BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins water polo junior Jayden Kunwar has been named a Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-American it was announced today. He is the sixth Academic All-America selection in program history and the first since 2016.
 
Kunwar is the only Division III water polo player, male or female, to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American this year. He boasts a 3.92 cumulative GPA as a computer science major.
 
Kunwar earned Second Team All-America honors in 2019 after pouring in 99 goals and 126 points. He also drew 48 ejections and won 34 sprints in leading Hopkins to the USA Water Polo national semifinals. Kunwar ranked third in the nation in goals and seventh in points in 2019 – Hopkins did not compete this year due to CoVID-19. His 99 goals are the third-most in school single-season history while his 126 points are the fourth most. He already ranks in the top-25 in program history in career points (163), goals (133) and ejections drawn (67).
 
Kunwar is currently working as a summer analyst at General Atlantic after serving as a summer investment analyst at SoftBank Investment Advisors last summer. He is also a managing partner of A-Level Capital, leading a team of more than 20 undergraduate at a student-run VC firm. In the summer of 2019, Kunwar worked as a research and development engineer at Benvenue Medical.