Summer Training Director

Allen and Nikki Davis

Allen Davis and his wife Nikki have been working in the area for the past 20 years to share their experience and knowledge with young athletes. Their mission has been to help them develop and advance their abilities to attain higher levels of performance on and off the playing field. Their work with athletes over this time has helped many players reach their goal of becoming collegiate student-athletes.

Allen and Nikki both achieved their goal of playing NCAA Division I collegiate ball. While Allen graduated from Red Oak H.S. in 1994, Nikki graduated from Duncanville H.S. the same year. Allen was then drafted in the 44^th round by the Chicago Cubs as a left-handed pitcher, however, he chose to attend college first. Allen pitched for 2 years at Dallas Baptist University and then two years at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. Nikki went on to sign with The University of Texas Longhorns where she played mid-field for the first Division I women’s soccer team in the school’s history. Allen was then drafted in the 24^th round of the June MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and signed with them for the 1998 season. He then went on to pitch 10 years in professional baseball with the LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos, Fort Worth Cats, and Philadelphia Phillies, and then retired in 2007.

The Davis’ then founded the Davis Skill Center where they began their mission of sharing their experience and knowledge of baseball, training, and many other collegiate and professional aspects to the area. During the past 20 years, they have combined Allen’s professional baseball background and Nikki’s unique athletic training background to provide both baseball and overall sport-specific athletic training in all types of settings from one-on-one lessons to camps and clinics. By combining their expertise, they have been able to focus on improving their players’ on-field skills as well as creating better athletes all around. They have also run select baseball teams as well as collegiate summer teams and college recruiting services for the youth of the area.