Sacramento State

2024-25 Season
• Started each of the first four games of the season, but missed the final 28 games with injury
• Averaged 8.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 25.2 minutes per game
• Had a season-high 14 points at UC San Diego, and 13 points vs. Cal Maritime
• Also had four points and seven rebounds at Fresno State
• Of his six rebounds vs. CSUN, three came on the offensive glass

2023-24 Season
• Played in 33 games as a true freshman, including 12 starts
• Averaged 5.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 22.8 minutes pe game
• Hornets’ fifth best rebounder despite being a guard
• Season-high 15 points vs. Pacific Union
• Scored in double figures three times
• Buried 32 3-pointers in 33 games played
• Had five points and six rebounds in the Hornets Big Sky Tourney semifinal vs. Montana State
• Had seven points and nine rebounds in a road win at Montana State
• Had 11 points in the regular season finale vs. Eastern Washington
• Part of a Hornet crop of freshmen that accounted for 40% of the team’s minutes during the season

Prior to Sacramento State
• Played for Western Australia at both the U18 and U20 Australian Junior National Championships
• Helped Western Australia to the national championship at both those tournaments
• At the U20 National Championships, which took place in February of 2023, he averaged 14.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game on 48% shooting from the field
• During the eight-game tournament, he scored 20+ points on three occasions
• That includes 20 points (9-of-14 FG), six rebounds and three assists in the team’s final game of the tourney
• Played professionally for the Australian Centre of Excellence in the NBL1 East League in 2022

High School
• Attended high school at Woodvale Secondary College in Perth
• Received a scholarship to The Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence

Personal
• Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
• Son of Bobby and Gail Kovatchev
• A kinesiology major