D-II Athletes From Derby, Shelton on In-State Winter Rosters

DERBY-SHELTON, 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 two from Derby and one from Shelton, 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

Fairfield County residents

• 9 - Stratford
• 6 - Danbury
• 3 - Bridgeport
• 2 - Easton, Newtown, Norwalk, Stamford, Trumbull
• 1 - Brookfield, Monroe, Ridgefield, Shelton

Derby residents on in-state D-II winter rosters

• Tristan Pruzinsky, fr., SCSU track and field
• Rachel Fleischer, fr., SCSU track and field

Shelton residents on in-state D-II winter rosters

• Bridget Shamick, r-jr., SCSU basketball

Image created by Tim Jensen

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