Ledyard Fall Athletes Playing For In-State Division I Schools

LEDYARD, CT — More than 350 student-athletes from Connecticut, including one from the Gales Ferry section of Ledyard, are continuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's seven Division I universities this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

A total of 356 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I fall sports. Danbury and Glastonbury each have 12 student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters, while Norwalk and Shelton each have 10.

Following are breakdowns by university, by county and by sport, with links to the home pages of each school's athletic department. Note: several rosters for men's cross country and women's swimming, cross country, rowing, rugby and bowling had not yet been made available by publication time.

Universities

• Central Connecticut - 104
• UConn - 97
• Sacred Heart - 66
• Yale - 25
• Fairfield and Hartford - 22
• Quinnipiac - 20

Counties

• Fairfield - 109
• Hartford - 102
• New Haven - 71
• Tolland - 23
• New London - 18
• Middlesex and Litchfield - 15
• Windham - 3

Sports

• football - 88
• men's soccer - 67
• women's soccer - 54
• men's cross country - 40
• women's rowing - 33
• women's cross country - 24
• women's swimming - 14
• field hockey and women's rugby - 10
• women's equestrian - 7
• women's volleyball - 6
• co-ed sailing - 3

New London County residents

• 5 - New London
• 3 - Colchester
• 2 - Stonington, Montville
• 1 - Waterford, Lebanon, Lyme, Norwich, Groton, Ledyard

Ledyard residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Megan Brawner, so., CCSU cross country

Image created by Tim Jensen

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