Meet Boston’s second baseman Denver Bryant.
Denver Bryant was selected by Boston in the Women’s Professional Baseball League draft for its inaugural season. Bryant was selected as the eighth pick in the second round. She is a great defensive player and always has a high batting average. Bryant is from Albany, Georgia and attended Dougherty Comprehensive High School.
In high school, Bryant switched to playing softball after playing baseball for most of her athletic career. At the conclusion of her first season of softball, Bryant had a .759 batting average, which led the state of Georgia’s Class 4A. In addition, she hit 12 home runs and had 35 stolen bases. In Bryant’s senior year, she was named to the All-Region First Team and was named both the 4A Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year.
In 2017, Bryant was a member of the Women’s National Team Development Program and was one of the youngest members on the team. She also participated in the 2025 Women’s National Team Development Program.
For college, Bryant attended and played softball at Auburn University from 2021-2023 before transferring to the University of South Carolina. While at Auburn, she was named to the 2023 All-SEC Second Team and the 2022 Planiman Invite All-Tournament Team. While Bryant is a second baseman, she started to play third base in college as well and found success. She finished her collegiate career with a batting average of .303 with an on-base plus slugging percentage of .834 and 56 runs batted in.
The WPBL will begin their inaugural season on Aug. 1. Denver Bryant and team Boston will play their first game of the season on Aug. 2 against San Francisco.