Rece Davis is an American media personality who is known for his work as a sports reporter on ESPN. With over 20 years of experience in sports journalism, he has become one of the most popular faces on television in this regard. During his career, he worked for ABC affiliate TV station WJRT and later for ESPN. Read more about the biography and other interesting facts about the journalist below.
Rece Davis – Biography
In the press world, the television journalist is known as Rece Davis. However, it was as William Laurece Davis that he was born on December 14, 1965, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
When he was in high school, Davis was an athlete. He played as a quarterback and shooting guard for his high school football and basketball teams, respectively. Even though he was one of the fastest and tallest in the team, he didn’t make a career. Besides, he also played basketball for Muscle Shoals.
The only thing he did better than play sports is telling and telling what happened on the pitch. It made it clear early on that his mind was more in the media than in sports.
After high school, he proceeded to the University of Alabama where he earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting, news, and public affairs in 1988. Even before his graduation, he started working as a radio personality.
He also worked at WCFT-TV. He then worked with WRBL-TV for five years before working for the same station in Flint, Michigan for two years.
During his short stay in Flint, he had started to attract a lot of media interest but he eventually chose ESPN.
His wife and children
Rece Davis is a family man. He has been married to Leigh Langley Davis since 1993. The couple first met when they both worked at WRBL-TV.
Although the exact date of her birth is not known, it is known that she was raised in Columbus, Georgia. And she was educated at Columbus High School and graduated in 1979. From there she moved to Auburn University. Later, she went to work for the ABC affiliate television channel, which was not only her dream job, but also the place where she met the man who would become her husband, the man of her dreams.
Looking for an excuse to talk to Leigh who worked as a sales representative at the train station, he approached her and pretended he had no idea how to use the fax machine. So he asked her for help. One thing led to another and the two fell in love in no time.
After dating for a while, Rece went on a knee in August 1993 and then in December they were already husband and wife. Over 25 years into their union, the two have been blessed with two children, Chris and Elizabeth.
Salary and net worth
With a career spanning decades, ReceDavis has rightly fulfilled his obligations as a broadcast journalist. It is thanks to this that he has a lot to show as a fortune. Although his exact salary has not been revealed and is only a matter of speculation, he has an estimated net worth of US$3.5 million. He made more of his fortune from his reporting career at ESPN.
Journalist Facts
1. children: While her son has decided to become a baseball player, for the time being, her daughter, Elizabeth, who lives in New York, revealed in 2015 that she loves acting and acting.
2. He Almost Lost His Son: While sports is something that isn’t too far from the family, it’s no surprise that Chris plays college baseball. Before choosing baseball, he also played basketball and football. In 2018, he suffered an injury that almost cost him his life. After the injury, which initially seemed minor, he continued to play until after the match, when his head was dizzy and then he lost his sight. However, after several surgeries and sometimes in intensive care, he retired well.
3. Rece Davis is a member of the Muscle Shoals High School Athletics Hall of Fame: Considered one of the best in the business, Davis was inducted into the Muscle Shoals High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.
4. Height: When it comes to his height, Davis is a man who has a very good height and an athletic build that would have helped him succeed in almost any sport with the right talent. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall.