Christopher Dunn (2000)

Dunn grew into a versatile guard and a valuable all-around player on 2 successful New England Division III championship teams.  Dunn learned his lessons well in his first season, coming off the bench averaging 7.6 points per game behind first-team All-American Brendan Murphy on the ‘91-’92 team that achieved a 25-8 record and setting the all-time scoring record with 3,288 points.  The next season Dunn and DaCosta took over as leaders on a young team that went 21-10.  Dunn averaged 17.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game and capped of his career by being named to the All-Region Second-Team, All-New England Tourney and All-CSAC squads while sharing team MVP honors with DaCosta.  His education and basketball career continued at Worcester-PolyTechnic Institute where he became an NCAA Division III honorable mention All-American in 1995, All-Constitution Athletic Conference selection twice and ‘94-’95 league MVP.  He was a top ten scorer nationally in NCAA Division III for 2 years, Dunn set several school scoring records.  He became a member of the WPI Men's Basketball team's exclusive 1,000-point club.  Chris averaged 24.0 points during his junior season while leading the Engineers in scoring in 19 of 25 contests.  He equaled the single game scoring mark when he poured in 39 points.  Chris would end the season with a school record 600 points, in his last season at WPI, the team had a 19-9 record and was the second best at WPI since 1928.  Again, Chris broke the single game scoring record, this time pouring in 43 points and his 636 points broke his own single-season standard.  He was selected CAC Player of the Year, the first WPI player ever receive the honor. He earned All-New England and All-ECAC honors, and capped his standout career by being named honorable mention All-America.  Chris Dunn ended his career 12th all-time on the WPI scoring list, a significant achievement for someone to accomplish in just two seasons.  He was inducted into WPI athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 and he has served as vice president of sales at mortgage broker East Funding, and an account executive for East Commerce Solutions, both in East Providence.