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2012 Women's Water Polo

8 Devan Kennifer

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Monterey, Calif.
  • High School Santa Catalina
  • Position 2-meter
  • Major Neurobiology
  • House Affiliation Eliot

Biography

2012 (Senior):
Finished with 67 goals, 51 assists and 100 steals ... Led theteam in goals, assists and steals ... Named first team All-SouthernDivision by the CWPA ... Contributed 17 multi-goal games ...Tallied nine goals, including seven in a loss vs. Iona, at the IonaInvitational Feb. 4 to help the Crimson to a 1-1 record ... NamedCWPA Southern Division Player of the Week Feb. 7 ... Scored fourgoals in a win over Bucknell, 14-5, Feb. 11 ... Had four goals,five assists and nine steals during wins over Villanova, 14-3, andColorado State, 12-7, at the Princeton Invitational Feb. 12 ... Named to the CWPA Southern Division Player of the Weekand Defensive Player of the Week Honor Rolls March 6 afterscoring 10 times, adding six assists andcontributing 15 steals during the Harvard Invitational ... Had fivegoals, three assists and six steals during a doubleheader againstCal Baptist and UC Irvine March 17 ... Named to the player of theweek honor roll April 2 after having six goals, six assists andeight steals in a pair of Southern Division wins over Mercyhurst,10-4, and George Washington, 18-12, March 31 ... Registeredseven goals, five assists and 12 steals in three games to helpHarvard to a third-place finish at the CWPA Southern DivisionChampionship ... Named to the CWPA Eastern ChampionshipAll-Tournament Team.

2011 (Junior):
Team Captain ... Honorable mention All-America selection by theACWPC ... CWPA Southern Division All-Conference first team... Named “excellent” student-athlete by CWPA forfinishing with a GPA between 3.41-3.70 ... Named CWPA SouthernDivision Defensive Player of the Week April 11 ... COOPStudent-Athlete of the Week May 2 ... Led the team with 76 goalsand 81 steals while finishing fifth with 20 assists ... ReceivedHarvard''s Most Valuable Player award ... Scored five times andgrabbed two steals against Iona, then tallied three goals, twoassists and three takeaways against Villanova Feb. 5 ... Found theback of the net four times and picked up four steals against Sienain the Marist Tournament Feb. 19 ... Notched five scores, grabbedfive steals and dished an assist at Marist in the Marist TournamentFeb. 20 ... Put in five goals, collected two takeaways and handedout one helper against Brown Feb. 23 ... Scored on three occassionsand took the ball away three times against Brown, then marked upfive goals, four steals and an assist against Iona in the ECACChampionship Feb. 26 ... Had a season-high seven steals and addedtwo goals at Santa Clara March 13 ... Tallied five scores and fivetakeaways against Wagner March 27 ... Found the back of the netthree times, grabbed four steals and had an assist at BucknellApril 9 ... Scored four times, picked up two takeaways and onehelper against Michigan April 10 ... Put in four goals, two assistsand two steals against Brown April 20 ... Contributed three goalsand four takeaways against Bucknell in the CWPA EasternChampionship April 30.

2010 (Sophomore):
ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention ... All-Northern Divisionfirst team ... Eastern Championship All-Tournament second team ...Lead the team with 67 goals on the season ... Harvard''s MostValuable Player Award recipient ... COOP Athlete of the Week (Feb.8) … Tallied a hat trick in wins over Villanova (Feb. 6) andNew 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 Ionaat Harvard Invitational (Feb. 7) ... Netted five goals against Ionaat Princeton Invitational (Feb. 20) … Buried a goal andrecorded 10 steals against Wagner at Princeton Invitational (Feb.20) … Tallied a goal against No. 5 Michigan at PrincetonInvitational (Feb. 21) … Notched a pair of goals againstGeorge Washington (Feb. 21) at Princeton Invitational ... Talliedfour goals against Marist (Feb. 27) and Wagner (Feb. 27) at theECAC Championships ... Recorded a hat-trick against Marylandat the Elite Eight (March 6) … Scored a goal againstPrinceton at the Elite Eight (March 6) … Buried six goalsagainst Bucknell at the Elite Eight, including both ofHarvard’s overtime goals (March 7) … Named the CWPANorthern Division Player of the Week (March 8, March 22) ...Registered a hat-trick against Fresno Pacific and a goal against UCDavis (March 15) … Drew five ejections against San JoseState (March 17) ... Registered a hat trick in Harvard’s winover No. 19 Cal State East Bay (March 19) … Scored threegoals against No. 17 Pacific (March 20) … Tallied a goalagainst Cal State Monterey Bay (March 20) … Netted a goalagainst Marist (March 27) … Buried five goals and drew fivekick outs against No. 11 Hartwick (April 10) … Potted a goalagainst Brown (April 14) … Notched a goal against No. 11Hartwick (April 17) … Scored a pair of goals against Brown(April 18) ... Buried a marker against No. 7 Michigan at theEastern Championship (April 30) ... Tallied a goal against Bucknellat the Eastern Championship (May 1) ... Netted a hat trick againstMaryland at the Eastern Championship (May 2).

2009 (Freshman):
Named CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Year ... Tabbed to CWPAAll-Northern Division First Team ... Honored as Rookie of theTournament at Eastern Championship and selected to All-TournamentTeam ... Selected Harvard''s Rookie of the Year ... Tallied agame-high five goals and collected five streals in career debutagainst 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 againstPrinceton (Feb. 21) ... Tallied a hat trick against GeorgeWashington and Bucknell (Feb. 22) ... Scored four goals againstMaryland and Bucknell (Feb. 28); drew five ejections against theBison ... Had a goal and drew three ejections against Princeton(March 1) ... Scored in win at Sonoma State (March 22) ... Talliedteam-high four goals at Pacific (March 24) ... Had eight goals indoubleheader against UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis, including sixtallies against the Banana Slugs (March 26) ... Scored acareer-high 10 goals against Cal State Monterey Bay (March 27); wasnamed Northern Division Player of the Week and COOP Student-Athleteof the Week for effort ... Had five goals against Brown and a hattrick against Hartwick (April 4) ... Tallied a hat trick againstConnecticut College and scored twice against Utica (April 5) ...Scored two goals and had three kickouts drawn against Brown (April11) ... Netted three goals, had two kickouts drawn, handed out twoassists and made two steals against Hartwick and tallied a goalagainst Brown at Northern Division Championship (April 18) ...Found the back of the net four times against Utica at NorthernDivision Championship (April 19) ... Scored against Hartwick atEastern Championship (April 24) ... Had two goals, two ejectionsdrawn and three steals against Indiana at Easterns (April 25) ...Tallied the game-winning goal against Bucknell at EasternChampionship (April 26).

High School:
Earned 12 varsity letters at Santa Catalina High, including foureach in water polo, swimming and basketball ... Four-year starterin water polo ... Captained water polo and basketball squads ...All-American honorable mention in 2007 in water polo ... USA WaterPolo Academic All-American as senior ... MTAL/CCS Most ValuablePlayer in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... All-League first team on fouroccasions ... First team All-Section once and was selected to thesecond team twice ... CCS Scholar-Athlete of teh Year in 2008 ...Led water polo and basketball teams to league titles ... Cum LaudeSociety 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.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2009First-Year

    2 Meter Offense
    5'10"
    8
  • 8

    2010Sophomore

    2 Meter Offense
    5'10"
    8
  • 8

    2011Junior

    2-meter
    5'10"
    8
  • 8

    2012Senior

    2-meter
    5'10"
    8