Middletown Fall Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

MIDDLETOWN, CT — More than 350 student-athletes from Connecticut, including nine from Middletown, 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

Middlesex County residents

• 9 - Middletown
• 5 - Cromwell
• 2 - Durham
• 1 - Deep River, Westbrook, Middlefield, Clinton

Middletown residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Jeff Woodcock, r-sr., UConn football
• Mackenzie Pias, jr., UConn cross country
• Monica Marcello, grad., UConn swimming
• Shivani Dave, so., UConn rowing
• Jeffrey Turro, fr., CCSU soccer
• Tyshaun James, so., CCSU football
• Kyle Zajack, fr., CCSU football
• Jamie Gassman, jr., CCSU cross country
• Ryan Cartelli, fr., Sacred Heart football

Image created by Tim Jensen

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