--- description: Little league baseball star Mo’ne Davis was named the Associated Press’s Female Athlete of the Year. title: Mo’ne Davis Named AP’s 2014 Female Athlete of the Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94b6d1d7ea4338e/6987778b3c1639aca1450e51/457859010.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 Named AP’s 2014 Female Athlete of the Year  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 5:05 PM CUT  Little League Baseball pitcher Mo'ne Davis waves after she throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game Four of the 2014 World Series at AT&T Park on October 25, 2014 in San Francisco, California. Little League Baseball pitcher Mo'ne Davis waves after she throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game Four of the 2014 World Series at AT&T Park on October 25, 2014 in San Francisco, California.Elsa—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 5:05 PM CUT Little league star Mo’ne Davis was [named the Associated Press’s Female Athlete of the Year](http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/leaguer-mo-davis-ap-female-athlete-year-article-1.2059834 "undefined") on Monday as the accolades for the young athlete continue to mount. Davis, who earlier this month was named Sports Illustrated Kid of the Year, stepped onto the national stage when she became the first girl to throw a shutout during a Little League world series. She was 13. She has since made it onto the cover of _Sports Illustrated_, met the Obamas, participated in a commercial shot by Spike Lee, and was named as one of TIME’s [25 most influential teens](http://time.com/3486048/most-influential-teens-2014/ "undefined") of 2014. For her latest award, Davis was selected by editors and news directors across the country, beating out runners up Laruen Hill, a freshman basketball player at Mt. St. Joseph who played while battling terminal brain cancer and three-time winner Serena Williams. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3649725/mone-davis-2014-athlete-of-the-year/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3649725/mone-davis-2014-athlete-of-the-year/"},"headline":"Mo’ne Davis Named AP’s 2014 Female Athlete of the Year","datePublished":"2014-12-30T17:05:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:11:23.144Z","description":"She’s the youngest winner ever","url":"https://time.com/3649725/mone-davis-2014-athlete-of-the-year/","keywords":["Baseball","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94b6d1d7ea4338e/6987778b3c1639aca1450e51/457859010.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94b6d1d7ea4338e/6987778b3c1639aca1450e51/457859010.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"World Series - Kansas City Royals v San Francisco Giants - Game Four","caption":"World Series - Kansas City Royals v San Francisco Giants - Game Four","creditText":"Elsa—Getty Images","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/3649725/mone-davis-2014-athlete-of-the-year/","name":"Mo’ne Davis Named AP’s 2014 Female Athlete of the Year"}}]}] ```