Jalani Davis

Photo by: Reed Jones

Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
Sr. / Sr.
Position:
Throws
Hometown:
Hampton, Va.
High school:
Bethel
Major:
Psychology

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 1x World Championships Qualifier
• 1x U.S. Medalist
• 3x U.S. Qualifier
• 2x NACAC U23 Medalist
• 2x NCAA Champion (2023 Indoor Weight, 2024 Indoor Weight)
• 10x NCAA Qualifier
• 7x All-American
• 29 NCAA Points (26 Indoor, 3 Outdoor)
• 4x SEC Champion
• 9x SEC Medalist
• 96 SEC Points
• 1x SEC Cliff Harper Trophy Winner (2024 Indoor, 20 Points)
• 1x USATF Athlete of the Week (Feb. 29, 2024)
• 4x USTFCCCA All-Academic

TFRRS Bio

2024 Indoor (Senior)
NCAA Champion (Weight Throw)
2x First-Team All-American (Weight Throw, 1st; Shot Put, 3rd)
2x NCAA Qualifier (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
2x SEC Champion (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
SEC Cliff Harper Trophy Winner (20 SEC Points)
USATF Athlete of the Week (Feb. 29)
SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 30)
Repeated as NCAA weight throw champion, the first Rebel woman to ever repeat as an NCAA champ in any event, indoors or outdoors ... First repeat winner in the women's weight nationally since Louisville's D'Ana McCarty in 2009-10; one of just seven in collegiate history to ever win multiple women's weight titles alongside McCarty, Indiana State's Felisha Johnson (2011, '13), Southern Illinois' Brittany Riley (2007-08), Florida's Candice Scott (2002, '04-05), SMU's Florence Ezeh (2000-01) and South Carolina's Dawn Ellerbe (1996-97) ... Made Ole Miss (2022-24) one of just three schools to win at least three in a row alongside Florida (2002-05) and South Carolina (1996-98) ... Won by nearly seven feet on her third-round toss of 24.80m/81-04.50, a facility record that made her the No. 4 performer in NCAA meet history (6th-best throw) ... Also finished third in the shot put at 18.15m/59-06.75) for six more points, giving her 16 of Ole Miss' record 30 points en route to the Rebel women's combined program record fifth-place finish ... Ended her career as the Ole Miss combined men's and women's record holder in NCAA Indoor points at 26 ... Two First-Team All-America nods (weight throw, 1st; shot put, 3rd) ... Won two SEC titles, becoming the second woman in conference history to sweep the shot put and weight throw alongside Florida's Candice Scott, who did so in both 2002 and 2005 ... At 20 SEC points, named the SEC Women's Cliff Harper Trophy Award Winner, which is given annually to the top men's and women's points scorers at the indoor meet ... Won the weight throw on a career-best throw of 25.09m/82-03.75, which moved her from No. 5 to No. 3 in collegiate history, as well as up to No. 9 in world history ... Fifth-best overall throw in collegiate history, seventh throw to ever cross 25 meters ... Just the 10th thrower in world history to ever break 25 meters ... One of just seven in SEC history to repeat as the women's weight throw champ ... Gave Ole Miss its fifth women's SEC weight title in a row and its seventh in the prior eight years, tying the SEC record of five straight set by Florida from 2001-05 ... Won the shot put at an indoor career-best heave of 18.61m/61-00.75, moving her to No. 12 in collegiate history and No. 8 among American-born collegians ... Only woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight and 60 feet in the shot put indoors, and she did so twice within the same meet (2023 SEC Indoor, 2024 SEC Indoor) ... Only the second Rebel to ever cross 61 feet indoors alongside two-time NCAA Champion and two-time Olympian, Raven Saunders ... Finished the season with nine throws of at least 23 meters, five beyond 24 meters, three beyond 80 feet and one eclipsing 25 meters ... Ended her weight throw career as the collegiate record holder in 80-foot throws (6), tied as the collegiate record holder in 24-meter throws (9), tied for second in 23-meter throws (21) and one of just three in collegiate history to ever break 25 meters at least once alongside SIU's Brittany Riley (3) and fellow Rebel Shey Taiwo (3), both of whom also coached by Ole Miss head coach Connie Price-Smith and John Smith ... Ended her indoor career with 12.4 percent of all 23-meter throws in collegiate history, as well as 19.1 percent of all 24-meter throws, 35.3 percent of all 80-foot throws and one of just seven tosses to ever travel at least 25 meters in the collegiate ranks ... Named SEC Women's Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 30.

2023 Outdoor (Senior*)
World Championships Qualifier (Shot Put)
NACAC U23 Champion (Hammer)
NACAC U23 Silver Medalist (Shot Put)
U.S. Bronze Medalist (Shot Put)
U.S. Championships Qualifier (Shot Put)
2x NCAA East Regional Qualifier (Shot Put, Hammer)
2x SEC Silver Medalist (Shot Put, Hammer)
2x SEC Scorer (Shot Put, 2nd; Hammer, 2nd)
Qualified for the World Athletics Outdoor Championships as part of Team USA with her bronze medal performance at the U.S. Outdoor Championships ... Finished 13th in the qualifying round in Budapest at 16.93m/55-06.50 ... Won bronze and a spot on Team USA with a toss of 18.62m/61-01.25 ... Won the NACAC U23 title in the women's hammer at 63.81m/209-04, took silver in the shot put at 17.20m/56-05.25 ... Threw an overall career-best 18.64m/61-2 unattached at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville, Tennessee on June 3 ... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in both the shot put and hammer ... Won SEC silvers in both the shot put and hammer ... Scored 16 total SEC points to help lead the Ole Miss women to a program record fourth-place team finish.

2023 Indoor (Senior*)
NCAA Champion (Weight Throw)
First-Team All-American (Weight Throw, 1st)
Second-Team All-American (Shot Put, 9th)
2x NCAA Qualifier (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
SEC Champion (Weight Throw)
SEC Silver Medalist (Shot Put)
2x SEC Scorer (Weight Throw, 1st; Shot Put, 2nd)
Became the 14th NCAA Indoor Champion in combined Ole Miss men's and women's track & field history, as well as just the fourth Rebel woman to win an NCAA Indoor title, with a victory in the weight throw at 24.51m/80-5 ... Back-to-back women's weight throw titles for Ole Miss alongside Shey Taiwo's victory in 2022, making Ole Miss the sixth school to ever repeat ... 11th total NCAA Indoor title in Ole Miss history ... Went wire-to-wire as the NCAA's top performer in the women's weight throw ... Her winning third-round toss of 24.51m/80-5 ranked her as the No. 4 performer in NCAA Indoor meet history (sixth-best throw) ... Became the No. 5 performer in collegiate history and No. 12 in world history at her career-best 24.63m/80-09.75 that won the SEC title and broke the SEC meet record by two feet ... At SECs, became only the third collegian to ever break 80 feet three times in a single series ... Was SEC runner-up in the shot put at a PR of 18.43m/60-05.75 ... Became the first woman in world history to break 80 feet in the weight throw and 60 feet in the shot put ...Also became the only woman in world history at at 80 feet in the weight, 60 feet in the shot put, 184 in the discus and 228 in the hammer ... Moved up to No. 14 in collegiate history in the shot put ... Scored 18 total SEC points, helping lead the Rebel women to a program record tie for fourth place in the team standings ... On the all-time women's collegiate weight throw list, ended the regular season with two of the top-11 throws all-time, as well as three of the top-15, four of the top-30, five of the top-40 and 11 total within the top 147 marks in NCAA history.

2022 Outdoor (Junior)
U.S. Championships Qualifier (Hammer)
First-Team All-American (Hammer, 6th)
NCAA Qualifier (Hammer)
3x NCAA East Region Qualifier (Shot Put, Discus, Hammer)
SEC Bronze Medalist (Discus)
Qualified for the U.S. Outdoor Championships in the hammer ... Earned First-Team All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the hammer at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at a four-meter PR of 69.53m/228-01 ... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in all three of her events in the shot put, discus and hammer, her second consecutive triple at the regional meet ... Won SEC bronze in the discus at 53.75m/176-04 in front of her home crowd in Oxford ... Won two regular season shot put titles at the Joe Walker Invite and Crimson Tide Invite.

2022 Indoor (Junior)
2x NCAA Qualifier (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
SEC Champion (Shot Put)
2x SEC Scorer (Shot Put, 1st; Weight Throw, 4th)
Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in both the shot put and weight throw ... Was the only athlete in the nation -- male or female -- to attempt the shot put/weight throw double ... Finished the regular season ranked No. 7 in both the shot put (17.69m/58-00.50) and weight throw (22.96m/75-4) ... Won the SEC title in the shot put at a then-three foot PR of 17.69m/58-00.50, her first career conference title ... Finished fourth in the weight throw at 22.43m/73-07.25, pushing her to 15 total SEC points to help lead the Rebel women ... At her then weight throw PR of 22.96m/75-4, became part of the first active trio at 75 feet in NCAA history alongside teammates Shey Taiwo and Jasmine Mitchell.

2021 Outdoor (Sophomore)
U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier (Shot Put, 19th)
2x Second-Team All-American (Discus, 14th; Hammer, 16th)
Honorable Mention All-American (Shot Put, 20th)
3x NCAA Quailfier (Shot Put, Discus, Hammer)
3x NCAA East Region Quailfier (Shot Put, Discus, Hammer)
SEC Silver Medalist (Shot Put)
2x SEC Scorer (Shot Put, 2nd; Hammer, 4th)
Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the shot put, where she finished 19th ... Was the lone thrower in the nation and one of just two athletes in the NCAA to triple at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, alongside only Texas A&M's Tyra Gittens ... Finished with Second-Team All-America status in the discus (14th place) and hammer (16th place), was Honorable Mention in the shot put (20th place) ... Punched her ticket to NCAAs in the discus at the East Regional with a 14-foot PR of 56.23m/184-05 from the lower-seeded first flight, then the No. 3 throw in Ole Miss history ... Became the second Rebel to ever triple at the outdoor national meet alongside Janeah Stewart (2017) ... Won SEC silver in the shot put with a PR 17.52m/57-05.75, making her No. 3 in school history ... Scored 13 total SEC points, combined with her fourth-place finish in the hammer ... Won two shot put competitions in the regular season at the Joe Walker Invite and the Maroon and White Invite ... Competed in the shot put, discus and hammer in all eight meets.

2021 Indoor (Sophomore)
SEC Scorer (Weight Throw, 5th)
Scored SEC points in the weight throw, finishing fifth at what was then a PR of 20.82m/68-03.75 ... Finished the regular season ranked No. 22 in the nation and fifth in the SEC in the weight throw.

2020 Outdoor (Freshman)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.

2020 Indoor (Freshman)
SEC Scorer (Shot Put, 6th)
SEC Scorer (Weight Throw, 8th)
Scored SEC points in two events, setting PRs in each ... Placed sixth in the shot put (15.86m, 52-00.50) and eighth in the weight throw (19.92m, 65-04.25) at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Also competed in five meets during the regular season ... Won the weight throw and placed ninth in the shot put at the Texas Tech Shootout ... Finished sixth in the shot put and 16th in the weight throw at the Indiana Relays ... Came in seventh in the shot put and 17th in the weight throw at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed 11th in the shot put and 17th in the weight throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Came in seventh in the shot put and 13th in the weight throw at the Blazer Invite.

High School
Earned three varsity letters … Named Thrower of the Year by VA Milesplit … Named Female Athlete of the Year by the VA Peninsula District … New Balance Emerging Athlete National Champion … State Champion in 2018, 2019 … All-State in 2018, 2019 … Team MVP from 2017-2019 … Team Captain 2016-2019 … Set personal records of 44-11 in the shot put and 132-1 in the discus … Also competed in basketball and volleyball.

Personal
Born May 23, 2001 to Jacqueline and Kenneth Davis … Her brother, Jaylan, was the head cheer coach at Ole Miss ... Came to Ole Miss as a walk-on ... Majoring in psychology.