Robert Davis, affectionately known as "The Rocket," is still the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,118 career points from 1983 to 1986. He also ranks fourth all-time with 373 assists and second with 231 career steals.
Davis has played basketball since he was six years old and always had someone to match up against with six other brothers who all played ball. Davis moved on to play at Rippowam High School in Connecticut where he was named to the All-State and All-County teams.
Davis began his collegiate career by averaging 17.4 points per game and 3.7 rebounds as a freshman in 1982-83, earning several Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week honors. In one game against Pace he scored the game-tying basket to send it into overtime, and the game-winning hoop, finishing with 36 points. Later in the season he was named Big Apple Conference Player of the Week for his performances against the Pratt Institute and Dowling College.
He was an All-Conference selection as a sophomore, ranking fifth in the nation with 24.2 points per game pouring in a total of 532 points. Davis also averaged 5.7 assists per game, 3.0 steals per game and shot 49 percent from the field and 81 percent at the free throw line. He was named to the Division Two All-Metropolitan Team by the M.C.B.A.
He repeated as an All-Conference selection in 1984-85, ranking second in the nation at 22.5 points per game. Davis held the school record for free throws, hitting 15-of-17 vs. Queens in 1984. He recorded his 1,000th career point against the Pratt Institute on a short jumper with three seconds left to send the game into overtime and would finish the year with 586 total points.
As a senior, he averaged 25.7 points per game and shot 86.5 percent from the free throw line. He scored his 2,000th career point and became the all-time leader in school history in a game against C.W. Post where he scored 32 points. In his final game at Mercy he poured in a new career-high 44 points, one shy of the program record.  That season he drained an astounding total of 617 points. Davis had his number 10 retired at the end of his Mercy career.
Davis graduated with a business administration degree. He has worked at Louis Dreyfus for the last 20 years in Wilton, Connecticut and is the assistant finance manager. He currently resides in White Plains with his wife Vanessa, who is a school psychologist, and their two sons Robert Junior, and Bryce.
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