Division II Athletes From Shelton on In-State Fall Rosters

SHELTON, CT — As a followup to Monday's column about student-athletes from Connecticut playing college sports at in-state institutions this fall, today we check out locals who are playing for one of the state's four Division II universities.

More than 225 Connecticut student-athletes, including seven from Shelton, are pursuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's four Division II universities this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

Waterbury has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-II rosters, while Naugatuck and Bridgeport each have nine.

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 had not yet been provided by publication time, while others did not provide hometown information.

Universities

• Southern Connecticut State - 115
• Post - 62
• New Haven - 31
• Bridgeport - 18

Counties

• New Haven - 83
• Fairfield - 49
• Hartford - 38
• Litchfield - 20
• Middlesex - 16
• New London - 11
• Tolland - 5
• Windham - 4

Sports

• football - 62
• men's soccer - 35
• women's soccer - 31
• sprint football - 23
• field hockey - 21
• men's cross country - 19
• women's volleyball - 14
• women's cross country - 13
• men's tennis, women's tennis - 4

Fairfield County residents

• 9 - Bridgeport
• 8 - Stamford
• 7 - Shelton
• 6 - Stratford
• 4 - Danbury
• 3 - Norwalk, Trumbull
• 2 - New Fairfield, Bethel, Newtown
• 1 - Monroe, Brookfield, Sherman

Shelton residents on in-state fall D-II rosters

• Bobby Valeri, so., SCSU football
• Khaleed Dawkins, fr., SCSU soccer
• Kylee Opper, so., Post soccer
• Ashley Varrone, sr., New Haven tennis
• Agustin Pagan, so., New Haven soccer
• Danielle Kreiter, fr., Bridgeport volleyball
• Megan Kreitler, fr., Bridgeport volleyball

Image created by Tim Jensen

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