--- description: Davis became the first girl in history to throw a shutout during the 2014 Little League World Series title: Mo'ne Davis is the 2014 Sports Kid of the Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78cee2255c93e5d8/69876b8935ba6fcf02c059f1/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Baseball](/tag/baseball/) ## Baseball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mo'ne Davis Is _Sports Illustrated_’s Sports Kid of the Year by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 1, 2014 1:25 PM CUT  Sports Illustrated by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 1, 2014 1:25 PM CUT Monday marks another big moment for superstar teen pitcher Mo’ne Davis. _Sports Illustrated_ announced the 13-year-old has been named this year’s _Sports Illustrated_ [Sports Kid of the Year](http://www.sikids.com/skoty "undefined") — with a little help from First Lady Michelle Obama: > [](https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/539403567225126913) Davis caught the world’s attention this summer, when she became the first girl in history to throw a shutout during a Little League World Series. She has since graced the cover of _Sports Illustrated_ and landed a [commercial](http://time.com/3531839/mone-davis-spike-lee-world-series/ "undefined") shot by famed director Spike Lee. [Read more at _SIKids.com_](http://www.sikids.com/skoty "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3611496/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-kid-of-the-year/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3611496/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-kid-of-the-year/"},"headline":"Mo'ne Davis Is Sports Illustrated’s Sports Kid of the Year","datePublished":"2014-12-01T13:25:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:27:51.284Z","description":"Another honor for the first girl in history to throw a shutout during a Little League World Series","url":"https://time.com/3611496/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-kid-of-the-year/","keywords":["Baseball","Sports Illustrated"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78cee2255c93e5d8/69876b8935ba6fcf02c059f1/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78cee2255c93e5d8/69876b8935ba6fcf02c059f1/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mo'ne Davis Sports Kid of the Year Cover Sports Illustrated","caption":"Mo'ne Davis Sports Kid of the Year Cover Sports Illustrated","creditText":"Sports Illustrated","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/baseball/","name":"Baseball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3611496/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-kid-of-the-year/","name":"Mo'ne Davis Is Sports Illustrated’s Sports Kid of the Year"}}]}] ```