Norfolk State University Athletics

2021-22 (Junior Year): Competed in four meets … Led the team for the year with a 169.9-pin average in  traditional games for the season … Rolled a season-best 176.8 with a 202 high game at the Stallings Invitational … Averaged 172.4 pins at the second MEAC conference meet, with a top game of 195 … Also averaged 172 at the VUU Invitational, with a top performance of 203 pings … Also bowled in 23 baker games … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and made the NSU AD Honor Roll for the fall semester.

2020-21 (Sophomore Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters … Competed in all 12 traditional games and all six Baker games … Averaged 174.8 in traditional play … Rolled a season-high 206 and a 200 while averaging 179.4 in five games at the Stallings Invitational on March 14 … Averaged 174.6 in five games at the CSU Lady Eagle Invitational on Jan. 30, including a high game of 193.
 
2019-20 (Freshman Year): Twice named the MEAC Rookie of the Week … Earned a spot on the AD Honor Roll both semesters … Bowled in 27 traditional games and all 52 Baker games … Averaged 172.1 in traditional play with a total pin fall of 4,647 … Rolled three 200 games … Had a career-high 219 and averaged 183.6 in five games during the James Brown Invitational on Feb. 15 … Earned the MEAC Rookie of the Week award for that performance … Had games of 210 and 202 during the TNBA/HBCU Invitational on March 7, with her 202 coming in a win over Alabama A&M … Averaged a career-best 190.8 in five games there to earn MEAC Rookie of the Week honors again … Had a high game of 197 among six games at the first MEAC meet of the year on Nov. 9.
 
High School: Competed in the Western Branch AMF Youth League as a senior in 2018-19 … Also competed in the Challenge League and the Standard League at Western Branch AMF, averaging 175 and 188, respectively … Had a league high game of 235 and a league high series of 646 … Also competed in the Tidewater Team Travel League, averaging 177 in the Challenge division and 191 in the Standard division … Posted a high game of 279 … Qualified for the Virginia Pepsi State Championships in the Girls’ U20 division … Had an average of 186 with a high series of 640 in the TNBA (The National Bowling Association, Inc.) Eastern Regional Junior Tournament … Averaged 194 in the Western Branch Youth League her junior year in 2017-18 … Won the league’s triple crown with a high game of 279, high series of 755 and her 194 average … Won the league’s MVP Award … Had a high series of 755 at the TNBA Eastern Regional … Qualified for the Virginia Pepsi State Championships and the Junior Gold Championships in Dallas in 2018 … Averaged nearly 175 in the Girls’ U20 division of the Junior Gold that year … Posted a 191 average in the Western Branch Youth League her sophomore year in 2016-17 … Participated in the 2017 Teen Masters Championships … Took second in the Team Event at the 2016 TNBA Eastern Regional Junior Tournament and third in the Team Event at the 2016 USBC Virginia Pepsi State Championships … Also competed in the Virginia Pepsi Youth League Tournament … Averaged 171 her freshman year in the Kids on Strike Youth Tournament at the JEB Little Creek Gator Bowl … Finished in 13^th place at the 2015 USBC Virginia Pepsi Youth Championships … Took first in the Team Event at the 2016 Virginia Youth Baker Championships … Competed in the Tidewater USBC Youth Championships as well … Took first in the Team Event and second in the Doubles Event at the 2015 AAU Junior Olympic National Bowling Championships in Virginia Beach … Member of the Western Branch High School National Honor Society all four years with GPAs between 3.37 and 3.7 during that time … Member of the school’s French Club from 2014-16 and was co-captain of the Varsity Wrestling Cheerleading Team from 2015-17.
 
Personal: Full name is Chanel Nichole Staton … Born on Oct. 27, 2000 … Daughter of Catricia and Raymond Staton Jr. … Grandmother June Coles Staton went to NSU from 1968-72 and graduated with Honors … Majoring in biology … Wants to go into animal rehab … Enjoys bowling, cooking, traveling, watching Netflix and helping others.

Staton's Career Statistics

YEAR	Pinfall	GP	Avg.	High
2019-20	4,647	27	172.1	219
2020-21	2,098	12	174.8	206
2021-22	3,907	23	169.9	184
Totals	10,652	62	171.8	219

Baker

YEAR	GP
2019-20	52
2020-21	6
2021-22	23
Totals	81