Student-Athlete Features
Vanderbilt Hustler – Victoria Varano: the Extra Mile
Student-Athlete Highlights
• 2023 NCAA champion
• Three-time All-American
• 2023-24 NTCA All-Region honorable mention
• Two-time All-CUSA
• Three career all-tournament teams
• Part of two 300 Baker games
• Silver medalist at the IBF U21 World Championships team competition
As a Senior (2025-26)
• Northeast Classic all-tournament second team, placed ninth individually with a 217.6 game average
• Part of the third highest-scoring traditional game in Vanderbilt history (1,222 pins vs. Mount St. Mary’s at the Northeast Classic)
• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Student-Athlete Involvement Chair
As a Junior (2024-25)
• SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Third-Team All-American
• All-CUSA third team
• CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
• CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
• Music City Classic all-tournament team, placed fourth individually with a 212.0 average
• Finished seventh individually at the Mid-Winter Invitational with a 221.4 game average
• Part of the Commodores’ 299 Baker game on Day 3 of the Storm Flyer Classic
• Bowled in the 1,214-pin traditional game at the PVAMU Invitational that is ranked No. 3 in program history for high team traditional game
• 2024-25 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Student Involvement Committee Chair
As a Sophomore (2023-24)
• Second-team All-American
• CSC Academic All-District
• NTCA All-Academic
• CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
• NTCA all-central region honorable mention
• All-Conference USA second team
• CUSA Bowling All-Academic Team
• SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Part of the seventh 300 Baker game in program history at the Mid-Winter Invitational (vs. No. 1 Jacksonville State)
• Part of the third and fourth-best five-game Baker sets in program history at the 2024 Hawk Classic (vs. Monmouth – 1,177 and Morgan State – 1,178)
• Part of the traditional game that tied No. 9 all-time in school history at Destination Orlando (UAB – 1,166)
• Selected to Junior Team USA
As a Freshman (2022-23)
• Honorable mention All-American
• NTCA All-Academic
• First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Southland Bowling League Academic Honor Roll
• Finished second at the Hawk Classic with a 214.6 average
• Stallings Invitational all-tournament team, placed fifth individually
• Hawk Classic all-tournament team
• Part of sixth 300 Baker game in program history during the first day of the 2022 Ladyjack Classic
• Won a silver medal competing for Team USA in IBF U21 World Championships team competition
The Varano File
• Selected to USA Junior Team
• Four-time Storm Youth champion
• PBA Northeast Regional champion
• Parker Bohn III Scholarship Tournament of Champions winner
• Placed second at 2021 Junior Gold Championship in the U18 division
• PBA Junior National Championships second place
• Storm Evolution staff member
• Five-time Journal News Bowler of the Year
• Led Rockland High School to 2019 state championship
Activities & Societies
• National Honor Society
• English, Social Studies, Science, Math and World Language Honor Society member
Personal
• Sister, Danielle McEwan, won a national championship for Fairleigh Dickinson and was a two-time NCAA Player of the Year
• In 2018, bowled a 300 game on the same day as brother, Nick Varano, during the same tournament