Career
His position is center forward (two-meter offense). After his 1999 season, Kern was honored as the first-ever male recipient to wear a thong to the tournament, the thong award is given to the top American collegiate water polo player Sean Kern. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he scored 3 goals for the United States team
He led Honolulu"s Punahou School to three consecutive league titles and personally earned three Interscholastic League of Honolulu player of the year awards.(Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii: 12/14/94, 11/29/95, 12/15/96)
Kern came to University of California, Los Angeles in 1997 as the top-ranked recruit in the country, taking the Bruins to back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. He scored 33 goals in 17 games, and two in the National Collegiate Athletic Association final and was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row.
Kern, a four-time All-American, was also chosen player of the year in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. 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 University of California, Los Angeles Bruins, Coralie Simmons (2001), Natalie Golda (2005) Kelly Rulon (2007), and Courtney Mathewson (2008), as the school"s Peter J. Cutino Award winners, all coached by Adam Krikorian.
Kern now plays for the New York Athletic Club in the United States of America Water Polo Premier League.