Division II Athletes From Meriden on In-State Fall Rosters

MERIDEN, CT — As a followup to Monday's column about student-athletes from Connecticut playing college sports at in-state institutions this fall, today we check out locals who are playing for one of the state's four Division II universities.

More than 225 Connecticut student-athletes, including six from Meriden, are pursuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's four Division II universities this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

Waterbury has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-II rosters, while Naugatuck and Bridgeport each have nine.

Following are breakdowns by university, by county and by sport, with links to the home pages of each school's athletic department. Note: some rosters had not yet been provided by publication time, while others did not provide hometown information.

Universities

• Southern Connecticut State - 115
• Post - 62
• New Haven - 31
• Bridgeport - 18

Counties

• New Haven - 83
• Fairfield - 49
• Hartford - 38
• Litchfield - 20
• Middlesex - 16
• New London - 11
• Tolland - 5
• Windham - 4

Sports

• football - 62
• men's soccer - 35
• women's soccer - 31
• sprint football - 23
• field hockey - 21
• men's cross country - 19
• women's volleyball - 14
• women's cross country - 13
• men's tennis, women's tennis - 4

New Haven County residents

• 13 - Waterbury
• 9 - Naugatuck
• 7 - West Haven, Hamden
• 6 - Milford, Meriden
• 4 - Wallingford, Woodbridge, Wolcott
• 3 - New Haven, Seymour, Guilford, Cheshire
• 2 - Bethany, Branford
• 1 - Oxford, Prospect, Orange, Beacon Falls, Southbury, North Branford, Ansonia

Meriden residents on in-state fall D-II rosters

• Zavian Arroyo, fr., Post sprint football
• Nakajai Mills, sr., Post volleyball
• Ozgur Horuz, sr., Post soccer
• Jakob Matteson, so., New Haven football
• Kobe Wiggins, jr., SCSU football
• Gabriela Vazquez, jr., SCSU volleyball

Image created by Tim Jensen

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