Education
Seattle University.
Seattle University.
A native of Washington, District of Columbia, he played high school football and baseball, but not basketball as he was cut from the team After graduating, he joined the United States. Air Force. He was stationed at Paine Field in Everett, Washington and repaired aircraft radar units.
He grew several inches and was playing Amateur Athletic Union basketball when Seattle University spotted him and gave him a scholarship after his military stint was up.
A 6"7" forward/center, Tresvant played three seasons at Seattle. He averaged 17.9 points and 14 rebounds per game as a senior, and 12.6 and 11.1, respectively, in his three-year career at Seattle.
In 1963, he snared 40 rebounds in a game against the University of Montana at the Seattle Center Arena, the fourth-highest total in National Collegiate Athletic Association history. He was selected in the fifth round (40th overall) of the 1964 National Basketball Association Draft by the Saint Louis Hawks.
He played nine seasons in the league with Saint Louis, the Detroit Pistons, the Cincinnati Royals, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Baltimore Bullets, posting National Basketball Association career averages of 9.2 points and 6.3 rebounds.
After retiring from basketball because of a knee injury, Tresvant worked as an industrial arts teacher and middle school basketball coach. In 2006, he invented the Total Rebounder Exercise System (TRES), a basket designed for use in training young players in rebounding techniques. He resides in Snohomish, Washington.