Brianna Smith, a 2020 graduate of Cheltenham High School a current track star at Duke University, has been selected as Duke’s senior female student-athlete of the year, the university announced today.

She was also named the ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year in recognition of her excellence in the classroom, on the track and in the field, the league announced in June.

From the university’s announcement:

A multi-events athlete from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Smith closed out her Duke career with a stellar senior campaign that saw her earn her first-career USTFCCCA All-America honors in the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon, and capture the silver medal at the 2024 ACC Outdoor Championships en route to helping the Duke women garner its second straight ACC Outdoor Championship and third in the last four years. In four seasons as a member of the Duke track and field program, Smith was a part of four ACC track & field championship teams for the Blue Devil women – three outdoor (2021, ’23, ’24) and one indoor (2022). A 2022 ACC Indoor Champion in the women’s high jump, Smith has collected All-ACC honors six times and tallied seven ACC All-Academic Team selections during her Duke tenure.

Smith graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a 3.724 cumulative GPA. She was named a 2024 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient and was tabbed as the 2024 ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Smith, an Elkins Park native, was featured in June by the Philadelphia Inquirer for her leadership qualities. Her collegiate career stats and biography can be found here.

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