
Height: | 5-10 |
Year: | Senior |
Hometown: | Monterey, Calif. |
High School: | Santa Catalina |
Position: | 2-meter |
Major: | Neurobiology |
House Affiliation: | Eliot |
2012 (Senior):
Finished with 67 goals, 51 assists and 100 steals ... Led the
team in goals, assists and steals ... Named first team All-Southern
Division by the CWPA ... Contributed 17 multi-goal games ...
Tallied nine goals, including seven in a loss vs. Iona, at the Iona
Invitational Feb. 4 to help the Crimson to a 1-1 record ... Named
CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week Feb. 7 ... Scored four
goals in a win over Bucknell, 14-5, Feb. 11 ... Had four goals,
five assists and nine steals during wins over Villanova, 14-3, and
Colorado State, 12-7, at the Princeton Invitational Feb. 12
... Named to the CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week
and Defensive Player of the Week Honor Rolls March 6 after
scoring 10 times, adding six assists and
contributing 15 steals during the Harvard Invitational ... Had five
goals, three assists and six steals during a doubleheader against
Cal Baptist and UC Irvine March 17 ... Named to the player of the
week honor roll April 2 after having six goals, six assists and
eight steals in a pair of Southern Division wins over Mercyhurst,
10-4, and George Washington, 18-12, March 31 ... Registered
seven goals, five assists and 12 steals in three games to help
Harvard to a third-place finish at the CWPA Southern Division
Championship ... Named to the CWPA Eastern Championship
All-Tournament Team.
2011 (Junior):
Team Captain ... Honorable mention All-America selection by the
ACWPC ... CWPA Southern Division All-Conference first team
... Named “excellent” student-athlete by CWPA for
finishing with a GPA between 3.41-3.70 ... Named CWPA Southern
Division Defensive Player of the Week April 11 ... COOP
Student-Athlete of the Week May 2 ... Led the team with 76 goals
and 81 steals while finishing fifth with 20 assists ... Received
Harvard's Most Valuable Player award ... Scored five times and
grabbed two steals against Iona, then tallied three goals, two
assists and three takeaways against Villanova Feb. 5 ... Found the
back of the net four times and picked up four steals against Siena
in the Marist Tournament Feb. 19 ... Notched five scores, grabbed
five steals and dished an assist at Marist in the Marist Tournament
Feb. 20 ... Put in five goals, collected two takeaways and handed
out one helper against Brown Feb. 23 ... Scored on three occassions
and took the ball away three times against Brown, then marked up
five goals, four steals and an assist against Iona in the ECAC
Championship Feb. 26 ... Had a season-high seven steals and added
two goals at Santa Clara March 13 ... Tallied five scores and five
takeaways against Wagner March 27 ... Found the back of the net
three times, grabbed four steals and had an assist at Bucknell
April 9 ... Scored four times, picked up two takeaways and one
helper against Michigan April 10 ... Put in four goals, two assists
and two steals against Brown April 20 ... Contributed three goals
and four takeaways against Bucknell in the CWPA Eastern
Championship April 30.
2010 (Sophomore):
ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention ... 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 (Freshman):
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.