Background
He grew up in Binghamton, New New York
He grew up in Binghamton, New New York
Wesleyan University.
He later worked as a volleyball referee in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and became the secretary of the international referees committee of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Davenport played basketball at Wesleyan University, where he was a threeletterman in basketball and team captain in 1963-1964.
In 1969, he was a member of the United States of America World Cup squad, and later captained the United States. national championship club team while earning All-America honors in 1971. In addition to his basketball, he also lettered twice as a member of the Wesleyan golf team