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Ryan

Dunn

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HEIGHT

6'8" (2.03m)

WEIGHT

216lb (98kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Virginia

AGE

21 years

BIRTHDATE

January 7, 2003

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 28

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

6'8" | 216lb | 21 years

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 28

BIRTHDATE

January 7, 2003

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Virginia

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

Player Bio

BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE

  • Played two seasons at the University of Virginia, where he held career averaged of 5.5 points on 54.4% shooting, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 65 games (34 starts)
  • Averaged 8.1 points on 54.8% shooting, 6.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in 34 games (all starts) in his second and final season at Virginia
  • Was named All-ACC Honorable Mention, named to the ACC All-Defensive Team and was inlcuded to the Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year watch list after his sophomore season
  • Led the ACC in blocks per game (2.3), ranked 12th in rebounding (6.9 rpg) and 13th in offensive rebounds per game (2.2)
  • Scored a career-high 19 points on Jan. 27, 2024 at Louisville to go along with 11 rebounds, one of his five double-doubles on the season
  • Helped guide Virginia to an appearance in the NCCA Tournament before falling to Colorado State in the First Four in Dayton, Ohio
  • Was named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team following his freshman season and made ACC Honor Roll
  • Ranked in the ACC's top-11 in blocks per game both seasons, finishing 11th during the 2022-23 season and first in 2023-24
  • Was a four-star recruit out of college and chose Virginia over offers from Minnesota, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Oklahoma State and Georgetown

PERSONAL LIFE

  • Born on January 7, 2003 in New Hyde Park, New York to Edmund and Donna Dunn
  • Has one brother, Justin, who was drafted by the New York Mets with the 19th overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft as a pitcher and mad ehis MLB debut on Sept. 12, 2019 with the Seattle Mariners
  • Volunteered at Baldwin Middle School mentoring program and Christmas soup kitchen
  • Enjoys listening to music
  • Played one season of high school basketball at Oak Hill Academy in 2018-19 before two seasons at Long Island Lutheran from 2019-21 and one season at Perkiomen School as a senior