UC Santa Barbara
2016 Preseason Big West Freshman of the Year
2018: Named the No. 53 college prospect for the 2018 draft by D1Baseball ... Listed as the No. 63 starting pitcher in D1's positional power rankings.
2017: Before his sophomore season, was listed as the No. 107 starting pitcher in the country in D1Baseball's positional power rankings ... Named the No. 70 overall and the No. 14 right-handed pitching prospect for the 2018 MLB Draft by D1Baseball ... As UCSB's Friday starter, went 7-4 with a 4.63 ERA over 13 starts spanning 81 2/3 innings ... Struck out 65 – just four behind Kyle Nelson's team-leading 69 Ks – against 22 walks ... Had a .276 batting average against ... His seven victories were seventh-most in the Big West ... Best statistical outing of the year was on Opening Day at Loyola Marymount, as Davis tossed six innings of one-run ball as part of a 6-3 UCSB win ... Was a tough-luck loser at Kentucky on Mar. 3, allowing two earned with five strikeouts and no walks in a complete game effort ... In an abbreviated start, held Cal State Fullerton off the board for 3 2/3 innings on May 13 ... Allowed two earned runs or fewer in eight of his 13 starts ... Team was 8-5 in his starts, the best winning percentage of any UCSB pitcher (.615) ... His 3.0 K-BB ratio was tied for best on the team among those with 20+ IP ... Best month of the season came in February, as he was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two starts ... Matched a career-high with 10 strikeouts against Tulane on Feb. 24 over seven innings ... Spent his summer with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League ... Posted a 2.81 ERA over five appearances (four starts) ... Was named the No. 23 prospect in the Cape by D1Baseball.
2016: Before the season, was named the Preseason Big West Freshman of the Year by Perfect Game ... Made 15 starts for the Gauchos and a pair of relief appearances ... Finished with a 4.46 ERA over 82 2/3 innings, with 63 strikeouts against 30 walks ... Served as UCSB's No. 2 starter behind Shane Bieber when healthy ... Made three starts in the postseason, going 2-0 with a 4.15 ERA ... Team was 3-0 in his postseason starts ... Was on the hill for UCSB's win against Miami in the College World Series on Jun. 20, allowing one run and two hits over six full innings against one of the most potent lineups in the country ... Started the second game of the Louisville Super Regional, allowed three earned over 5 1/3 innings, with all runs coming in the fourth inning ... Started UCSB's middle game of the Nashville Regional, allowing four earned in six-plus innings with six strikeouts ... Missed three starts with a foot injury in late April ... While recovering, made a pair of short relief appearances, in those he went 2-0 with 0 ER in 1 2/3 innings ... Returned to the rotation on May 26 against UC Riverside, allowing one earned over four innings with four strikeouts ... Best stretch of the season came in early March, when he turned in back-to-back one-hit shutout efforts against Oregon and Hartford ... At Oregon on Mar. 5, pitched the first eight frames of an eventual 14-inning, 1-0 UCSB win ... Followed that up with seven innings of one-hit ball against Hartford on Mar. 12 ... In collegiate debut, allowed five earned in 3 2/3 innings against USF ... Earned his first Division I win on Feb. 27 at the inaugural Tony Gwynn Classic, tossing five innings of two-run ball against Bryant in a 16-2 victory ... Had a 5.25 ERA in Big West play ... Posted a 3.82 ERA at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium ... Had a 1.33 ERA in March, combined 6.47 ERA the other three months of the regular season ... Team was 11-4 in his starts for the year.
High School: Played three seasons at Huntington Beach High School under head coach Benji Medure ... Was a starting pitcher for the Oilers ... Was a First Team All-Sunset League selection in both 2014 and 2015 ... As a junior, was named First Team All-State and All-County ... Won the 2015 CIF Southern Section Division I Championship, throwing a complete-game four-hitter with 10 strikeouts in the title game ... Had a 12-0 record with a 1.27 ERA in his junior season ... Appeared in the postseason all three of his varsity seasons ... Won the Distinguished Oiler Award ... At HBHS, won the Tower Award (best student) in Spanish.
Personal: Noah Davis was born on Apr. 22, 1997 to parents Eric and Ashley in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Has one younger sister, Ivy, who plays softball at the University of Arizona ... Majoring in environmental studies ... Aspires to play Major League Baseball ... Goes by the nickname "Diesel" ... Roots for the Los Angeles Angels ... Lists making it to the College World Series as his favorite sporting moment ... Cites winning the CIF Championship as his most memorable pre-UCSB sporting moment ... Calls Old School and Superbad his favorite flicks ... Likes to read the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series ... His favorite writer is J.K. Rowling ... Listens to Social Distortion and Neck Deep ... Likes to bodysurg and listen to music in his free time ... Lists Conor McGregor as his favorite athlete ... His preferred TV show is Peaky Blinders.
