Little League trailblazer Mo'ne Davis trying out for Women's Professional Baseball League
Davis, 24, will try out for the new Women's Professional Baseball League at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 22-25.
She'll give things a go at pitcher, second base, shortstop and center field.
After last playing baseball in 2020, she said she was ready to give things another go.
3 Mo'ne Davis participates in Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts' (50) celebrity softball game prior to the game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.
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'I like to try things,' Davis told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday. 'And this was something that I was like, 'You know what, why not give it a try? Why not help the league grow?' I'm just not done playing at all. … I don't have anything to lose. It's not like I'm older, and it's my last [season to play]. I have plenty of years that I can keep going, so I'm just going to give it a try.'
She'll be joined by 600 other women, with only 150 getting selected to be a part of the inaugural six-team draft. Play is set to get underway in the summer of 2026, making it the first U.S. professional baseball league for women since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was dissolved in 1954.
Davis burst onto the baseball scene at just 13 when she debuted at the 2014 Little League World Series for Taney Little League (Pennsylvania).
3 Davis pitching in her history-making game against Tennessee
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In the team's first game, she became the first ever girl to record a victory and shoutout on the mound in a 4-0 win over Tennessee.
This catapulted her into the global spotlight and made her a household name.
'I never thought that I would be a role model at this age…so I just have to be myself,' Davis said during that Little League run.
Thanks to her historic stint in the Little League World Series, she appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and her jersey was placed in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
3 Davis on the field for Hampton University.
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She later played softball at the University of Hampton and graduated in 2023. Over two seasons at Hampton, she collected 47 hits with a .327 on-base percentage.
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