Suffield Athletes Playing Division III Fall Sports In Connecticut

SUFFIELD, 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 two from Suffield, 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

Hartford County residents

• 16 - Bristol
• 14 - West Hartford
• 10 - Hartford
• 9 - Manchester
• 8 - Newington
• 7 - Wethersfield, East Hartford
• 6 - South Windsor
• 5 - Southington
• 4 - Bloomfield, Plainville
• 3 - Windsor, Glastonbury, Simsbury, New Britain, Avon, Enfield
• 2 - Suffield, Burlington
• 1 - Rocky Hill, Farmington, East Granby, Marlborough, Berlin, Windsor Locks

Suffield residents on in-state fall D-III rosters

• Sean Kelly, fr., Mitchell soccer
• Robert Della Penna, sr., WCSU soccer

Image created by Tim Jensen

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