One of just four Robert Morris players in 30 years of Division I basketball to start his first collegiate game, Chappell claims the Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award after scoring 16 of his career-high 20 points in the final 11:58 as the visiting Colonials rallied from a ten-point deficit to upend Quinnipiac, 90-85, in their league opener on Saturday. He also added five rebounds, and recorded career-highs with five assists and four steals as Robert Morris picked up its first road win of the year. Chappell, who averaged 12.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 3.0 steals and hit 8-10 from the line on the week, has started six of the first seven games of his collegiate career and is one of five Robert Morris players currently scoring in double digits. The Cincinnati, OH product leads all NEC freshman in scoring (11.3 ppg), rebounding (4.7 rpg) and steals (1.4 spg).