Sean Kenniff

Bio
The middle child of three, Sean was born in Massapequa, New York. His father worked as a firefighter for New York City while his mother maintained her work as a homemaker. Graduating from Massapequa High School, Sean immediately began his studies the following fall at the State University of New York at Binghamton where he eventually received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.

While other kids opted for spring break in college, Sean stayed behind to save his money in order to get through medical school. He attained his M.D. through New York Medical College. Upon graduation, he then spent four years with the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (a division of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine), serving his last year as their Chief Resident.

As a neurologist, Sean maintained a private practice that allotted him the privileges to work for the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, the North Shore University Hospital (an affiliate of Cornell University) and St. Francis University Hospital (an affiliate of Columbia University). At age 30, with full intentions of resuming his profession at a later date, he's taken a break to explore other avenues of interest.

An amateur writer, Sean wrote a yet-to-be published psychological thriller which he hopes to someday develop into a television show. He's also written the sequel. He indulges his artistic impulses through sketching and writing poetry. He also finds time for boxing at the Westbury Police Athletic League.

Sean currently lives in

Carle Place, New York . His birth date is Nov. 27, 1969.

Survivor: Borneo
He was the twelfth of fifteen contestants to be eliminated which resulted in Dr. Sean making the Final Five people. He was famous for his "Alphabet Voting" strategy, in which he cast his votes based on the order of contestants' names in the alphabet. He later claimed that he chose the system as a way to vote off members of the opposing Pagong tribe, whose names were all earlier alphabetically than his own tribe, while appearing to do so in a non-deliberate manner. Sean could arguably be considered the first person to ever use the naive strategy.

Challenge History

 * Tribal Immunities Won: 3 (out of 6)
 * Tribal Rewards Won: 2 (out of 5)


 * Team Rewards Won: N/A


 * Individual Immunities Won: 0 (out of 6)
 * Individual Rewards Won: 1 (out of 5)


 * Total Number of Challenges: 21 (10 tribal, 11 individual)
 * Overall Challenge Record: 6-15

Memorable Moments

 * Created Super Pole 2000
 * Used Alphabetical Order for a voting strategy
 * Dubbed the "World's Dumbest Smart Guy" by Gervase Peterson
 * Accidently caused Jenna Lewis to get voted out
 * Coined the term "Fat Naked Fag" for Richard Hatch

Trivia

 * Has his nipple peirced
 * Fan of hometown hero, Jerry Seinfeld
 * Works as a Staff Doctor for CBS
 * Kept Super Pole 2000 and still owns it to this day