TOWSON, Md. -- Bridget Kennedy became the second Blue Jay to earn the Landmark Women's Cross Country Senior Scholar Athlete honor on Wednesday. She is the first since Lydia Dearie earned the award in 2015 for the Elizabethtown College women's cross country team.

The Landmark Conference selects 23 senior scholar-athletes each year to recognize the top student-athlete in each sport based on academics and athletics. The honorees must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20 and are selected by a committee of Landmark Conference officers, athletics directors, senior woman administrators, faculty athletic representatives, athletic communications, and diversity, ethnicity, and inclusion designee.

Kennedy, an occupational therapy major at Elizabethtown, was a 2022 All-Landmark Conference First Team choice after her fourth-place run at the championship meet that season. She went on to take 25th at the regional race, which earned her All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors.

The Padua Academy product ran to four top 10 finishes during her career, including a career-best runner-up spot at the 2022 Blue Jay Alumni Challenge. She took ninth place at Lebanon Valley's Last Chance Run Fast meet in October and was subsequently named the conference's WXC Athlete of the Week.

Kennedy will be a four-time Landmark Fall Academic Honor Roll selection. She's also a two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete and three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honoree.