Athletics
- Harry Lord, Class of 1908, professional baseball player, Red Sox (1908–1910), White Sox (1910–1914)
- Frank Keaney, Class of 1911, URI coach of basketball, baseball, and football, credited with inventing the fast break.
- Charles Small, Class of 1927, professional baseball player, Red Sox (1930)
- Arnold Adams, Class of 1933, runner, member of the 1932 Olympic Team at Los Angeles.
- Dan Doyle, Class of 1972, founder of the Institute for International Sport at URI
- Nancy Ingersoll Fiddler, Class of 1978, skier, member of the 1988 Olympic Team at Calgary.
- John Henry Williams, Class of 1991 (transferred), minor league baseball player, son of Ted Williams
- Michael Ferry, Class of 1997, rower in the double sculls at the 2000 Olympics
- David Chamberlain, Class of 1998, professional skier
- Justin Freeman, Class of 1998, skier, member of the 2006 Olympic Team
- Andrew Byrnes, Class of 2005, Gold Medalist at the 2008 Olympics for the men's eights, 2006 FISA World Rowing Championships for Canada.
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