Last Stand” for the nation’s top throw at DIII ... Davis surpassed 60-foot barrier four times in competitions (Hardin-Simmons Invitational, Texas Tech Open, Trinity “Last Stand” and NCAA championships, winning all four) ... Set McM discus record with a toss of 170’ 1”, also at Hardin-Simmons meet ... 3x ASC “Athlete of the Week” ... ASC all-conference ... 2012 INDOOR: All-American with a 4th place finish in shot ... Set McM indoor shot record with a toss of 59’ 7 1/2” at the University of Arkansas ... 2011 OUTDOOR: NCAA III All-American with a third place finish in the shot put ... Won ASC shot and discus ... ASC all-conference ... ASC “Freshman of the Year” ... 2011 INDOOR: NCAA III All-American with an eight place finish in the shot put.


RECORDS CURRENTLY HELD BY DAVIS:
McMurry University Indoor Shot Put:  65' 3 1/4" (at Texas Tech Masked Rider Open, 2014)
McMurry University Outdoor Shot Put: 69' 0 3/4" (USATF Sectional, 2013)
McMurry University Discus:  180 9" (at Angelo State, 2013)
NCCAA Indoor Shot Put:  62' 1" (at Marion, Ind., 2013)
NCCAA Outdoor Shot Put: 64' 6 1/2" (at Joliet, Ill., 2013)
Lone Star Conference Indoor Shot Put (overall):  65' 3 1/4" (at Texas Tech Masked Rider Open, 2014)
American Southwest Conference Outdoor Shot Put:  59' 7 1/2" (at Misissippi Coll., 2012)


PAUL DAVIS – Outdoor marks since first surpassing the 60-foot barrier
* Denotes broke McM outdoor school record

March 25, 2012 (first)	Hardin-Simmons Invitational	60’ 6 ¾”
March 31, 2012	Texas Relays	59’ 3”
April 5, 2012	Angelo State Relays	57’ 10 ½”
April 14, 2012	Texas Tech Open	60’ 2”
April 21, 2012	Longhorn Invitational	59’ 10 ½”
April 27, 2012	ASC Championships	59’ 7 ¼”
May 13, 2012	Trinity “Last Chance”	* 62’ 8 ½”
May 26, 2012	NCAA III Championships	60’ 10 ½”
March 7, 2013	Tarleton State Invitational	* 63’ 6”
March 22, 2013	McMurry War Hawk Relays	60’ 9 ½”
March 29, 2013	Texas Relays	* 63’ 10 ¼”
April 6, 2013	Angelo State Relays	63’ 6 ¾”
April 13, 2013	Hardin-Simmons Invitational	63’ 0 ¼”
April 19, 2013	Heartland/McMurry Invitational	*67’ 4 ¼”
May 3, 2013	NCCAA Championships	64’ 6 ½”
May 8, 2013	ACU Jackson Twilight	62’ 10 ½”
May 12, 2013	Incarnate Word “Last Chance”	63’ 1 ¼”
May 25, 2013	USATF Southwestern Assoc. Championships	*69’ 0 ¾”
June 23, 2013	USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships	65’ 4”

PAUL DAVIS – Indoor marks since first breaking the school record
* Denotes broke McM indoor school record

March 2, 2012 (first)	U. of Arkansas	*59' 7 ½”
March 10, 2012	NCAA III Indoor Championships	57' 7"
Jan. 22, 2013	Texas Tech Open	*59' 10 ½”
Jan. 25, 2013	Jayhawk Classic	*61' 9 1/4”
Feb. 2, 2013	Texas Tech Red Raider Open	58' 8 1/2"
Feb. 16, 2013	NCCAA Championships	*62' 1"
March 3, 2013	USA Track & Field Indoor Championships	FOUL
Jan. 17, 2014	Texas Tech Open	61' 4 3/4"
Jan. 24, 2014	Kansas Jayhawk Classic	*62' 10"
Jan. 31, 2014	Texas Tech Masked Rider Open	*65' 3 1/4"
Feb. 7, 2014	Armory Collegiate Invitational	FOUL
Feb. 15, 2014	Air Force Collegiate Open	63' 2 3/4"