Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

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2024: All-NSIC Academic Team... Appeared in 24 games with 23 starts for the Mavericks totaling 1,499 minutes... Scored two goals for four points and seven shots on goal... Scored long Maverick goal in NCAA Division II National Championship game vs. Cal Poly Pomona (Dec. 15) and played 73 minutes... Played full time in NCAA National quarterfinals and semifinals vs. Grand Valley State and Columbus State... Member of NCAA Division II National Runner-Up.

2023: All-NSIC Second Team... NSIC Defender of the Week (Oct. 9)... Played in and started 20 games for the Mavericks for a total of 1,656 minutes... Posted one assist vs. Southwest Minnesota State (Oct. 6)... Played 77 minutes in NCAA Central Region Tournament vs. Central Missouri.

2022: Played and started in all of Minnesota States 22 matches… Had two assists and two points… Saw the third-most minutes of the team with 1804… Held a season-high of 110 minutes vs. Bemidji St.

High School: Native of Ankeny, Iowa, joining Minnesota State women's soccer in the fall of 2022...A defender and midfielder, played soccer at Ankeny Centennial High School...Helped the Jaguars to a 34-7 record overall which includes a 9-1 mark in the Central Iowa Metropolitan League during two seasons...Member of the Jaguars for their last two CIML regular-season championships in 2019 and 2021...As a freshman in 2019, played in 14 games while making six starts...Earned a varsity letter and earned the most improved player award while also being a member of the Jaguars' soccer team which finished the season as a state semifinalist...As a junior in 2021, started in all 21 matches for the Jaguars and provided a goal and a pair of assists...Concluded the season as a state semifinalist while Kovacs earned a second varsity letter and cracked the all-tournament team while garnering First Team All-State honors.

Personal: Daughter of Rob and Cindy Kovacs and has two brothers, Matthew and Evan...Proposed major for study at Minnesota State in Business Administration, aspires to have a career in healthcare administration...In three years of high school, lettered academically three times...Born Aug. 12, 2004, in Des Moines, Iowa.