Danbury Fall Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

DANBURY, CT — More than 350 student-athletes from Connecticut, including 12 from Danbury, are continuing their academic and sports endeavors at one of the state's seven Division I universities this fall, based on rosters provided by those institutions.

A total of 356 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I fall sports. Danbury and Glastonbury each have 12 student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters, while Norwalk and Shelton each have 10.

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 for men's cross country and women's swimming, cross country, rowing, rugby and bowling had not yet been made available by publication time.

Universities

• Central Connecticut - 104
• UConn - 97
• Sacred Heart - 66
• Yale - 25
• Fairfield and Hartford - 22
• Quinnipiac - 20

Counties

• Fairfield - 109
• Hartford - 102
• New Haven - 71
• Tolland - 23
• New London - 18
• Middlesex and Litchfield - 15
• Windham - 3

Sports

• football - 88
• men's soccer - 67
• women's soccer - 54
• men's cross country - 40
• women's rowing - 33
• women's cross country - 24
• women's swimming - 14
• field hockey and women's rugby - 10
• women's equestrian - 7
• women's volleyball - 6
• co-ed sailing - 3

Fairfield County residents

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

Danbury residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Norelis Collado, sr., UConn rowing
• Julio Arredondo, jr., CCSU cross country
• Dan Nichols, fr., CCSU cross country
• Shauny Alterisio, jr., CCSU soccer
• Kristen Roessler, fr., CCSU soccer
• Eric Henry, jr., CCSU football
• Jonathan Filipe, fr., Fairfield soccer
• Christopher Marpres, jr., Fairfield cross country
• Delany Flanagan, jr., Quinnipiac field hockey
• Robert Strain, jr., Sacred Heart soccer
• Emma Connolly, fr., Sacred Heart cross country
• Sara da Silva, fr., Sacred Heart soccer

Image created by Tim Jensen

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