Shelton, Derby Athletes On In-State Division I University Rosters

SHELTON-DERBY, CT — More than 190 student-athletes from Connecticut, including five from Shelton and two from Derby, 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

Fairfield County residents

• 7- Fairfield, Trumbull
• 6 - Greenwich
• 5 - Norwalk, Shelton, Stamford
• 4 - Darien, Ridgefield
• 3 - Danbury
• 2 - New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Weston, Westport, Wilton
• 1 - Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Easton, Stratford

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

Shelton residents on in-state winter 2018-19 rosters

• Tyler Gleen, so., UConn track and field
• Laurel Bailey, sr., UConn track and field
• Rebecca Dion, so., Sacred Heart equestrian
• Kayla Walewski, so., Sacred Heart ice hockey
• Rich Kelly, so., Quinnipiac basketball

Derby residents on in-state winter 2018-19 rosters

• Ken Little, fr., CCSU track and field
• Kiley Rodriguez, so., CCSU track and field

Image credit: Tim Jensen

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