Rudy Gay is a former NBA basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs. Raised in Baltimore, MD, Gay attended Archbishop Spalding High School. Gay committed to play at the University of Connecticut in November of 2013. Gay contributed immediately as a freshman at Connecticut and led the Huskies to a 30-3 record hin is sophomore season. At season’s end, Gay declared for the 2006 NBA Draft. Gay was the eighth overall selection of the Houston Rockets in the 2006 NBA Draft, subsequently being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. Throughout his next six-and-a-half seasons with the team, Gay established himself as one of the NBA’s top small forwards. After being traded to Toronto, Gay was traded again to the Sacramento Kings and continued to be a dangerous scoring threat, averaging a career-high 21.1 points per game in his first full season there. In July 2017, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs. Off the court, Gay dedicates his time to his many philanthropic endeavors. Throughout his tenure in Memphis, Gay was a longtime Hoops for St. Jude campaign ambassador, donating $22,222.22 in each of his last three seasons to support the program. In April of 2012, Gay was honored with the Kia NBA Cares Community Assist Award.
