Before Yale: Attended Hanover High School for three years before moving to Bishop Brady High School his senior year... Tallied 137 points in three years at Hanover High... Earned all-state honors his sophomore and junior seasons... In 2003 and 2005, his team won the high school state championship... Also was the starting third baseman in baseball for three years... Played for the NH Junior Monarchs in the EJHL and finished second in the league in scoring in 2006-07... Helped his team to two league championships.

Personal: Dennis Patrick James Kearney, son of Tom and Jill Kearney, is a member of Pierson College... His sister, Hannah, went to the 2006 Olympics and was 2005 World Champion in Mogul Skiing... He intends to be a political science major.