New Haven Fall Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

NEW HAVEN, CT — More than 300 student-athletes from Connecticut, including nine from New Haven, 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 327 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I fall sports. Danbury, Glastonbury, Norwalk and Shelton each have 10 student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters.

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

• UConn - 97
• Central Connecticut - 75
• Sacred Heart - 66
• Yale - 25
• Fairfield and Hartford - 22
• Quinnipiac - 20

Counties

• Fairfield - 106
• Hartford - 96
• New Haven - 63
• Tolland - 22
• New London - 16
• Middlesex - 13
• Litchfield - 11
• Windham - 0

Sports

• football - 88
• men's soccer - 67
• women's soccer - 54
• women's rowing - 33
• men's cross country - 24
• women's swimming - 14
• women's cross country - 11
• field hockey and women's rugby - 10
• women's equestrian - 7
• women's volleyball - 6
• co-ed sailing - 3

New Haven County residents

• 9 - New Haven
• 8 - Cheshire
• 6 - Hamden
• 4 - Southbury, Meriden, Milford
• 3 - Prospect, Guilford, Wolcott, North Haven
• 2 - Branford, Oxford, Madison, West Haven
• 1 - Ansonia, Beacon Falls, East Haven, Woodbridge, North Branford, Bethany, Wallington, Middlebury

New Haven residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Travis Jones, fr., UConn football
• Douglas Wardlaw, fr., UConn football
• Justin Morehead, so., UConn football
• Makayla Bigard, so., CCSU soccer
• Kwane Taylor, fr., CCSU football
• Noah Washington, fr., CCSU football
• Duane Rogers, so., CCSU football
• Martin Tipton, so., Yale sailing
• Lea Mascola, so., Sacred Heart equestrian

Image created by Tim Jensen

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