Oxford Athlete On In-State Division I University Roster

OXFORD, CT — More than 190 student-athletes from Connecticut, including one from Oxford, are continuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's seven Division I universities this winter, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

A total of 194 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I winter sports. Fairfield, New Haven and Trumbull each has seven student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters, while Greenwich, New Milford and Tolland each boasts six.

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 had not yet been made available by publication time.

Universities

• UConn - 66
• Central Connecticut - 49
• Sacred Heart - 23
• Yale - 18
• Quinnipiac - 16
• Hartford - 14
• Fairfield - 8

Counties

• Fairfield - 63
• New Haven - 40
• Hartford - 39
• Middlesex - 13
• Litchfield, Tolland - 12
• New London - 11
• Windham - 4

Sports

• women's track and field - 67
• men's track and field - 56
• men's swimming - 21
• men's ice hockey - 9
• women's ice hockey - 8
• men's fencing - 7
• women's basketball - 6
• women's equestrian - 5
• men's basketball, women's bowling, men's squash - 4
• women's squash - 2
• women's fencing - 1

New Haven County residents

• 7 - New Haven
• 3 - Cheshire, Hamden, Madison, North Haven, Wallingford
• 2 - Derby, Naugatuck, Southbury, Waterbury
• 1 - Bethany, Branford, Guilford, Meriden, Milford, North Branford, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, West Haven

Oxford residents on in-state winter 2018-19 rosters

• Kelly Ward, so., UConn track and field

Image credit: Tim Jensen

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