Career Honors:
2025 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
2025 (Freshman): Named to the 2025 ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 20 games during rookie campaign, finishing the year with 17 points on 10 goals and seven assists with 13 steals and 12 ejections drawn … Scored goals in six games with three multiple-scoring performances, including a hat trick … Notched a season-high three goals at Mercyhurst, while adding a pair of scores against Penn State Behrend (Navy Open) and Mercyhurst (MAWPC Tournament) … Scored first collegiate goal against LIU (Princeton Invitational), while also scoring against Wheaton College (Navy Open), and Iona … Credited with assists in six games with a season-high two helpers against Occidental (Triton Invitational) … Also had assists against Pepperdine (Triton Invitational – first collegiate point), LIU (Princeton Invitational), Wheaton College (Navy Open), Mount St. Mary’s, and Mercyhurst … Made collegiate debut in the season opener against #1 UCLA.
High School / Personal: Member of the water polo and swimming teams at Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton, Calif. … Helped lead Sacred Heart to League Championships, Central Coast Section (CCS) Championships, and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) NorCal Championships in water polo (2021-24) … Named All-League (First Team in 2024; Honorable Mention in 2023) and All-CCS (Second Team in 2024) … Water polo team captain as a senior … In swimming, helped Sacred Heart to League Championships (2022-25) … CCS Finalist (2022, ’23, ’25) and All-League (2022-25) … Placed fourth in the CCS in the 500 freestyle (2023), while qualifying for the State Championship in the 4x50 freestyle relay (2025; finished eighth), 4x100 relay (2023, ’25), and 500 freestyle (2023) … Played club water polo with Atherton Aquatics, while taking part in club swimming with Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics … Black belt in Tae Kwon Do (2009-20) … AP Scholar with honors … Member of Young Men’s Service League (2022-25), serving as vice president (2024-25) … Volunteered with Second Harvest Food Bank, as well as Swim Buddies (program teaching individuals with special needs how to swim) … Son of Paul Kirincich and Kelly Kruse … Mother, Kelly, was a member of the rowing team at Dartmouth, while father, Paul, played squash at Wesleyan … Brother, John Kirincich (’26), is currently a member of the men’s crew team at Bucknell (2022-present).
Career Statistics
| Year |
Games |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Hat Tricks |
Steals |
KOD |
| 2025 |
20 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
1 |
13 |
12 |
| Totals |
20 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
1 |
13 |
12 |
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