Shelton, Derby Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

SHELTON-DERBY, CT — More than 350 student-athletes from Connecticut, including 10 from Shelton, 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 has 13 student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters, while Glastonbury has 12 and 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

• 10 - Norwalk, Shelton, Danbury
• 9 - Fairfield, Trumbull
• 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

New Haven County residents

• 9 - New Haven
• 8 - Cheshire
• 6 - Hamden
• 5 - Southbury
• 4 - Meriden, Milford, Prospect, North Haven
• 3 - Guilford, Wolcott
• 2 - Branford, Oxford, Madison, West Haven, Wallingford, Derby
• 1 - Ansonia, Beacon Falls, East Haven, Woodbridge, North Branford, Bethany, Middlebury, Waterbury, Naugatuck

Shelton residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Tyler Gleen, so., UConn cross country
• Joseph Zoppi, so., CCSU football
• Troy Vasilescu, jr., CCSU football
• Jaryd Witkoski, fr., CCSU football
• Elias Uyar, sr., Sacred Heart soccer
• Matt Reis, r-so., Sacred Heart soccer
• Shea Olayos, jr., Sacred Heart football
• Rebecca Dion, so., Sacred Heart equestrian
• Jessica Poole, sr., Sacred Heart swimming
• Mackenzie Bures, so., Sacred Heart volleyball

Shelton residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Ken Little, fr., CCSU cross country
• Kiley Rodriguez, fr., CCSU cross country

Image created by Tim Jensen

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