Norfolk State University Athletics

2020 (Redshirt Junior Year): Competed twice at the No. 6 spot in the lineup and once at the No. 3 doubles position with Siliah Burke … All three matches went unfinished.
 
2016-20: Member of the NSU volleyball team … Earned the team’s Most Improved Award her redshirt sophomore year in 2018 … Three-time member of the MEAC All-Academic Team.
 
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.
 
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 an obstetrician … Member of Beta Kappa Chi … Enjoys going to movies, shopping, volunteering, spending time with family and friends, and travelling/going on adventures.