The team will travel to Melbourne for the School Sport Victoria State Championships from Saturday, July 25, to Friday, July 31.
“I’m the sports trainer, which is the main first aid role, so I am the first one on the field if anyone gets injured, and I get to deal with all the injuries for the team,” Ms Davis said.
“There were 50 girls selected across two Victorian teams from around 200 who applied.”
Along with providing first aid, Ms Davis also serves as the team’s high-performance manager.
“I look into the recovery side of things, ensuring the kids are looking after their nutrition and making sure they’re all warmed up,” she said.
After winning gold at last year’s championships, the coaching team has returned with hopes of repeating that success.
“Last year we also ended up being awarded the Victorian Team of the Year, and that is across all the sports at the championships,” Ms Davis said.
“It was a really cool opportunity and that was announced at the MCG at an awards night.”
Ms Davis said her background in exercise science inspired her to establish CSC's Athlete Development Program.
“My previous degree was in exercise science, and coming in as a teacher, integrating sports science with teaching has always been a real passion,” she said.
“It's why CSC now has an athlete development program. It took a lot of hard work to get it up and running, and the kids are loving it.”
Ms Davis was motivated to apply for the state role last year because of the opportunities School Sport Victoria provides for young athletes.
"I was very aware of what School Sport Victoria does for kids across the entire state and how it engages kids in sport beyond the school level," she said.
Balancing her role with the Girls AFL Victoria team alongside full-time teaching requires careful planning, but Ms Davis said she received strong support from her colleagues at CSC.
“It requires organisation, but we have some really good staff here. I’m very much supported, so I can go and do that other role,” she said.
“When the kids see that we don’t spend our entire lives at school, and that we have passions we’re able to pursue while still working full-time, I think it really drives them to see they can continue their own passions when they become adults.”
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