Arla Davis

Arla Davis is the Assistant Field Hockey Coach at McDaniel College

Davis begins her first season at McDaniel in 2024 after spending one year at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

A four-year member of the field hockey team at Ithaca College, Davis helped the Bombers to a 40-16 overall record with three appearances in the Liberty League Field Hockey Championship. In 2021, the team advanced to the championship game, falling to Vassar on a penalty stroke in overtime, 1-0. She played in 48 career games as a midfielder, making 16 starts and scoring one goal which was the game-winner in a 4-1 win over St. John Fisher on Sept. 4, 2022.

Off the field, Davis was a three-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association Academic Squad and Liberty League All-Academic selection. She earned the Dean's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Roy H. Park School of Communications, the Outstanding Freshman of the Year Award for serving as the Assistant Sports Editor, Sports Editor, and podcast host for The Ithacan and the Peggy R. Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership.

Davis was a member of the Tau Theta Chapter of the Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Honors Society, served as the President for Ithaca's Association for Women in Sports Media, was a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Co-Chair and Bomber Leads Co-Chair, and spent time as the Head Campus Captain for The Hidden Opponent.

Davis spent two years as a student assistant in the athletics communications office at Ithaca, providing live social media updates during competitions, directing live streams, writing recaps, and assisting with in-game statistics for volleyball and women's lacrosse. She was also a member of the women's indoor and outdoor track & field teams during the 2022-23 seasons.

Heavily involved in promoting women in athletics, Davis served as a Demand IX Fellow and HerSport Intern through WomenX. She was one of 19 fellows across 12 states that focused on the history of Title IX, its role in collegiate athletics, and current events related to its legislation. She spent time as a summer intern for the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and as a communications intern for the Women's Sports Foundation.

Davis graduated from Ithaca in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in sports media and a minor in journalism, Davis served as the sports information intern at King's.