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NAMING OF THE DAVENPORT FIELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA BASEBALL STADIUM
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NAMING OF THE DAVENPORT FIELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA BASEBALL STADIUM

WHEREAS, Ted Davenport, who was a member of the baseball team as a student, was head baseball coach from 1959 to 1961, as well as Executive Director and Secretary/Treasurer of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation from 1958 until 1988; and

WHEREAS, Ted Davenport was a devoted supporter of baseball at the University for most of his life and a moving force behind the efforts to renovate the baseball park; and

WHEREAS, Ted Davenport died on November 26, 2001; and

WHEREAS, the renovations Ted Davenport envisioned are well underway;

RESOLVED that the field of the renovated baseball stadium be named Davenport Field at the University of Virginia Baseball Stadium, in memory of Thomas Edward Davenport.

On motion, the Board adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

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