2020 (Redshirt Senior Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters … Competed in all 21 sets and six matches, making six starts … Averaged a team-best 0.90 blocks with 0.75 kills … Totaled 19 blocks, 16 kills and three digs on the year … Ranked fifth in the MEAC and No. 265 in the nation in blocks per set (0.90) … Finished her career 12
th all-time at NSU in hitting percentage (.193) … In a 3-2 win over George Mason on Jan. 24, finished with season highs of six kills and six blocks … Added five kills on nine swings with three blocks against Delaware State on Feb. 4 … Posted five blocks at North Carolina A&T on Feb. 12 and three against the Aggies the day before.
2019 (Redshirt Junior Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Started 23 of the 25 matches on the year … Saw action in 84 of 86 sets … Second on the team with 0.56 blocks per set … Averaged 1.14 kills and hit a team-best .225 … Totaled 96 kills, 47 blocks, 11 digs and one assist on the season … Ended the season ranked 12
th all-time at NSU in hitting percentage (.204) … Tallied a season-high nine kills and hit .474 with three blocks in a win over Morgan State on Oct. 14 … Also had nine kills and three blocks against Delaware State on Nov. 10 … Added seven kills on 11 swings at Florida A&M on Sept. 27 … Posted six kills on 11 errorless swings versus Rider on Sept. 7 … Had six kills against on Sept. 13 against USC Upstate with a career-high three digs and a pair of blocks … Posted a season-high seven blocks with six kills while hitting .417 versus Coppin State on Oct. 11 … Finished with five kills and six block against Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 8 … Also had five kills and two blocks the match before at Morgan State on Nov. 3.
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore Year): Earned the team’s Most Improved Award … Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Competed in and started all 21 matches … Played in 68 out of a total of 70 sets … Averaged 1.15 kills and 0.57 blocks per set … Finished the year with totals of 78 kills, 39 blocks, 12 digs, five assists and three service aces … Hit .237 on the year … Ranked 10
th in the MEAC in hitting percentage … Posted a career-high 12 kills while hitting .321 with three blocks in a win over Delaware State on Nov. 4 … Also set a new career high with 10 blocks while adding five kills at Coppin State on Oct. 26 … Tied for the fourth most blocks in a match in NSU history … In another win over Delaware State on Oct. 7 on the road, had eight kills on 14 swings with three blocks … Totaled six blocks with two kills at William & Mary on Sept. 8 … Finished with exactly five kills and two blocks in back-to-back home matches against Coppin State (Sept. 28) and Morgan State (Sept. 30) … Tallied five kills in a road win against Morgan State on Oct. 28, and five kills in the season finale at Howard on Nov. 9.
2017 (Redshirt Freshman Year): Competed in 13 matches and started four of those … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … In 29 sets played, had 16 kills, 12 blocks and five digs … Had five kills and three blocks in the season finale at Hampton on Nov. 12 … Two days prior, had three kills and three blocks against Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 10 … Posted three kills and two blocks against South Carolina State on Sept. 23 … Also had two kills versus Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 1 and two blocks in a win at Lafayette on Sept. 2.
2016 (Freshman Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Utilized redshirt season.
High School: Competed on the varsity volleyball team her final three years of high school under coach Keith Mesa … Earned second-team All-Conference 4 honors her senior year … Led Colonial Forge to a 21-4 record as a senior … Posted 126 kills and 51 blocks while hitting .354 that year … Member of the JV volleyball team her freshman year … Also a four-year letterwinner with the varsity track and field team … Competed on the JV basketball team her freshman year … Graduated with a 3.4 GPA.
Club: Played on the Fredericksburg Juniors Volleyball Club team.
Personal: Full name is Jannel I. Ezeagwu … Born on June 10, 1998 … Last name is pronounced Ee-ZAH-goo … Daughter of Nkeiru and Uche Ezeagwu, and legal guardians Rita and Lawrence Okani … Has two older brothers, twins David and Daniel, and a younger brother, Divine … Brother David played four years at linebacker on the James Madison football team from 2014-17 … Brother Daniel spent two seasons as a defensive back on the football team at Maryland from 2014-15, one season at Iowa Western CC in 2016 and one season at Tarleton State in 2017 … Majoring in biology, pre-professional … Wants to go to medical school and become a doctor … Member of Beta Kappa Chi and The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) … Enjoys going to movies, shopping, volunteering, spending time with family and friends, and travelling/going on adventures.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
12, vs. Delaware State (11-4-18) |
| Total Attacks |
28, vs. Delaware State (11-4-18) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.750 (3-0-4), vs. South Carolina State (11-17-19) |
| Assists |
1 (6x), last: vs. George Washington (10-21-19) |
| Service Aces |
2, vs. Hampton (9-4-18) |
| Digs |
3, vs. USC Upstate (9-13-19) |
| Solo Blocks |
4, at Coppin State (10-26-18) |
| Block Assists |
7, vs. Coppin State (10-11-19) |
| Total Blocks |
10, at Coppin State (10-26-18) |
| Points |
13.5, vs. Delaware State (11-4-18) |
