West Hartford Athletes Playing at In-State Division I Schools

WEST HARTFORD, CT — More than 300 student-athletes from Connecticut, including seven from West Hartford, 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 323 competitors have chosen to stay close to home while participating in 13 Division I fall sports. Danbury, Glastonbury, Norwalk and Shelton each have 10 student-athletes on in-state D-I rosters.

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 - 93
• Central Connecticut - 75
• Sacred Heart - 66
• Yale - 25
• Fairfield and Hartford - 22
• Quinnipiac - 20

Counties

• Fairfield - 106
• Hartford - 96
• New Haven - 61
• Tolland - 22
• New London - 16
• Middlesex - 12
• Litchfield - 10
• Windham - 0

Sports

• football - 88
• men's soccer - 67
• women's soccer - 54
• women's rowing - 33
• men's cross country - 24
• women's cross country - 11
• field hockey, women's rugby and women's swimming - 10
• women's equestrian - 7
• women's volleyball - 6
• co-ed sailing - 3

Hartford County residents

• 10 - Glastonbury
• 8 - Hartford
• 7 - West Hartford, Windsor
• 6 - Southington
• 5 - East Hartford, South Windsor, Bristol
• 4 - Avon, Simsbury, Plainville, Farmington
• 3 - Suffield, Manchester, Berlin, Bloomfield
• 2 - Rocky Hill, Marlborough, Windsor Locks, Enfield
• 1 - Granby, East Windsor, Canton, Burlington, Wethersfield, Newington, New Britain

West Hartford residents on in-state fall 2018 rosters

• Elena Santos, sr., UConn soccer
• Harrison Newman, r-so., UConn football
• Molly Bugos, jr., UConn rowing
• Aidan O'Brien, fr., CCSU soccer
• Rodrigo Giraldo Salvador, sr., CCSU soccer
• Mackenzie Tibball, jr., Quinnipiac soccer
• Bonnie Wilder, so., Sacred Heart cross country

Image created by Tim Jensen

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