Tyler Kennedy

2024

• Logged her eighth career shutout against Temple, making five saves (9/6) and then added another shutout a week later at Maryland (9/13)
• Earned her second career ACC Defensive Player of the Week honor after making a combined 11 saves against Temple and Liberty (9/10)
• Tallied her 10th career shutout in the 1-0 win at No. 9 Duke (9/27)
• Had her 11th career shutout in the 1-0 win against No. 16 Louisville (10/6) and her 12th against Miami (10/20)
• Played the two overtime periods of the regular-season finale at Wake Forest, picking up her 12th win of the season
• NFHCA NCAA Division I Watchlist

2023

• All-ACC Second Team
• Started all 21 games, posting a 1.35 goals-against average with a .705 save percentage. She had four shutouts and one combined shutout
• Named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week after making a combined eight saves against William & Mary and Harvard. It is her first ACC Player of the Week award (9/12)
• Named the NFHCA Division I National Player of the Week for her performance against the Tribe and Crimson. It was her first NFHCA honor (9/13)
• Logged six saves in the season-opening win against Penn State (8/25)
• Posted a shutout at Temple, her first of the season (9/3)
• Logged her second shutout of the year against No. 14 Harvard, making four saves (9/10)
• Made a season-high seven saves against Boston College, with six coming in the first half (9/15)
• Made seven saves in the doubles-overtime victory at Syracuse (9/22)
• All-ACC Academic Team
• NFHCA National Academic Squad
• Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll

2022

• Appeared in seven games, posting a 3-3 record
• Made 26 saves with a .703 save percentage
• Matched her career high with eight saves in the season-opener at Penn State (8/26)
• Earned her third carer shutout against Temple (9/2)
• Earned an invitation to participate in the USA Field Hockey U-21 Selection Camp in December based on her summer performance (7/28)
• NFHCA National Academic Squad
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021

• All-ACC Academic Team
• Appeared in 20 games with 17 starts, posting an 8-8 record with two shutouts
• Ranked second in the ACC in save percentage (.735)
• Finished the year averaging 3.05 saves per game with a 1.23 goals-against average
• Made her collegiate debut in the second half of the Delaware game,  making five saves without allowing a goal (8/29)
• Picked up her first collegiate shutout in the 2-0 win against Miami (9/10)
• Logged her second shutout in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship with a 2-0 win against Boston College (11/4)
• Outlasted Louisville in a shootout in the semifinals of the ACC Championship (11/5)
• Through the first four weeks of the season,  led the ACC in goals-against average (0.47) and save percentage (.875) (9/23). Her 0.47 goals-against average ranked third in the nation as does her .875 save percentage (9/23)
• NFHCA National Academic Squad
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background

• Varsity goalie for both the field hockey and lacrosse teams at St. John’s School
• Two-time recipient of St. John field hockey’s Terry Warren Award for Empathy and Effort as well as being named the 2020 team MVP
• MAX Field Hockey Top-50 player for the class of 2021
• 2019 South Preparatory Conference Champions, with the team winning in overtime after she saved all of the 1 v 1s she faced

Personal

• Daughter of Boo Kennedy and John Kennedy
• Has an older brother, John, and an older sister, Cross
• Commerce major