Chris Dudley ’87 not only found success on the court at Yale but also in a long career in the NBA. He was a three-time first team All-Ivy selection for the Bulldogs and is second in school history with 974 career rebounds and third with 172 career blocks.
 
In his junior season he earned first team All-Ivy honors after averaging 16.2 points and 9.8 rebounds and as a senior, he again led the team in scoring (17.6 ppg.) and rebounding (13.3 rpg.) while being named first team All-Ivy for the third straight year.
 
Dudley is one of only three Bulldogs to earn first team All-Ivy honors three times. He finished his career with 1,290 points, which remains 12th in school history.
 
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Dudley with the 75th selection (4th round) of the 1987 NBA Draft, and in his 16-year NBA career with the Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns and Portland TrailBlazers he scored 3,473 points and collected 5,457 rebounds. His teams reached the NBA playoffs in 12 of his 16 seasons.
 
Dudley also thrived and made an impact off the court. In 1994, he and his wife started the Chris Dudley Foundation, which is dedicated to empowering youth with type 1 diabetes. Dudley was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 16 years old and was the first in the NBA to play with the disease.
 
The results have been remarkable. The Foundation’s camp, which began in 1995, celebrated its 25^th anniversary in 2020, albeit virtually because of the pandemic. Over the years, the camp, which is for boys and girls ages 10 to 17, has attracted children from 45 states and throughout the world, including Croatia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
 
Dudley’s exceptional work has not gone unnoticed. He was the 1996 recipient of the NBA’s J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, presented to a player, coach, or staff member who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community.
 
In addition to the work with his foundation, Dudley is a Senior Vice President for Congress Wealth Management in Southern California.