Summing with Validation drop down lists

I am a relative novice with Excel so please help me figure this out. I have a spreadsheet that has a validation drop down list of names. These names have points associated with them. I need to be able to give a point total per person. Not sure how to do this with the validation drop down.

Thanks.

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