Career
Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, he played collegiately for Pepperdine University. Afterward, he was drafted in the fourth round of the 1973 National Basketball Association Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and the second round of the 1973 American Bar Association Draft by the San Diego Conquistadors. He played for the San Antonio Spurs (1973-1974) and Kentucky Colonels (1974-1976) in the American Basketball Association for 236 games, winning the 1975 American Bar Association championship with the Colonels.
After the Colonels were disbanded as part of the American Bar Association-National Basketball Association merger, Averitt joined the Buffalo Braves through the 1976 American Bar Association dispersal draft, playing with that team for the 1976-1977 season until joining the New Jersey Nets for the 1977-1978 season, playing 130 games in the National Basketball Association with those two teams.