2026-27 Bowling Roster
Gianna Varano
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Stony Point, N.Y.
- High School:
- North Rockland
- Major:
- Marketing
- Hand:
- Right
NIL Opportunities
2025-26 (Freshman): Bowled in 1,033 frames, the fourth-most on the team, and averaged 19.16 pins per frame... Averaged 192.29 in 41 traditional games, topping 200 16 times... Shot a high game of 247 at the Big Red Invitational... Her best tournament finish came when she tied for 24th at the Colonial Lanes Classic with a 1,007 set over five games... That was her highest set of the season... Averaged 214.25 in four games at the Big Red Invitational, which helped her average 19.74 pins per frame at the tournament... Bowled in 619 frames in Baker play with a 19.14 average... Recorded a 45.79 strike percentage, a 64.64 spare percentage and an 80.83 fill-frame percentage... Was named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll while also earning the Commissioner's Academic Medal... Named to the NTCA All-Academic Team.
Before YSU: Was a two-time team MVP at North Rockland High School and a two-time award winner for having the highest average in her section… Served as the captain on the Red Raiders’ state championship team her senior year… Topped the field with a 1,359 set and a 290 game to help North Rockland rally at the state event in 2025… Was a four-time Section 1 honoree while helping guide North Rockland to four section titles and state championships in 2022 and 2025… Bowled the second-highest series at the state championship as a freshman… Finished 18th in 2024 and 28th in 2025 at the Junior Gold Championships, U18 Division… Served as co-president of the Best Buddies program… Was also active as a member of the National Honor Society, Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse, the Italian Club, the ASL club and Student Ambassadors.
Personal: Parents are Robert and Susan… Has a brother (Nick) and two sisters (Danielle and Victoria)… Comes from a highly-accomplished bowling family… Her sister Danielle won a national championship for FDU and was a two-time NCAA Player of the Year before moving on to a successful professional bowling career… Her sister Victoria is currently a senior on Vanderbilt's bowling team and is a two-time All-American… Her brother Nick is a bowling coach at Dominican University New York… Major is marketing.
