SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025-26: Joel was chosen as the SUNYAC Defensive Player of the Year and a second team All-SUNYAC honoree...Played in all 29 games with 28 starts during the season for the Red Dragons...Averaged 9.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game, and added 32 steals and 31 blocks...Led the team in steals...Scored in double figures in 12-of-29 games, including registering 20 or more points two times...Finished with 10 or more rebounds five times and recorded two double-doubles...Posted a double-double with a season-high 23 points on 9-for-14 from the field (64.3%) and 11 rebounds in a home win over Potsdam...Finished with a 19-point, 12-rebound, double-double at Rochester...Tallied 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting (70.0%), and chipped in eight boards, in a home win over Morrisville...Recorded 18 points and shot 7-of-9 from the floor (77.8%) in a win over Franklin & Marshall in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Had 16 points in a road win at St. John Fisher...Provided 15 points in a home win over Oswego...Tallied 14 points and seven rebounds in a home win over Plattsburgh...Recorded 14 points and nine boards in a home win over Canton.

2024-25: Joel was a third team All-SUNYAC honoree...Named to the SUNYAC All-Tournament Team...Averaged 29.6 minutes per game over 25 contests with 24 starts...Finished with averages of 10.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game, and added 40 blocks and 28 steals...Registered 11 double-doubles, and scored in double figures 13 times...Had a season-high 25 points on 10-of-16 (62.5%) from the field and 10 rebounds at New Paltz...Had 20 points and 10 rebounds in a road win over Buffalo State...Recorded 19 points and 10 rebounds against Vassar...Tallied 18 points and 16 boards in a road win at Potsdam...Had 12 points and a season-high 17 rebounds in a road win over Fredonia...Recorded 12 points and 15 rebounds at Ithaca...Had eight points, 14 rebounds, five blocks, and five assists in a win at Morrisville...Totaled 12 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks, and four assists in a road win over Oneonta...Finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds in a win at New Paltz in the SUNYAC Finals...Contributed 14 points on 6-of-11 (54.5%) shooting from the floor and chipped in 10 rebounds in a win over Oswego in the SUNYAC Semifinals...Grabbed 16 rebounds and added 11 points in a road win over Canton...Chosen as the SUNYAC Athlete of the Week on Jan. 21.

Prior to Cortland: Attended Tompkins Cortland Community College...Member of the basketball team and named to the Mid-State Athletic Conference (MSAC) all-conference team in 2022-23...Played in 25 games with 24 starts...Averaged 13.8 points, 11.7 rebounds, 2.4 blocks per game, and added 43 assists and 37 steals.

High School: 2022 graduate of Watertown...Three-year starter on the basketball team...Team claimed Frontier League titles in all three seasons...Three-year starter at quarterback on the football team, leading the squad to three sectional titles...Won a Frontier League championship as a thrower and runner on the track and field team for one season.

Other: Hobbies include playing the piano and playing chess...Son of Robert and Jennifer Davis...Has four siblings, Dwyane, Jared, Anthony, and Seraiah.