Fairfield Fall Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

FAIRFIELD, CT — More than 300 student-athletes from Connecticut, including 10 from Fairfield, 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 375 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I fall sports. Glastonbury has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters, Danbury has 12, and Norwalk and Trumbull each have 11.

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

• UConn - 116
• Central Connecticut - 104
• Sacred Heart - 66
• Yale - 25
• Fairfield and Hartford - 22
• Quinnipiac - 20

Counties

• Fairfield - 113
• Hartford - 104
• New Haven - 71
• Tolland - 29
• Middlesex - 20
• New London - 18
• Litchfield - 17
• Windham - 3

Sports

• football - 88
• men's soccer - 67
• women's soccer - 54
• women's rowing - 33
• women's cross country - 30
• men'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
• 11 - Norwalk, Trumbull
• 10 - Shelton, Fairfield
• 7 - Stamford
• 6 - Ridgefield
• 5 - Bridgeport, Brookfield, Newtown, Westport
• 4 - Monroe, Darien, Weston
• 3 - New Fairfield
• 2 - Stratford, Greenwich, Easton
• 1 - Bethel, Sherman, Redding, Wilton, New Canaan

Fairfield residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Nick Demaso, so., UConn soccer
• Mollie Kerrigan, r-so., UConn soccer
• Brandon Bisack, r-jr., UConn football
• Brendan Casey, fr., UConn football
• Will Brisman, so., UConn cross country
• James Maniscalco, fr., UConn cross country
• Sarah Leatherwood, fr., UConn cross country
• Matt Skelton, r-fr., CCSU soccer
• Livia Silva, so., CCSU volleyball
• Emery Wallace, so., Yale sailing

Image created by Tim Jensen

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