Jessica Davenport Explained

Jessica Davenport
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lbs:215
Birth Date:June 24, 1985
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
High School:Independence (Columbus, Ohio)
College:Ohio State (2003–2007)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2007
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:2
Draft Team:New York Liberty
Career Start:2007
Years1:2007–2008
Team1:New York Liberty
Years2:2009–2012
Team2:Indiana Fever
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Jessica Davenport, born June 24, 1985, is an American basketball player, formerly a reserve center for the WNBA's Indiana Fever. She previously played for The Ohio State University's women's basketball team.

High school

Davenport played for Independence High School in Columbus, Ohio, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.

College

Davenport is 6'5" tall and weighs 215 pounds. Noted for her blocking and rebounding ability, she guided Ohio State to a 29–3 season and a number 1 seed in the NCAA tournament in 2005.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | New York|33||13||11.6||44.5||0.0||81.8||2.7||0.3||0.2||0.9||1.3||5.3 |-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | New York|14||3||11.0||47.5||0.0||60.0||2.9||0.3||0.3||0.7||1.3||4.6 |-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Indiana|26||0||7.0||52.7||0.0||70.0||1.5||0.2||0.3||0.5||0.8||2.8 |-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Indiana|33||0||14.2||57.1||14.3||72.5||2.8||0.5||0.4||0.8||1.2||7.4|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Indiana|34||8||21.1||52.9||0.0||70.2||4.8||0.5||0.8||1.3||1.6||10.7 |-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Indiana|34||2||15.1||46.9||33.3||74.1||3.4||0.6||0.7||0.8||1.5||6.7 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 6 years, 2 teams|174||26||13.9||50.8||14.3||73.2||3.1||0.4||0.5||0.9||1.3||6.6

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | New York|2||0||5.0||0.0||0.0||75.0||1.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.5||1.5 |-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | New York|4||0||6.3||40.0||0.0||50.0||1.3||0.0||0.3||0.3||0.5||2.5|-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Indiana|9||0||6.1||56.0||0.0||81.8||1.2||0.3||0.2||0.9||0.3||4.1|-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Indiana|3||0||15.3||52.9||0.0||100.0||5.3||0.0||0.7||1.3||1.3||7.0|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Indiana|6||0||16.5||55.6||0.0||85.7||3.8||0.0||0.5||0.2||1.7||7.7|-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Indiana|7||0||10.1||48.1||0.0||100.0||2.3||0.7||0.1||0.7||1.4||3.9 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 6 years, 2 teams|31||0||9.9||51.3||0.0||80.0||2.4||0.3||0.3||0.6||1.0 ||4.6

College

Source

Year !Team GP !Points FG% !3P% FT% !RPG APG !SPG BPG !PPG - 2003-04 31 389 62.2 - 65.4 5.7 1.0 0.6 2.6 12.5 - 2004-05 Ohio State 35 677 58.7 25.0 77.2 9.3 1.6 0.8 3.3 19.3 - 2005-06 Ohio State 32 598 61.8 53.8 74.2 8.9 1.8 0.6 3.1 18.7 - 2006-07 Ohio State 32 639 59.7 11.1 79.2 9.6 2.5 0.8 2.8 20.0 - Career Ohio State 130 2303 60.4 34.6 75.0 8.4 1.7 0.7 3.0 17.7

USA Basketball

Davenport was a member of the United States women's national basketball team in 2005 and 2006, while at Ohio state, and in 2007 and 2008 while on the New York Liberty team. Davenport was the third leading scorer on the 2005 World University Games Team in Izmir, Turkey. She helped the team to a 7–0 record, and a gold medal at the event.[1] Davenport joined the National team in 2006 for the 2006 Opals World Challenge. The team went 4–1. winning all games other than the final against Australia.[2] Davenport was also part of the National team in 2007–08, participating on the Tour of Italy and the Australia Exhibition. The National team was 4–0 on the Tour of Italy and 2–0 at the Australia Exhibition.[3]

Professional

Davenport was drafted second overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2007 WNBA draft. Immediately thereafter, Davenport's rights were traded to the New York Liberty along with the Silver Stars' 2008 first round draft pick in exchange for guard Becky Hammon and the Liberty's second round pick in 2008. Within the Liberty's first five games, she developed a reputation as a consistent scorer and strong post presence.

Davenport was waived by the Liberty prior to the 2009 season. She was signed by the Fever as a replacement for the injured Yolanda Griffith.

Davenport has expressed a desire to pursue a career in marketing at the conclusion of her basketball career.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: TWENTY-SECOND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907032421/http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/twenty-second-world-university-games-2005.aspx. dead. September 7, 2015. 2017-09-06. en-US.
  2. News: 2006 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team - Spring Training. https://web.archive.org/web/20150426084341/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/2006-usa-basketball-womens-senior-national-team-spring-training.aspx. dead. April 26, 2015. 2017-09-06. en-US.
  3. News: 2007-08 USA Basketball Women's National Team. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427205348/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/2007-08-usa-basketball-womens-national-team.aspx. dead. April 27, 2015. 2017-09-06. en-US.