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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Matt Downes

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 170
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Kensington, Conn.
  • Highschool St. Paul

Biography

Sophomore (2024-25): 

Spring 2025:

  • Competed in five events
  • Posted season low with -2 in the Dorado Beach Collegiate (65 - 78 - 69) finishing in a tie for 20th place, top Bryant athlete on the individual leaderboard
  • Finished+14 as an individual at the Sacred Heart Spring Break Invitational with rounds of (75 - 83) landing in T28th place.
  • Shot +6 on the individual leaderboard at the Carpetbagger Classic placing T22nd (76 - 74). 
  • Placed 48th at the Shark Invitational with a score of +15 (72 - 73 - 80).
  • Concluded the season with a score of +7 at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship with rounds of (74 - 72 - 77) landing him in T30th place.
Low Round: 65, Average: 74.5

Fall 2024: 

  • Competed in three events for the Bulldogs. 
  • Finished T-16 at the Ryan T. Lee Memorial Collegiate shooting +2 (71-73). 

Freshman (2023-24)

Spring 2024: 

  • Competed in three events.
  • Shot +4 (77-71) at the Roar-EE Invitational.
  • Finished +19 an T-32nd at the LIU Shark Invitational with scores of (80-73-79) (232).
  • Competed in the Southland Conference Championships where he placed T-28th with scores of +11 (74-72-81) (227)

Low Round: 71 Average: 75.8

Fall 2023: 

  • Competed in one event.
  • Finished T-53 at Columbia Autumn Invitational with scores of (78-76-78) (+19)

Low Round: 76 Average: 77.3

Before Bryant: 

  • Comes to Bryant as one of the top ranked golfers in CT from the high school class of 23’.
  • 3x selection to the CT All State Team.
  • Won both the CT Jr PGA Foundation Open and the Wampanoag Jr Classic in 2022.
  • Recorded another high finish at the prestigious Northern Jr Championship.

Personal:

  • Son of John and Kim Downes.
  • Has two siblings, brother Johnny and sister Erin.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    5'10" 170 lbs
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'10" 170 lbs
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'10" 170 lbs