Susquehanna's Kelsey Lessard Named Women's Swimming Senior Scholar Athlete

Susquehanna's Kelsey Lessard Named Women's Swimming Senior Scholar Athlete

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Susquehanna's Kelsey Lessard Named Women's Swimming Senior Scholar Athlete

TOWSON, Md. — Susquehanna University’s Kelsey Lessard has been named the Landmark’s Women’s Swimming & Diving Senior Scholar Athlete for the 2015-16 season. Lessard is the 22nd Crusader student-athlete to receive the award, and the first women’s swimming and diving recipient.

Lessard was a member of four-straight Landmark Conference championship teams, serving as team captain her senior year. She is a four-year First-Team All-Landmark Conference athlete and was named Rookie of the Year in 2012-13, and Swimmer of the Year in 2015-16. Lessard achieved three NCAA B-cuts this season and one as a junior. She holds the SU record in the 200 IM and in total, holds top-10 times in eight SU events 

Boasting a 3.55 cumulative grade-point average, Lessard is a strategic communications-publication relations major with minors in political science and environmental studies. The senior has made the Dean’s List in every eligible semester, and has earned a spot on the Landmark Academic Honor Roll in each of her three eligible seasons. A member of Alpha Delta Pi, Lessard plans to attend law school after graduation.

The Landmark Conference selects 20 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, and sports information directors. Chosen at the end of each sport season, the six winter honorees will be announced between March 15 –23.

 
2015-16 Landmark Winter Senior Scholar Athlete
Sport Senior Scholar Athlete
Institution Release
Men's Swimming & Diving
Morgan Richter
Goucher
Release
Women's Swimming & Diving
Kelsey Lessard
Susquehanna
Release
Men's Indoor Track & Field
TBD TBD Release
Women's Indoor Track & Field
TBD TBD Release
Women's Basketball
TBD TBD Release
Men's Basketball
 TBD TBD Release