Redding Teen Earns Scholarship To Play Softball At Colgate

REDDING, Conn.-- A local softball player has been awarded a Division 1 scholarship.

Christiana Cottrell, with her parents Richard Cottrell and Georgia Cottrell; and standing, from left, Amanda Acampora, head softball coach, Jeanne Cooper, athletic director and Christine Miller, assistant softball coach.
Photo Credit: *Michelle Babyak Photography*

Christiana Cottrell of Redding.
Photo Credit: *Michelle Babyak Photography*

11/28/2016 5:30 a.m.

She is Lauralton Hall student Christiana Cottrell, daughter of Richard Cottrell and Georgia Cottrell, of Redding.

Cottrell accepted a Division I scholarship to play softball at Colgate University. The official signing ceremony took place Nov. 9 at Lauralton Hall in Milford.

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics overseen by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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