TEXARKANA MAGAZINE
Arkansas High School’s Addison Girley controls her opponent in a match during a conference dual at Razorback Gym on January 23, 2025.
Every so often, a teenager comes along who reminds you just how much is possible. Addison Girley is that kind of teenager. A senior at Arkansas High School, Addison’s list of achievements reads as if it belongs to an entire graduating class rather than one person. She is a varsity starter in volleyball and basketball and earned 5A South All-Conference honors in both, along with Academic All-State recognition. She is also a back-to-back state wrestling champion, a state champion discus thrower, a three-time National Cheerleaders Association All-American cheerleader, and the 2025 Miss Arkansas High. Addison also serves in the Army National Guard as a combat engineer. And that is before you get to her community service, national honor societies, and the college scholarships awaiting her in Jonesboro at Arkansas State University. But a list only tells you what someone has done. It does not tell you who they are. Addison is the daughter of Kortina Davis, a former college volleyball and basketball player who had her own hopes for the path her daughter might take. “As a mom, I wanted my daughter to follow in my footsteps,” Kortina said. She has far exceeded her mother’s expectations. Addison worked her way into starting roles on the varsity volleyball and basketball teams and earned all-conference recognition in both. She maintained the GPA required for Academic All-State and kept showing up, kept adding, and kept raising her hand for the next thing. Then, in the fall of 2024, she wandered into the first home wrestling duel of the season at Arkansas High, and something sparked in her.
Addison dribbles during a March 2024 game, where she earned Offensive MVP honors at a Queen City tournament.
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