Athletes From Middletown On In-State Division II Winter Rosters

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Looking for something to do during winter break? We suggest you check out Connecticut-bred student-athletes who are playing for one of the state's four Division II universities.

About 180 state student-athletes, including six from Middletown, are pursuing their academic and sports endeavors this winter at the University of Bridgeport, the University of New Haven, Post University or Southern Connecticut State University, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

New Haven has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-II rosters, Stratford has nine and Waterbury has seven.

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 did not provide hometown information.

Universities

• Southern Connecticut State - 145
• New Haven - 16
• Post - 13
• Bridgeport - 6

Counties

• New Haven - 73
• Hartford - 38
• Fairfield - 32
• New London - 13
• Middlesex - 12
• Litchfield - 7
• Tolland, Windham - 2

Sports

• men's track and field - 76
• women's track and field - 43
• men's swimming - 21
• men's basketball - 13
• women's basketball - 11
• women's gymnastics - 9
• men's ice hockey - 5
• women's ice hockey - 2

Middlesex County residents

• 6 - Middletown
• 3 - Old Saybrook
• 1 - Clinton, Killingworth, Middlefield

Middletown residents on in-state D-II winter rosters

• Tahj Mitchell-Westberry, so., SCSU swimming
• Jalen Coleman, so., SCSU track and field
• Trinity Collins, jr., SCSU track and field
• Tyler Mann, r-sr., SCSU track and field
• Nasharie Davis, fr., SCSU track and field
• Kyla Goodwine, fr., New Haven track and field

Image created by Tim Jensen

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