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scoring leader. After his 1999 season, Kern was honored as the first-ever male recipient to receive the Peter J. Cutino Award. At the

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, he scored 3 goals for the US team. He led Honolulu's

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to three consecutive league titles and personally earned three

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player of the year awards.(Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii: 12/14/94, 11/29/95, 12/15/96) Kern came to UCLA in 1997 as the top-ranked recruit in the country, taking the

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to back-to-back NCAA titles in 1999 and 2000. Kern missed the first eight games of the 2000 season while playing in the Sydney Olympics, but still led the Bruins to their second consecutive NCAA championship. He scored 33 goals in 17 games, and two in the NCAA final and was named the tournament's MVP for the second year in a row. Kern, a four-time

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n, was also chosen player of the year in the

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. Kern is a two-time recipient of the Peter J. Cutino Award, receiving the top American collegiate water polo honor for the first two years that it was awarded. Kern joined other

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(2001),

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(2005)

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(2007), and

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(2008), as the school's Peter J. Cutino Award winners, all coached by

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.Cutino Award winners
/ref> Kern now plays for the

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in the USA Water Polo Premier League.

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UCLA player bio
1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Honolulu Punahou School alumni Olympic water polo players for the United States Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics UCLA Bruins men's water polo players {{US-waterpolo-bio-stub