PREP
Captained Mercer Island as a senior ... Earned first-team All-County honors all four years of high school ... Won three times on the IJGT tour, including the season-ending Tournament of Champions ... Twice reached the semifinal round of the PNGA Junior Boys Championship ... Has the three-lowest 9-hole match scores in school history, with two 30s and a 31 ... Career average of 74.5 ... Best round was an 11-under 61 ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Son of John and Susan Kern ... Both parents were athletes at Duke, his father on the lacrosse team and mother on the field hockey team ... Grandfather played football at Princeton ... Enjoys the beach and a variety of sports.