Norfolk State University Athletics

2018 (Junior)
Played and started in 10 games … Missed only the Delaware State game … Finished third on the team in both catches (39) and receiving yards (492) while hauling in a pair of touchdown receptions … Opened the year with four catches for 77 yards, including a 15-yard TD grab, against Virginia State … Made four catches for 69 yards before leaving the S.C. State game due to injury … Caught five passes against N.C. Central … Notched a career-high 95 receiving yards on five catches at N.C. A&T, including a 20-yard TD … Finished the year with consecutive six-catch performances against Morgan State and Liberty, establishing a new career high … Had 89 receiving yards vs. Morgan State and 77 at Liberty … Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member for the spring semester.

2017 (Sophomore)
Played in all 11 contests and started nine times … Started every game but the matchups with Hampton and Howard … Caught 18 passes for 206 yards (11.4 average), both good for fourth on the team … Hauled in two touchdown receptions, both in the win at Delaware State … Had two catches for 57 yards with a long of 45 yards against William & Mary … Made four catches for 46 yards with TD receptions of 8 and 16 yards at DSU … Made a career-high five receptions for 49 yards against Savannah State … Scored a third touchdown on special teams, returning a fumbled punt 20 yards for a touchdown at Morgan State.

2016 (Freshman)
Played in all 11 games and started four times at wideout … Tallied nine receptions for 169 yards and a score on the season … Started vs. N.C. Central, N.C. A&T, Bethune-Cookman and Hampton … Had a season-high three catches for 28 yards against Howard … Made two grabs for 66 yards, including a 63-yard TD pass for his first collegiate score, in the win over Morgan State … Also had two catches for 45 yards at Savannah State … Caught one pass for 21 yards at Hampton.

2015 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the season … Member of the NSU AD’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.

High School/Prep
Spent one post-graduate year at Fork Union … Second-team all-district selection as a junior and senior at Deep Creek … Caught 48 passes for 928 yards and nine touchdowns in his last two years at DCHS … Named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a junior … Also played defensive back for the Hornets … Named to the All-757 Team as a junior.

Personal
Chukwuma A. Awanna was born on Jan. 16, 1996 … Goes by Chuma … Son of Chuck and Nanette Awanna … Earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in the spring of 2019.

Awanna’s Career Highs
Rec.: 6 (2x, last at Liberty, 12-1-18)
Yards: 95 (at N.C. A&T, 11-3-18)
TD: 2 (at Delaware State, 9-23-17)
Long Rec.: 63 (vs. Morgan State, 10-29-16)