Willington, Stafford Athletes Playing D-III Fall Sports In CT

STAFFORD-WILLINGTON, CT — A few weeks ago, we wrote about student-athletes from Connecticut who stayed in-state to play Division I and Division II college sports. Today, we conclude the series with a look at the local performers at the state's nine Division III colleges and universities.

More than 550 Connecticut student-athletes, including four from Willington and three from Stafford, are pursuing their academic and sports endeavors at in-state D-III schools this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

Danbury has 18 student-athletes on in-state D-III fall rosters, while Bristol has 16, Bridgeport 15 and West Hartford 14.

Following are breakdowns by school, by county and by sport, with links to the home pages of each school's athletic department.

Schools

• Western Connecticut State - 173
• Eastern Connecticut State - 97
• Saint Joseph - 71
• Albertus Magnus - 61
• Trinity - 42
• Mitchell - 32
• Connecticut College - 30
• Wesleyan - 28
• Coast Guard - 23

Counties

• Fairfield - 144
• New Haven - 131
• Hartford - 118
• Middlesex - 40
• New London - 37
• Litchfield and Tolland - 32
• Windham - 20

Sports

• men's soccer - 128
• women's soccer - 113
• football - 106
• field hockey - 60
• women's volleyball - 47
• women's cross country - 30
• men's cross country - 29
• women's tennis - 23
• sailing - 7
• men's rowing, women's rowing, men's tennis - 4
• men's water polo - 2

Tolland County residents

• 5 - Tolland
• 4 - Ellington, Willington
• 3 - Mansfield, Vernon, Stafford, Andover
• 2 - Bolton, Columbia
• 1 - Somers, Hebron, Coventry

Willington residents on in-state fall D-III rosters

• Jackson Toomey, jr., ECSU soccer
• Will Toomey, fr., ECSU soccer
• Lydia Niderno, jr., ECSU volleyball
• Lucy Roberge, sr., Saint Joseph tennis

Stafford residents on in-state fall D-III rosters

• Zach Kulman, jr., ECSU soccer
• Carlie Dreyfus, fr., ECSU soccer
• Alyssa Fecko, so., Saint Joseph soccer

Image created by Tim Jensen

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