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2025 Tewaaraton Award Winner

2025 | SENIOR SEASON
Started in all 19 games... led the team with 4.32 goals per game, 1.74 assists per game, and 6.05 points per game... ranked first nationally and first in the Ivy League in goals per game (4.22)... ranked second nationally and first in the Ivy League in points per game (6.00)... 2025 Tewaaraton Trophy Award Winner... Ivy League Attackman of the Year... Nike Inside Lacrosse First-Team All-American... four-time All-American... became the NCAA's career leader in goals scored during the season and finished with 239 career goals... six-time Ivy League Player of the Week... posted a season-high nine goals against Yale (03/22/25)... recorded six goals on four occasions including against Lehigh (02/15/25), Hobart (02/25/25), UAlbany (04/01/25), UAlbany (05/11/25), and Maryland (05/26/25)... dished out a season-high six assists against Hobart (02/25/25) and Yale (05/02/25)... tallied a season-high 12 points against Hobart (02/25/25) with six goals and six assists... recorded double-digit points in four games throughout the season... collected 43 ground balls and caused 22 turnovers... served 2.0 minutes in penalties during the season... scored multiple goals in every game this season.

2024 I SENIOR SEASON
A first-team All-American by USA Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse and a second-team pick by the USILA ... Tewaaraton Trophy semifinalist ... posted 45 goals, 22 assists and 67 points while starting all 14 contests ... posted 13 multi-point games, with nine hat tricks and seven contests with at least five points ... three of his goals were game-winners, and added 35 ground balls and a career-bets 16 caused turnovers ... led the Ivy League and ranked third nationally in with his 3.21 goals per game ... finished the campaign eighth nationally in points per game (4.79) ... was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection and was also chosen first-team All-ECAC ... three-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week ... had five goals, an assist, two ground balls and two caused turnovers while scoring the game winner in the second overtime in a win over No. 4 Syracuse (4/2/24) ... netted seven goals in a win over Ohio State (3/2/24) ... posted four goals and four assists with a pair of caused turnovers in a victory over Yale (3/23/24) ... had two goals, three assists, two caused turnovers and three ground balls as Cornell topped Harvard (4/20/24) ... was a preseason member of the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List ... preseason USA Lacrosse, Inside Lacrosse and USILA first-team All-America selection ... invited to Team USA Sixes Camp ... named to Team USA for the Men's Box World Championships, helping the squad to a silver medal.

2023 l JUNIOR SEASON
Tewaaraton Award finalist … awarded the USILA Lt. Col. Jack Turnbull Award for Outstanding Attackman … named USILA first-team All-American … named Inside Lacrosse first-team All-American … named USA Lacrosse Magazine first-team All-American … awarded ECAC Offensive Player of the Year … named Ivy League Player of the Year following his reign as Rookie of the Year in 2022 … a unanimous selection to All-Ivy first-team … selected to the Ivy Tournament team following a five goal performance against Yale in the semifinals ... named Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week (March 8) … named USA Lacrosse Player of the Week (March 7) … named two-time Ivy League Player of the week (March 6; May 1) … USILA two-time Team of the Week (March 29; April 26) … starting in every game for the Big Red, he finished the season with the record for goals scored by a junior in Cornell history with 65 goals … tied with Mike French for second most single-season goals in Cornell History … posted seven goals and four assists for 11 points in the game at Hobart (2/28/23), the most by any Ivy player this season … scored multiple points in all but one game … caused a total of 15 turnovers for the season ... scooped 37 groundballs.

2022 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Named to the Inside Lacrosse All-America honorable mention team ... the Ivy League Rookie of the Year was a second-team All-Ivy pick ... started all 19 games for the Big Red ... second on the team in goals (55), assists (24), points (79) and 180 shots ... poured in four goals while dishing three assists in the season-opening win over UAlbany ... recorded a hat trick while adding two assists in the win over Hobart ... notched four goals and an assist in a win over No. 5 Ohio State ... tallied four goals in a victory over No. 11 Yale ... scored three goals while assisting on two more against No. 7 Penn ... added six goals with two assists for a season high eight points at Colgate ... recorded a hat trick and three assists on only six shots in a win over No. 11 Harvard ... dished three assists and added two goals in an OT win at Syracuse ... scored three goals and dished an assist against Army ... notched four goals in a in at No. 5 Princeton ... matched a Cornell single-game NCAA Tournament record of seven goals in the first round win over Ohio State.

2021 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Season canceled due tot he COVID-19 pandemic.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Tabbed a 2020 Under Armour Senior All-American ... earned US Lacrosse All-America honors in 2019 ... named first team all-state by NJ.com in 2020, as well as second team all-state in 2019 ... received first team All-New Jersey Athletic Conference and first team All-New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse League distinction in 2019 ... helped Delbarton HS to the 2018 Tournament of Champions title ... competed on the club circuit for Leading Edge ... also played four years of basketball at Delbarton.

PERSONAL
Christopher John Kirst is the son of Kyle and Michelle Kirst and has four brothers ... his father, Kyle, played Division I college lacrosse at Rutgers ... his three older brothers, Connor, Colin, and Cole, all played Division I collegiate lacrosse ... Connor (Villanova) and Colin (Lehigh) graduated from their respective universities in 2020 and both played their fifth-year at Rutgers in 2021 ... Cole graduated from Lehigh and played his fifth-year at Syracuse ... Connor, Colin, and Cole each now plays in the PLL for the Redwoods, Cannons, and Whipsnakes, respectively ... His youngest brother, Caden, will play his first collegiate season with Rutgers this spring ... he is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.