Fifty years ago, Bryant Athletics made the transition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to the more prominent National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Entering at the Division II level, the competitive shift coincided with another more tangible one: the institution’s move from Providence to its then-new campus in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
The half-century of NCAA competition — including at the Division I level beginning in 2008 — has featured some of the most accomplished athletes in the university’s history, including these 11 Bryant Athletics Hall of Famers:
Men's Basketball: Ernie DeWitt '81
The only basketball player in Rhode Island collegiate history to score 2,000 points and have 1,000 career rebounds, Ernie DeWitt '81 was New England Rookie of the Year and ECAC Division II Rookie of the Year during his first-year season and a three-time National Basketball Coaches Association All-American during his Bryant career.
Dewitt’s 2,266 career points remains the second-highest tally in school history. He also ranks first, second, and fourth in all-time single-season field goal percentage and sits atop the Bryant record book with 970 field goals made in his career. The Newport, Rhode Island, native’s career pinnacle came in his senior year, when he was named a first team All-America and ECAC Division II Player of the Year.
Men's Golf: Jimmy Hallet '82
A club hockey goalie as well as a member of the Bryant golf team, Jimmy Hallet ’82 had more than a “Happy Gilmore” moment in his career. Hallet leveraged a 1982 semifinal appearance in the U.S. Amateur Tournament, while still a Bryant student, into an appearance at the 1983 Masters, where he competed against golf legends like Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, and eventual tournament winner Seve Ballesteros. His 68 opening round score was the best ever by an amateur and helped Hallet win the Low Amateur award.
At Bryant, Hallet won five consecutive New England Intercollegiate individual championships and was a four-time Division II All-American.
After graduation, Hallet competed full-time on the PGA Tour from 1988 to 1993 before returning home to Cape Cod, where he taught golf at Bass River Golf Course and Bayberry Hills Golf Course and helped coach the girls’ golf team at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.
Women's Basketball: Karyn Marshall '86
One of the best pure shooters in Bryant women’s basketball history, Karyn Marshall ’86 had a .546 career field goal percentage and was one of the nation's top scorers, rebounders, and shooters during her final three collegiate seasons. She remains the only Bryant player selected to the U.S. Women Basketball Coaches Association's All-American team.
Marshall is Bryant women's career scoring leader with 1,986 points in four years and led her team to the 1986 Northeast-10 Conference championship, which was Bryant's first women's basketball title. Other records set by Marshall include career and season scoring average; career, season, and game field goal percentage; and career and season rebounding totals and average.
“Karyn’s raw talent, tenacity, and can-do attitude made her a force from the start, and watching her grow into a championship-winning, All-American powerhouse was incredible,” recalls teammate Ann-Marie Harrington ’86, currently a Bryant trustee and chair of the Rhode Island Foundation. “So many of her signature plays are still vivid in my mind. What made it all even more special was her joyful, kind spirit and the way she lifted everyone around her. Playing alongside her was an absolute privilege.”
Men's Lacrosse: Kevin Barletta '00
A three-time USILA All-American selection, including two first-team honors, Kevin Barletta '00 holds Bryant's all-time career record for points with 286, as well as the record for career assists (124). He also stands second in career goals with 162.
Twice named Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year, Barletta earned all-conference and all-New England honors in all four years he played at Bryant. He also was a three-time ECAC All-Star selection and was named Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year in 2000. Barletta is currently a financial advisor and lives in Port Chester, New York.
Women's Tennis: Sacha Solomon ’07
Posting a 61-16 career record at No. 1 singles as well as being part of a top doubles team with Annette Jervasi ’07, Sacha Solomon ’07 helped turn Bryant women’s tennis into a regional powerhouse. A four-time Northeast 10 All-Conference selection, Solomon was the 2004 NE-10 Rookie and Player of the Year and was twice named Bryant University Athlete of the Year. She also had four consecutive NCAA appearances and earned an ITA Individual Regional Championship.
Post-graduation, Solomon volunteered as a Bryant assistant tennis coach in 2013-14, and since 2008 has worked in the insurance industry, most recently as an executive underwriter for The Hartford’s construction insurance line.
Men's Track and Field: Hafiz Greigre ’07
A multi-sport track and field athlete, Hafiz Greigre ’07 set nine school records during his time at Bryant, including in the indoors 55 meters (6.38 seconds), 60m (6.81), 200m (21.33), and long jump (22 feet, 9.25 inches). His outdoor school records included the 100m (10.63), 200m (21.02), 400m (46.37), long jump (23-0.5), and 4x100 meter relay (41.75).
A graduate of nearby Attleboro (Massachusetts) High School, Greigre was Bryant’s first-ever New England Champion, earned All-New England honors in both the indoor and outdoor track seasons, and competed individually at the Division II National Track & Field Championships in the 400 meters.
On the heels of his Bryant career, Greigre tried out for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team before launching a career in the life sciences field. He currently lives in the Boston area and leads sales and client partnerships at Mavens, a Komodo Health company.
Volleyball: Tiffany Garry ’08
Setter Tiffany Garry '08 led the Bryant women’s volleyball team to four NCAA appearances — including a trip to the Sweet 16 and an NCAA regional semifinal — and three Northeast-10 Conference titles during her career. An All-American in 2007, Garry earned three all-region honors and was named the NE-10 Setter of the Year three times. She still holds school records for career assists (6,278) and career service aces (396).
“She was one of the fiercest competitors I have ever coached,” says volleyball head coach Theresa Garlacy. “Her refuse to lose mentality allowed for some of my favorite come-from-behind victories.”
After graduating in 2008, Garry served as an assistant volleyball coach at Bryant for two years before earning her MBA at Northern Illinois University in 2015; she has pursued a career in sales for the past decade.
Football: Jordan Brown '13
Bryant’s all-time leader in career rushing yards (4,238) and touchdowns (48), Jordan Brown ’13 held a total of nine school records during his career and is the only player in school history to rush for more than 4,000 yards. The NEC Offensive Player of the year as a junior in 2011, Brown led the country in rushing yards (1,815) and rushing yards per game (165.0) and finished ninth in the Walter Payton Award voting. Currently residing in Massachusetts, Brown serves as the Strategic Partnership Lead for Stack Sports’ Student Sports division, which operates premier high school competitions including Elite 11 and Area Code Baseball.
Women's Diving and Swimming: Casey Ostrander '13
Winner of four straight NEC Swimmer of the Meet (MVP) honors during her collegiate career — the only swimmer in Northeast Conference history to do so — Casey Ostrander '13 earned All-NEC honors in 22 different events and set individual school records in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, and 200-yard backstroke. She also was a member of the 400-yard freestyle relay team that set a school record.
Ostrander ran the Boston Marathon in 2024 and currently works at Athena Health as a senior manager of platform solutions and services.
Softball: Aubrey Mable '14
Aubrey Mable ’14 hit .344 with nine home runs and 33 RBIs to lead Bryant to the NEC Tournament Championship in 2014, when the team also made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Named to the All-Conference team for all four of her years as a Bulldog, Mable ended her career as the team’s all-time leader in games played (182), RBIs (125), runs scored (141), doubles (56), total bases (363), slugging percentage (.671) and home runs (28).
After her Bryant career, Mable served as a graduate assistant for the Providence College softball team while pursuing her Master’s degree in counselor education. She has worked as a social media coordinator and health and wellness coach and now resides in Denver, Colorado, when she’s not touring with her band, LVDY.
Men's Tennis: Matt Kuhar ’18
Compiling an 87-31 singles record during his collegiate career, Matt Kuhar ’18 was named NEC Rookie of the Year honor as a freshman and the Northeast Conference and USTA Rhode Island Player of the Year each of his last three seasons at Bryant.
Helping lead the Bulldogs to five straight NEC titles, Kuhar was the first Bryant player to earn a national ranking and was a part of the first doubles team in NEC and Bryant history to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. He also was NEC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors three times.
After graduation, Kuhar has played tennis professionally on the ATP circuit, including an appearance in the 2025 Newport Hall of Fame Open.
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“Matt is the very best New England had to offer,” says Bryant men’s tennis Head Coach Ron Gendron, “the perfect student athlete with the ability to manifest a dream of playing professionally that has become a reality as he travels the globe, taking Bryant far and wide.”