Flash Points

• This is the second-straight season Kovatch has earned an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Award
• The ECAC consists of over 300 schools, 88 at the Division-I level
• Kovatch led the team and the Northeast Conference in scoring at over 21 points per game

 
DANBURY, CONN- Saint Francis sophomore guard Jessica Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) has been named a second-team Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star, the conference announced Thursday, marking the second-straight season Kovatch has earned ECAC All-Star status.
 
The ECAC is considered the nation's largest conference, consisting of over 300 schools across all three NCAA divisions. There are 88 schools in the ECAC Division-I ranks. 
 
The sophomore led the Red Flash, the Northeast Conference and was 11^th in the NCAA in scoring at 21.2 points per game. She broke the Saint Francis single-season record for made threes with 110, a mark that was good for seventh in the nation and her 3.4 threes per game average was third in the NCAA. Those marks are steady improvements from her freshman season (20.9 ppg/98 threes/3.16 per game) when she was named NEC and ECAC Rookie of the Year.
 
This accolade adds to an already impressive resume for Kovatch. She became the fastest player in Saint Francis history to 1000 career points, doing so in her 47^th game this season at Robert Morris. The 47 is a magic number as it is tied for the 20^th fastest in NCAA women's basketball history to that milestone as she became the 25^th person to clip 1,000 points in 47 games or fewer.
 
The Phillipsburg, New Jersey native is the lone Northeast Conference representative on the ECAC All-Star list and one of just four underclassmen. You can view the full All-Star team list below.
 
 Player of the Year
Precious Hall – James Madison University, RS-Sr.
 
Rookie of the Year
Rebekah Hand – Marist College, Fr.
 
Coach of the Year
Charlotte Smith – Elon University

 
All-ECAC First Team
Precious Hall – James Madison University, RS-Sr.
Alexis Peterson – Syracuse University, Sr.
Michelle Nwokedi – University of Pennsylvania, Jr.
Feyonda Fitzgerald – Temple University, Sr.
Teniya Page – Penn State University, So.
 
All-ECAC Second Team*
Jessica Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) – Saint Francis University, So.
Imani Watkins – University at Albany, Sr.
Nia Marshall – Cornell University, Sr.
Katie Benzan – Harvard University, Fr.
Amy Griffin – La Salle University, Jr.
Shay Burnett – Elon University, Jr.