General | 2/26/2024 1:30:00 PM

New York, New York – NJCAA Region XV announced their All-Region Team selections on Monday, and sophomore guard Emily Kennedy (Brooklyn, New York) picked up All-Region XV Second Team accolades for her outstanding effort during the 2023-24 season, while Jania Simmons (Brooklyn, New York) was also named to the All-Region 15 sportsmanship team. The All-Region Team selection was the first of Kennedy's career.
 
The Brooklyn, New York native has had one of the best careers in recent history for the BMCC women's basketball program, etching herself amongst the program's all-time and single-season statistical leaders during her two seasons at BMCC. Kennedy has registered season-bests and led the Panthers in 14 different categories during the 2023-24 season with 395 points, 19.8 points per game, 134 field goals made, 293 field goals attempted, 45.7 percent from the field, 115 free throws made, 182 free throws attempted, 63.2 percent from the line, 185 rebounds, 9.3 rebounds per game, 109 assists, 5.5 assists per game, 111 steals, and 5.6 steals per game.
 
Kennedy has posted double-figure scoring efforts in all 20 games she has played this season and 33 times in her career, including 32 straight double-digit scoring efforts dating back to last season. Kennedy has posted a team-best 10 20-point games and 16 20-point performances for her career to go along with two career 30-point performances.
 
The Benjamin Banneker Academy product has moved up into the top three in three of four all-time program statistical records, ranking second in program history in career points (668), career steals (161), career assists (146), and seventh all-time in career rebounds (310). Kennedy's team-leading 111 steals are also the second most in a single season, while her points (395) and assists (109) are the fourth most.
 
Kennedy, a four-time CUNYAC Player of the Week, including three straight times from January 22 until February 5 and six times total this season, posted double-digit steals and double-digit assists four and three times this season, both team-bests with a career-high 12 steals in the season opener against LaGuardia Community College on November 7, 2023, and 11 assists against Queensborough Community College on January 30, 2024. On Sophomore day, she also hauled down a career-best 16 rebounds against Dutchess Community College on February 1, 2024. 
 
Kennedy also registered another major single-game program mark not reached in nine seasons, posting the program's first triple-double since the 2014-15 season against Roxbury Community College with 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists on January 20, 2024, and doing it three more times after with her fourth triple-double yesterday in CUNYAC Semifinals against Kingsborough Community College on February 14, 2024 with 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 steals. During her two seasons at BMCC, she has collected 11 career CUNYAC Weekly honors, with five Rookie of the Week nods last year.
 
Kennedy also currently ranks in the top five in six national statistical categories as she is tied for second in the nation in steals per game (5.5) and fourth in the country with 111 steals and assists per game (5.5) while tying for sixth in the nation with 109 assists while also leading the Panthers with 10 double-doubles this season with and 16 double-doubles for her career.
 
Simmons averaged 4.3 points per game and rebounds per game with her performance coming in a victory over Roxbury Community College on January 20, 2024 with a career-high 10 points.
 
For the complete release of the 2024 Region XV Women's Basketball All-Region Team, click here.
 
The Panthers are the fifth seed and will battle fourth-seeded Monroe-Bronx for the third time this season on Tuesday, February 27, at 5:30 p.m. at the Monroe Athletic Complex in New Rochelle, New York. For more information, visit the BMCC Women's Basketball Schedule Page.

 
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