PLAYER SPOTLIGHT The Player’s Plate
Nick Davila Quarterback, Arizona Rattlers (2010-Present) The Arizona Rattlers are a professional arena football team based in Phoenix. Three-time defending national champion and two-time MVP Nick Davila plays quarterback for the Rattlers in downtown Phoenix. Though Davila and his wife are California natives, they love to travel the great outdoors of Arizona. Davila, the oldest of six children, spent a lot of time outdoors and tries to do the same with his 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. When he’s not coaching his son’s t-ball team, leading the Rattlers to another victory or enjoying the time he gets to spend at home with his family, he may be doing something at one of the follow: FAVORITE RESTAURANT: CASANOVA BROS. PIZZA What is now a pre-game tradition began as a Yelp search. (Stars! They’re just like us!) Davila’s wife is Italian and makes her own sauces from scratch, so the bar was set pretty high when he was charged with finding an Italian restaurant for his visiting in-laws. Casanova Brothers Pizza, opened in 2008, serves New York style pies and Italian dishes. “Any time my family comes into town and they want pizza, we’re coming here,” Davila says. “Everything I’ve had here is delicious. … They got the thumbs up from my father-in-law, who takes me to the Italian meat market whenever we go back to California.” Favorite dish: White pizza or the Italian sausage sandwich casanovabrospizza.com OUTDOOR ADVENTURE: CABIN RENTAL IN SHOW LOW During bye-weeks, Davila likes to camp with his family. Last Thanksgiving, his family headed north to Show Low, where they fished, hiked and he deep-fried a turkey. whitemountaincabinrentals.com FAMILY FRIENDLY OUTING: BUTTERFLY WONDERLAND butterflywonderland.com BUCKET LIST: TRIP TO THE GRAND CANYON nps.gov/grca WAY TO BEAT THE HEAT: WET ’N’ WILD PHOENIX wetnwildphoenix.com
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