Denver Bryant

AWARDS:

• 2023 All-SEC Second Team
• 2022 Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team

2024:

Played in 52 games, starting 49 at third and second base … Recorded her 100th career hit at Kentucky (4/26) … Had three game-winning hits in Carolina’s final at-bat, two of which were walk-off winners … Finished the season with a career-high 43 hits … Tied for the team lead with two triples … Second on the team with a .291 batting average … Second with 12 doubles and … Third on the team with 43 hits, 22 walks, five stolen bases, a .386 on-base percentage, and a .439 slugging percentage … Led the team with a .303 batting average in SEC play … Went 4-for-4 against No. 17 Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament … Had a season-high two doubles against UMass (2/24) … Had six at-bats at No. 11 Clemson (3/20) … Helped Carolina tie a program record with four double plays at Ole Miss (3/29) and at No. 10 Florida (4/21) … Part of the first triple play in recorded program history against Charleston Southern (3/27).

Prior to SC:

2023 (Auburn):

Appeared in 56 games, starting a career high 42 games all at third base … shattered her career high with 37 hits to turn in a .319 batting average … slugged four doubles, one triple and five home runs for a .500 slugging percentage … drove in 16 runs and set a career high with 22 runs scored … drew a career high 14 walks and added a hit by pitch to record a .397 on-base percentage … recorded four stolen bases … led Auburn with a .322 batting average against SEC opponents and was honored as a member of the All-SEC Second team … three of her five home runs came against SEC opponents … made her return to the field following her 2022 ACL injury with three pinch-hit appearances at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/10 to 2/11) … turned in a two-hit, two-RBI performance versus Villanova (2/17), her firsts since her season-ending injury … walked off Auburn’s run-rule victory over Bowling Green (3/5) with an RBI single … Auburn’s most consistent hitter at the Omni Hall of Fame Classic (3/17 to 3/19), slugging her first two home runs of the season … walked off Auburn’s series sweep of Missouri (3/27) with an RBI single … matched her career high in RBI with a three-run homer at Alabama (4/22) … went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in a must-win game versus Cal State Fullerton (5/20)

2022 (Auburn):

Served as Auburn’s starting second baseman for the first 29 games of the season … went 26-for-70 at the plate for a .371 average … added four doubles, two triples and six home runs to slug at a .743 clip with 20 RBI … scored 16 runs as a staple in the eight-hole of the lineup … drew four walks and held a .408 on-base percentage … led the team with a .455 average (10-for-22) with runners in scoring position … finished second on the team with 14 two-out RBI, adding a .387 average with two outs … totaled seven multi-hit contests and four multi-RBI games … named to the Plains Invite All-Tournament Team … slugged her first collegiate triple against St. John’s (2/11) … hit a two-run home run to walk off Auburn’s five-inning victory over Seton Hall (2/12) for her first multi-RBI game of her career … set a career high with three RBI off a double and a sacrifice fly against Delaware State (2/26) … led off the eighth inning with a solo home run to walk off Auburn’s 5-4 victory over Texas A&M (3/11) … slugged the game-tying home run in Auburn’s series-clinching win over South Carolina (3/20) … suffered a season-ending knee injury in the series opener at No. 8 Kentucky (3/25)

2021 (Auburn):

Appeared in 24 contests, making 10 starts at third base … knocked five hits, including two doubles and a home run … scored four runs … recorded three RBI … made collegiate debut as starting third baseman vs. Southeast Missouri State (2/13), scoring a run … first collegiate hit came in game two of the doubleheader against the Redhawks (2/13) … recorded first multi-hit game of her career with a 2-for-3 performance against No. 19 South Carolina (2/20) … knocked her first collegiate double against the Gamecocks (2/20) and added a single to center in the sixth inning for her first collegiate RBI … first collegiate home run came in a pinch-hit appearance against Southeastern Louisiana (3/6)

HIGH SCHOOL:

Made the switch to softball after playing baseball for the majority of her prep career … one of the youngest members on the United States Women’s National Baseball Team, joining the development program in the summer of 2017… competing in her first full season of softball, led the state of Georgia’s Class 4A with a .759 average at the plate … knocked 12 home runs to help tally a 1.834 slugging clip … speedy on the base paths with 35 stolen bases … rounded out senior campaign with a .824 on-base percentage … tabbed to the All-Region First Team … selected 4A Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year … her .759 average was the highest in the history of Dougherty High School

PERSONAL:

Daughter of Valiere Howell and Darin Bryant … has six siblings, Dwan, DomoniQue, DaRian, Donovan, Dannielle and Drake … her mother played softball at Albany Junior College while her sister, DomoniQue, played softball at Albany State.