CJ Kirst
Kirst with the Cornell Big Red in 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 20, 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NCAA team | Cornell (2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NLL draft | 1st overall, 2025 Toronto Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NLL team | Toronto Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PLL team | Philadelphia Waterdogs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pro career | 2025– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher John Kirst (born September 20, 2002) is an American professional lacrosse player for the Philadelphia Waterdogs of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) and for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League (NLL), having become the fifth player to be selected first overall in both drafts in 2025. Previously, Kirst played college lacrosse for Cornell University, where he set a new Division I record for most career goals with 247. In his senior year, he tied Jon Reese's and Miles Thompson's single season goals record with 82, won Cornell's first NCAA title in any sport in 48 years, and became the third Cornell player to win the Tewaaraton Award after Max Seibald and Rob Pannell.