• Player
• Seasons: 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96
• Number: 4
• Position: F
• Height: 6' 6“
• Weight: 223 lbs.
• Hometown: Baltimore, MD
• High School: Dunbar
• Prep School: none
• Transfer From: none
• Birthdate: April 18, 1973¹⁾

• Appeared in all 106 of UM's games in his three seasons, starting 77.
• Scored 1224 points, averaging 11.6 and 5.4 rebounds per game across his three seasons. See where he currently ranks among UM's 1000 point scorers.
• Career high: 32 points vs. Rhode Island (1/17/96).

• Atlantic 10 First Team selection.
• NABC All-District First Team selection.
• All-Region Team, NCAA Tournament East Region.²⁾
• Co-captain, along with Dana Dingle.
• Second on the team in scoring (14.5 ppg), third in rebounding (5.8). Ranked tenth in the A-10 in scoring.
• Started all 37 of the team's games. Bright and Dingle lead the UM record books for number of games started in a season.³⁾
• Shot .794 from the free throw line to lead the team. Improved a great deal from .683 in the previous season.
• Hit a string of 40 consecutive free throws during the season (1/10 thru 2/1).
• Went 14-14 from the line against Rhode Island (1/17). This was UM's best for free throw perfection in a game in the Atlantic 10 era, until matched by Stephane Lasme (14-14 vs Duquesne on 3/5/2005). Others in UM history have hit more free throws in a game, but none without a miss.
• Averaged 20.8 points in the four games UMass was without Marcus Camby.
• 3/20/96: Mom guides Bright Always on call: Whether at Dunbar or UMass, when Donta Bright has needed advice, he's turned to his No. 1 fan, his mother.

• Atlantic 10 Third Team selection.
• Played in all 34 of the team's games, started 14.
• Fourth on the team in scoring at 9.2 ppg, fifth in rebounding at 4.6 rpg.

• Third on the team in scoring (10.8 ppg), fourth in rebounding (5.8 rpg).

• Ineligible under Proposition 48 rules.

• 1998-99: Played for Go Pass Pepinster in Belgium.
• 1997-98: Played for Essen club in Germany.
• 1996-97: Drafted 22nd overall (10th pick in 2nd round) by the CBA's Quad City Thunder. Played with Quad City for the season.
• 1996: Not selected in the NBA Draft, was still invited to join John Calipari's New Jersey Nets for the pre-season, but was cut prior to the start of the regular season.

• McDonald's All-American selection⁴⁾
• Parade All-American First Team⁵⁾
• USA Today All-USA First Team⁶⁾

Sports Reference - Donta Bright