Division II Athletes From New Haven on In-State Winter Rosters

NEW HAVEN, 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 13 from New Haven, 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 - 39
• Fairfield - 32
• New London - 13
• Middlesex - 12
• Litchfield - 7
• Windham - 2
• Tolland - 1

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

New Haven County residents

• 13 - New Haven
• 7 - Waterbury
• 6 - Milford
• 4 - Hamden, Meriden, Naugatuck, Wallingford
• 3 - East Haven, Madison, Seymour, West Haven
• 2 - Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, Wolcott, Woodbridge
• 1 - Ansonia, Guilford, Middlebury, North Haven, Orange, Prospect, Southbury

New Haven residents on in-state D-II winter rosters

• William Antrum, fr., SCSU basketball
• Mekhi Warren, fr., SCSU basketball
• Bryce Murad, jr., SCSU swimming
• Elijah Clarke, fr., SCSU track and field
• Carlos Flores, so., SCSU track and field
• Sachin Manning, jr., SCSU track and field
• Shawn Odei-Nitri, so., SCSU track and field
• Naszier Torrence-Robinson, fr., SCSU track and field
• Aalayjhia Cobb, sr., SCSU track and field
• Chaslynn Saucier, r-sr., SCSU track and field
• Shayna Smith, fr., SCSU track and field
• Gabriel Abdul-Karim, jr., New Haven track and field
• Kristen Washington, fr., New Haven track and field

Image created by Tim Jensen

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