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2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

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23 Jess Kovatch

23 Jess Kovatch

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Phillipsburg
  • Hometown:
    Phillipsburg, N.J.

Summary

Biography

SENIOR (2018-19)- Named NEC Player of the Year...Named Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-American...Became all-time leading scorer in school and NEC history with 2,874 career points...Ranks second all-time in NCAA history with 472 career three-pointers...Named ECAC First Team All-Conference...Named to Wade Trophy Watch List for best player in college women's basketball...Named to the Preseason Drysdale Watch List for the nation’s top shooting guard...Named to the Preseason Lieberman Watch List for the nation’s top point guard...Five time NEC Player of the Week (12/24), (1/9), (1/30), (2/6) and (2/13)...Averaged a league-high 21.7 points and 3.7 three-pointers per game...Ranks second in the NEC in free throw percentage (86.0%)...Scored 31 points in a win over Fairleigh Dickinson (1/5)...Scored 30 points in a win over Wagner (1/28)...Scored 34 points in a win at Mount St. Mary's (2/2)...Scored 24 points and had a career-high seven assists in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn (2/25)...Scored a season-high 38 points in an NEC Tournament quarterfinal win over Bryant (3/11)

JUNIOR (2017-18)- Named NEC and ECAC Player of the Year...Set NEC record with 831 total points...Finished second in NCAA in total points and scoring at 24.4 ppg...Set NCAA record with 141 made three pointers...Set NEC and SFU record with 11 made threes vs FDU in NEC Tournament...Crossed 2,000 point mark in 91 games...Top-10 Finalist for Lieberman Award given to NCAA's top point guard

SOPHOMORE (2016-17)- Named Northeast Conference First Team and ECAC-All Star...Won three NEC Player of the Week Awards...Named to Nancy Lieberman Watch List for nation’s top point guard...Became 25th player to reach 1000 points in 47 games or fewer doing so at Robert Morris.... 11th in the NCAA in scoring at 21.2 points per game... Broke the Saint Francis single-season record for made threes with 110, seventh in NCAA...Topped 30 points three times including a career-high 45 vs Central Connecticut

FRESHMAN (2015-16)- The Northeast Conference and ECAC Rookie of the Year...Named NEC Second-Team All-Conference...Won a NEC-Record 13 NEC Rookie of the Week Awards including a record 11 straight...Named a "Face in the Crowd" in the February 29th edition of Sports Illustrated...Set SFU and NEC freshman scoring record with 649 points...Led all NCAA Freshmen in scoring at 20.9 ppg...Became the first SFU freshman to score 30 points in a game (Coastal Carolina), topped the 30 point mark four times... Led the Red Flash in scoring and steals (61), third on the team in rebounds (112)

BEFORE SFU - The 2014 West Jersey Player of the Year and Warren County All-First Team and Player of the Year, Kovatch joins the Red Flash women's basketball program out of Phillipsburg, N.J. A two-sport athlete for the Bobcats in basketball and lacrosse ... She was the first underclassmen to score 1,000 points and had the highest total after three seasons at 1,176 ... Kovatch's team in 2013 and 2014 won the Skyland Conference Raritan Division Championship.
 
PERSONAL - The daughter of Becky and Edward Kovatch ... Majoring in marketing.
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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2015-16Freshman

    Guard
    5'9"
    23
  • 23

    2016-17Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    23
  • 23

    2017-18Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    23
  • 23

    2018-19Senior

    Guard
    5'9"
    23