Right, the $7220 would only be tuition and qualified expenses. Any room and board refunds paid from a 529 should have been recontributed to the 529 to avoid an excess distribution.
A MD single filer, under age 65, does not file a return until income passes $12,400.
If all income is to child is this little bit of scholarship, there would not be a filing requirement for federal or state.
If you have a paper trail showing which year the expenses were actually spent, you can use that. Some colleges receive the money in December but don't process until January. The IRS understands that. You may have crossed into "deemed to have paid" territory. The following quote shows how the IRS thinks.
The IRS says in Publication 970 (2020), Tax Benefits for Education | IRS: When figuring an education credit or tuition and fees deduction, use only the amounts you paid and are deemed to have paid during the tax year for qualified education expenses.
The first year is a learning curve, each college is different. It sounds like you are in good shape at this point.
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