Before Bryant: A 2008 graduate of Naugatuck High School... Lettered in football, baseball and swimming... All-league team selection for all three sports twice... Four-time NVL All-Academic Team selection... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born April 23, 1990... Son of David and Sandra Heller... Has a brother, Trevor, and a sister, Kristin, who was a four-year member and captain of the Iona College swim team... Aunts Kate Tiedemann and CarolAnn Redfield were All-American swimmers at Fairfield University and the United States Military Academy, respectively... Competes in triathlons around the Northeast... Majors in communication.