Chase Budinger spent three seasons playing College Basketball at Arizona and played 100 games in his career. He was a consistent force for the Wildcats and scored 17 points per game in his career. The UCLA Bruins saw him many times, and he was consistently a thorn in the side of the Bruins. Budinger was the 44th overall pick in the NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons.
Now the former Wildcat, at the age of 36, will be partaking in the Paris Olympics this summer. Earlier this week, he clinched a spot with the US Olympic Beach Volleyball team.
The Paris Olympics 2024 is slated to start on July 24th, 2024, and run through August 11th, 2024. The Beach Volleyball is expected to start on July 27th and wrap up on August 10th. The complete schedule for the US team has yet to be announced.
Really cool that former Arizona standout Chase Budinger, who played 7 years in the NBA, clinched the last U.S. Olympic beach volleyball spot and will play in the Paris Olympics.
Budinger retired from hoops in 2017 and started playing pro beach volleyball in 2018.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) June 5, 2024
Budinger’s partner is Miles Evans. They are ranked 13th in the world, and second in the United States.