Facts: - medaltemplates: men 's water polo - birth date: july 11 , 1978 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sean kern .
sean kern is an american water polo player .his position is center forward -lrb- two-meter offense -rrb- .during his water polo career , kern was a four-time all-american , two-time national player of the year , two-time ncaa champion and three-time ucla scoring leader .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 us 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 .-lrb- honolulu advertiser , honolulu , hawaii : 12/14/94 , 11/29/95 , 12/15/96 -rrb- kern came to ucla in 1997 as the top-ranked recruit in the country , taking the bruins 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 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 ucla bruins , coralie simmons -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , natalie golda -lrb- 2005 -rrb- kelly rulon -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , and courtney mathewson -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , 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 usa water polo premier league .