Kelly Dukeshire

Kelly Michael Dukeshire is former Canadian basketball player, CIAU All-Canadian, FISU gold-medalist and four-time CIAU national champion.

University Dukeshire played basketball for the University of Victoria from 1978-1983 where he and his teammates won four consecutive national championships. In his first year with UVic (before UVic's run of national championships), Dukeshire and his teammates placed second in the CIAU national tournament.

In the 1982 CIAU national tournament, Dukeshire averaged 15.3 points per game and was named the CIAU national tournament MVP. The following year, he was named a CIAU All-Canadian.

Additionally, Dukeshire was recognized three times as a Canada West All-Star (1981 - 1983).

International Dukeshire often played for Canada men's national basketball team. In the semifinal match of this tournament, Canada defeated a talented US team led by future NBA hall of famers Charles Barkley and Karl Malone. This 1983 gold medal win constituted one of the finest moments in Canadian basketball history, being the only time in which Canada has won the gold medal in an international basketball tournament.

Post-career awards Dukeshire was inducted into the University of Victoria Sports Hall of Fame (2009), the Basketball BC Sports Hall of Fame (2010), the Lower Vancouver Island School Sports Hall of Fame the 1980-81 UVic team was inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame; and the 1982-1983 UVic team was inducted into the University of Victoria Sports Hall of Fame (2023), In 2006, Dukeshire received the Police Exemplary Service Medal from the Governor General of Canada.