At JMU: 2009-10:Â Other--JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete. Â 2008-09:Â Outdoor track--Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award. Â Other--JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete.
2006-07: Indoor track--All-East in high jump after a fifth-place finish at ECAC Championships. Set school high jump record (5'8 3/4"). Outdoor track--Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award.
High school: Indoor track--All-Baltimore Metro first team as a senior and second team as a junior. All-IAAM (Interscholastic Athletics Association of Maryland) as a junior and senior. IAAM champion and undefeated in conference competition as a junior and senior. Set IAAM championship meet record of 5'2" as a junior. Team captain as a junior and senior. Team MVP as a senior. Outdoor track--AAU state champion, regional runner-up and national qualifier as a junior. All-Metro Baltimore first team, All-Harford County first team and All-IAAM as a junior and senior. IAAM champion and undefeated in conference competition as a junior and senior. Set county high jump record of 5'5" as a junior and broke her record with a jump of 5'7" (best in Maryland) as a senior. County track athlete of the year as a senior. Team captain as a junior and senior. Team's MVP as a senior.
Personal: Jessica O'Brien. President's List student majoring in interdisciplinary liberal studies (elementary education).