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Aurora Davis:
 
Aurora Newgard Davis
United States  
 
Vital Statistics
 

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Birth Date July 1, 1991 (32 years old)
Home Town Groveland, FL
Resides Groveland, FL
Height 5'8"
College State College of Florida/Florida State
  Best Finish Winnings
United States 2nd $41,963
   AVP 2nd $41,263
   AVP Young Guns 5th $75
   NVL 7th $625
   USAV IDQ 9th $0
   Wide Open 17th $0
International 1st $3,600
   FIVB 1st $3,600
NORCECA 1st $1,000
   NORCECA 1st $1,000
Overall 1st (2 times) $46,631
 
Bio Bits

2022: Davis has partnered with Teegan Van Gunst on the AVP and they have six top 10 finishes including a second in Atlantic City and a third in Virginia Beach.
2021:
Davis competed in six FIVBs including earning a fifth and a ninth with Sarah Schermerhorn and two ninth place finishes with Kim Hildreth.
2020:
Davis competed in one FIVB in Cambodia with Allie Wheeler coming through the qualifier to finish ninth. Later that year she had her third daughter, Lakey.
2019:
Davis had her second daughter Kalani and competed in her first AVP qualifier back at seven weeks postpartum. She qualified two out of four times that season. She also won her first NORCECA event with Allie Wheeler.
2018:
Davis earned her first FIVB Gold medal in Bangkok, Thailand where she and her partner Bree Scarbrough were the last seed in the qualifier. The duo then competed in Jinjiang, China as the 14th seed in the qualifier and finished with a fourth place. On the AVP she competed with Bree Scarbrough and earned three top ten finishes.
2017:
Davis competed once with Pri Lima and seven times with Bree Scarbrough, with her best finishes being two ninth places.
2016:
Davis qualified for her first AVP back at four months postpartum. She earned three 13th place finishes, one with Traci Callahan and two with Bree Scarbrough.
2015:
Davis competed in AVP New Orleans while pregnant and later that year had her first daughter Kalohe.
2014:
Davis competed in her first full season on the AVP Tour with partner Kelly Schumacher, qualifying in five out of six attempts with three top ten finishes. CBS Sports recognized her as the “2014 Newcomer of the Year on the AVP.” She was selected as a member of the U26 National Beach team to represent the USA in Portugal at the FISU World University Games where she placed fifth with partner Angela Bensend.
2013:
Davis qualified with Jace Pardon at the Manhattan Beach Open and went on to finish 17th.
2010:
Davis played in her first AVP qualifier at 18 years old falling in the first round.

College: Davis began her collegiate career at State College of Florida where she led the country in kills and aces, was named the Suncoast Conference Player of the Year, All-American honorable mention, and was inducted into the SCF Hall of Fame. After her two years at State College of Florida she became one of the first players in the country to earn a scholarship to play beach volleyball for a Division I college. Attending Florida State, she was team captain for all three of her years and became a two-time AVCA All-American and two-time team MVP. In Aurora’s senior year at Florida State she joined the indoor team as a defensive specialist and they made it to the sweet sixteen. In her senior year on the beach she helped lead her team to runner ups in the National Championship. She holds the records for most overall wins in a single season, best overall winning percentage (.911) in a single season and most tournament wins overall.

Personal: Originally Aurora Newgard, she married her best friend Josh Davis in 2012. They met playing in a coed beach volleyball tournament against each other. They have three daughters, Kalohe, Kalani, and Lakey. Her parents Frank and Glenda Newgard played beach volleyball for fun and built beach courts in their backyard when Aurora was young. Davis has three brothers, Frank, Sage, and Chance. Sage plays beach volleyball as well and Aurora and Sage placed 3rd in a men's open tournament together. Aurora has played either an AVP or an FIVB tournament while pregnant with each of her kids.
 
 
Career Summary
 
United States
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 15th 17th 21st 25th 29th 33rd 57th CQ
2010 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 33.0 231st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 AVP Young Guns 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $75.00 73.0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 USAV IDQ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $0.00     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Wide Open 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00     0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400.00 95.0 76th 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 NVL 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $625.00 232.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 AVP 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 $5,750.00 765.0 28th 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2015 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000.00 120.0 93rd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 AVP 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,500.00 700.0 32nd 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
2017 AVP 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $5,637.50 1,051.0 32nd 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 15th 17th 21st 25th 29th 33rd 57th CQ
2018 AVP 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 $9,037.50 1,220.0 20th 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 AVP 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $975.00 486.0 88th 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
2021 AVP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $562.50 409.0 38th 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 AVP 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 $10,350.00 7,647.5 14th 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 AVP 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 $4,050.00 4,992.0 30th 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  61
(123rd)
0 1 2 0 1 3 18 $41,962.50
(135th)
17,823.5   14 2 11 5 1 1 1 1 0
 
International
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 15th 17th 21st 25th 29th 33rd 57th CQ
2018 FIVB 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 $2,450.00 410.0 209th 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
2020 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $400.00 100.0 123rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 FIVB 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 $818.93 300.0 170th 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total
(Rank)
  11
(925th)
1
(179th)
0 0 1 1 0 4 $3,668.93
(827th)
810.0   0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
 
 
 
NORCECA
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 15th 17th 21st 25th 29th 33rd 57th CQ
2019 NORCECA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000.00 100.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  1
(387th)
1
(54th)
0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000.00
(133rd)
100.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Overall
Total
(Rank)
  73
(323rd)
2
(249th)
1 2 1 2 3 22 $46,631.43
(409th)
18,733.5   14 2 13 5 1 1 2 1 1
 
Red denotes ranked 1st
 
Victory List
 
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
1 5/13/2018 FIVB Bangkok Bree Scarbrough 16 $500
2 9/28/2019 NORCECA Kralendijk Allie Wheeler 9 $1,000
 

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