In August 2014, Philadelphia native Mo’ne Davis made headlines as her baseball team won the Little League World Series with her as the starting pitcher — the first girl to do so.

Nearly a decade later, she hopes to make women’s sports in Philadelphia a much bigger deal, writes Seth Engle for The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

“In 10 years from now, I will be adding a WNBA team and NWSL team to Philly,” Davis said. “I want to really be able to look back, just enjoy the journey, and realize how hard I worked for that to happen.”

Davis is currently pursuing a master’s degree in sports management from Columbia University. She previously played softball at Hampton University and graduated with a degree in journalism. 

Already an inspiration to girls and women, she hopes to open doors for many others. 

“There’s going to be so many more avenues and so many more outlets for girls to play sports because it’s going to keep expanding,” Davis said. “You’re going to see it in a lot more places and hopefully that just gives girls that courage… confidence and joy because they see people that look like them playing a professional sport and they want to do the same.”

Read more about Mo’ne Davis’ goals of expanding women’s pro sports in Philadelphia at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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