Mansfield Fall Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

MANSFIELD, CT — More than 350 student-athletes from Connecticut, including five from Mansfield, 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, Norwalk 11 and Shelton 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

• 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

Tolland County residents

• 9 - Tolland
• 5 - Hebron, Mansfield
• 4 - Coventry
• 2 - Vernon
• 1 - Ellington, Andover, Columbia

• Keith Dixon, fr., UConn soccer
• Emily Talisse Thompson, fr., UConn cross country
• Larson Richards, fr., CCSU soccer
• Cooper Knecht, fr., Fairfield soccer
• Jillian Picard-Busky, jr., rugby

Image created by Tim Jensen

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