Ben Kirshon

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Class:
Senior
Position:
Attacker
Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Hometown:
Ladera Ranch, Calif.
High School:
Santa Margarita Catholic

2024: Appeared in one game and scored one goal with an ejection drawn against LIU (Nov. 10).

2023: Did not play.

2022: Finished the season with 29 goals, 19 assists, 10 steals and seven field blocks ... Scored his first goal of the season in a two-goal performance against MIT (Sept. 10) ... Tallied two goal and an assist against MIT (Oct. 8) ... Had two assists, two field blocks and an assist against San Jose State (Oct. 22) ... Handed out three assists against St. Francis Brooklyn (Nov. 6).

2021: Finished the season with 44 goals, 16 assists, 10 steals, and 11 field blocks ... Scored his first-career goal in a two-goal performance against Santa Clara to start the season (Sept. 4) ... Tallied two goals with an assist against Austin (Sept. 4) ... Finished with two goals, four assists and a steal against Florida (Sept. 5) ... Had three goals with three field blocks and drew an exclusion against George Washington (Sept. 18) ... Netted three goals and handed out three assists against Salem (Oct. 16) ... Scored three goals against Fresno Baptist (Oct. 23) ... Scored four goals and grabbed a steal against Saint Francis (Oct. 31) ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic Honors.

Before Brown: Earned Third Team All-CIF Southern Section and Ninth Team California-Hawaii All-American in 2019 … Led team in scoring in 2019 … Earned four varsity letters … Played for head coach Justin Johnson … Competed on the club level for AETOS Water Polo Club and head coach Jeremy Laster … Finished career as AETOS’ all-time leading scorer … Helped AETOS win the 2017 ODP National Championship … First Honors student … Gained NISCA Academic All-America laurels … Earned USA Water Polo Academic All-America accolades.

Personal: Ben is the son of Karen and Steve Kirshon; Steve played water polo at UC San Diego … Has one younger sibling, Josie … Club coach Jeremy Laster played water polo at the 1996 Olympic Games … Entered Brown undecided on a concentration.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because it will allow me to play the sport I love, while pursuing an Ivy League education. The combination of the coaching staff, campus, athletic facilities, and the open curriculum made Brown an easy decision for me.”