Former Little League World Series and multi-sport high school star Mo’ne Davis makes college softball debut

Video: Mo'ne Davis in high school

She donned the cover of Sports Illustrated, met President Barack Obama and was tabbed one of the 25 most influential teens of 2014 by Time magazine.

Davis drew global attention in 2014 by becoming the first girl to pitch a postseason shutout against boys in the Little League World Series.

She eventually attended Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (Philadelphia, Pa.), where she played softball, basketball and soccer. Though she said at one point her dream was to play in the WNBA, Davis eventually stuck with softball, and now she plays second base for Hampton.

By that time she already had received high praise from some of the nation's most notable female leaders — Michelle Obama, Billie Jean King and Ellen DeGeneres — not only her gender-breaking accomplishments but how she had handled her fame at such a young age.

MaxPreps caught up with Davis during her sophomore softball season at Springfield Chestnut Hill Academy, where she told us her fame had subsided quite a bit. "I still get a lot of hellos from people," she told us. "Other than that it's pretty normal."

MaxPreps photographer Catalina Fragoso said of her shoot with Davis then: "Mo'ne seemed very relaxed and very quiet. Her teammates and coaches were more about the attention. They kept calling out with little jokes and being silly as I took her photo. She just laughed and rubbed it off. ... The coaches spoke highly of her and so did the parents but she definitely seemed more like your average teenage athlete. She definitely received no special attention and she was definitely not looking for fanfare."