By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

BILOXI — The next “Southern Six” Senior Spotlight sponsored by Reese’s of the school year is Biloxi’s Aaliyah Davidson.

Each week throughout the school year, we here at SouthMiss6 Sports will highlight a senior student/athlete in the “Southern Six” to honor.

Davidson is a steady, veteran presence on one of the top teams in the state that is basically dominated by the play of a pair of sophomore standouts in center Zaniya Johson and shooting guard Jayla Carriere.

The 5-foot-6 point guard Davidson has started for almost the entire past three seasons for the Lady Indians and has been a consistent and effective force even as far back as two years ago when then senior Shaneal Corpuz was leading the way.

This season, Davidson has been at the helm of an Indian squad that has reeled off an impressive 25-1 record as it enters the Region 4-7A Tournament next week in Gulfport. Biloxi is undefeated against Mississippi opponents heading into the postseason.

Davidson is third in scoring this season with six points a game behind only Johnson and Carriere, while she leads the Lady Indians in assists with four per contest and is second in steals at three per game.

She averaged eight points per game last season as a junior.

For over a decade now, Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups has been the title sponsor of The Senior Bowl played annually in Mobile, Ala.

In addition to its new partnership with the Senior Bowl, the Reese’s® brand is also the official candy partner of the NCAA® and the title sponsor of the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Reese’s® College All-Star Game, which features the top Division I senior basketball student-athletes from around the country and is played the weekend of the NCAA Men’s Final Four®.

“The Reese’s brand is excited to continue our partnership with the Senior Bowl,” said Drew Iddings, Director, Promotions and Planning, The Hershey Company.  “We are confident that this partnership will continue to solidify the Reese’s brand’s leadership in collegiate athletics as well as honor senior student-athletes who achieved success on and off the field during their athletic careers.”

The 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM CT at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The game and practices will be televised on the NFL Network. 

The Reese’s Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Alabama the past 75 years.  More than 900 NFL personnel, including key decision-makers from all 32 teams, and over 1100 media members from around the country were credentialed this year. This past April, the game produced 110 total picks, representing 43 percent of the entire NFL draft.