Mo’ne Davis is one of the big stories of the Little League World Series, a star in 2014 who became the first girl to win and kick a shutout in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Now 22, she is an intern with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Los Angeles Times recently profiled the former pitcher who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated at age 13 and has remained close to the game since her star turn.
Davis played softball at Hampton University. She has worked with MLB to the dissemination and social media projects. She interned in 2021 for the DC Grays, a summer varsity baseball team in the nation’s capital. There she called games for the team’s online streams.
Now she works with the Dodgers on their video production team. Although she remains focused on broadcasting, her aspirations are evolving. His goal now is to work in the front office of a baseball team.
“Since eighth grade, I wanted to get into broadcasting,” Davis told The Times. “But over time, learning more about the sport, I wanted to learn more about the business side of the sport, to go in that direction. …
“Hopefully I can work my way up to a front office position. Maybe a GM. We’ll see where that takes me.
Davis recently earned a communications degree from Hampton. She is one of 20 Dodgers interns from a pool of about 5,000 applicants, according to the Times. Dodgers Productions manager Erick Vazquez told The Times that Davis passed the interview process.
“I think we would have hired her whether or not she was who she was,” Vazquez said. “That’s how impressive she was in her interview.”
Davis’ duties include producing the Dodgers video card, editing highlight packages and producing content for the team’s social media. For the most part, she remains behind the scenes, a departure from her previous work with MLB which saw her frequently on camera.
Like many other budding young professionals, Davis is gaining visibility and skill wherever she can. She has plenty of time to focus on a specific career path. For now, she is sure of one thing.
“I make sure that I don’t make Little League the highlight of my life,” she said. “I have so much more to do.”