| Height: | 5-10 |
| Year: | Sophomore |
| Hometown: | Monterey, Calif. |
| High School: | Santa Catalina |
| Position: | 2 Meter Offense |
| House Affiliation: | Eliot |
2011:
Team Captain
2010:
All-Northern Division first team ... Eastern Championship
All-Tournament second team ... Lead the team with 67 goals on the
season ... Harvard's Most Valuable Player Award recipient ... COOP
Athlete of the Week (Feb. 8) … Tallied a hat trick in wins
over Villanova (Feb. 6) and New York Athletic Club (Feb. 7) at
Harvard Invitational … Scored four goals in win over Siena
at Harvard Invitational (Feb. 6) … Turned in a five-goal
performance n victory over Iona at Harvard Invitational (Feb. 7)
... Netted five goals against Iona at Princeton Invitational (Feb.
20) … Buried a goal and recorded 10 steals against Wagner at
Princeton Invitational (Feb. 20) … Tallied a goal against
No. 5 Michigan at Princeton Invitational (Feb. 21) … Notched
a pair of goals against George Washington (Feb. 21) at Princeton
Invitational ... Tallied four goals against Marist (Feb. 27) and
Wagner (Feb. 27) at the ECAC Championships ... Recorded a
hat-trick against Maryland at the Elite Eight (March 6) …
Scored a goal against Princeton at the Elite Eight (March 6)
… Buried six goals against Bucknell at the Elite Eight,
including both of Harvard’s overtime goals (March 7) …
Named the CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week (March 8, March
22) ... Registered a hat-trick against Fresno Pacific and a goal
against UC Davis (March 15) … Drew five ejections against
San Jose State (March 17) ... Registered a hat trick in
Harvard’s win over No. 19 Cal State East Bay (March 19)
… Scored three goals against No. 17 Pacific (March 20)
… Tallied a goal against Cal State Monterey Bay (March 20)
… Netted a goal against Marist (March 27) … Buried
five goals and drew five kick outs against No. 11 Hartwick (April
10) … Potted a goal against Brown (April 14) …
Notched a goal against No. 11 Hartwick (April 17) … Scored a
pair of goals against Brown (April 18) ... Buried a marker against
No. 7 Michigan at the Eastern Championship (April 30) ... Tallied a
goal against Bucknell at the Eastern Championship (May 1) ...
Netted a hat trick against Maryland at the Eastern Championship
(May 2).
2009:
Named CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Year ... Tabbed to CWPA
All-Northern Division First Team ... Honored as Rookie of the
Tournament at Eastern Championship and selected to All-Tournament
Team ... Selected Harvard's Rookie of the Year ... Tallied a
game-high five goals and collected five streals in career debut
against NYAC (Feb. 14); Netted a score later in the day against No.
8 Michigan ... Scored four goals the following day against Siena
(Feb. 15) ... Named CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Week (Feb.
16) ... Scored four times against Villanova and once against
Princeton (Feb. 21) ... Tallied a hat trick against George
Washington and Bucknell (Feb. 22) ... Scored four goals against
Maryland and Bucknell (Feb. 28); drew five ejections against the
Bison ... Had a goal and drew three ejections against Princeton
(March 1) ... Scored in win at Sonoma State (March 22) ... Tallied
team-high four goals at Pacific (March 24) ... Had eight goals in
doubleheader against UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis, including six
tallies against the Banana Slugs (March 26) ... Scored a
career-high 10 goals against Cal State Monterey Bay (March 27); was
named Northern Division Player of the Week and COOP Student-Athlete
of the Week for effort ... Had five goals against Brown and a hat
trick against Hartwick (April 4) ... Tallied a hat trick against
Connecticut College and scored twice against Utica (April 5) ...
Scored two goals and had three kickouts drawn against Brown (April
11) ... Netted three goals, had two kickouts drawn, handed out two
assists and made two steals against Hartwick and tallied a goal
against Brown at Northern Division Championship (April 18) ...
Found the back of the net four times against Utica at Northern
Division Championship (April 19) ... Scored against Hartwick at
Eastern Championship (April 24) ... Had two goals, two ejections
drawn and three steals against Indiana at Easterns (April 25) ...
Tallied the game-winning goal against Bucknell at Eastern
Championship (April 26).
High School:
Earned 12 varsity letters at Santa Catalina High, including four
each in water polo, swimming and basketball ... Four-year starter
in water polo ... Captained water polo and basketball squads ...
All-American honorable mention in 2007 in water polo ... USA Water
Polo Academic All-American as senior ... MTAL/CCS Most Valuable
Player in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... All-League first team on four
occasions ... First team All-Section once and was selected to the
second team twice ... CCS Scholar-Athlete of teh Year in 2008 ...
Led water polo and basketball teams to league titles ... Cum Laude
Society member ... Gold Chord recipient.
Personal:
Sister, Sarah Kennifer '02, played water polo at Harvard ...
Sister, Katherine Kennifer, was a water polo player at Notre Dame,
graduating in 2005.

