Career Highs
18 Holes: +12 (82) – (Ted Keller Memorial – October 21, 2013)
36 Holes: +31 (175) – (Marlin Invitational – April 6-7, 2014)
54 Holes: +48 (264) – (ODAC Championship – April 27-29, 2014)
2014-15 ODAC All-Academic Team
Sophomore (2014-15): Did not compete in an event as a sophomore.
First-Year (2013-14): Competed in six events his first year on campus… Shot a career-best +12 (82) in the second round of the Ted Keller Memorial… Posted his top 54-hole score at the ODAC tournament, the second time he played a 54-round tournament as a Marlin.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: Averaged 38.0 for nine holes and 77 for 18… Set the Woodgrove record for best 18-hole score at 74 and tied with three other golfers for nine holes at 37… 2012 Dulles District medalist with a 74… 2012 regional qualifier… Recipient of the Coaches Award as a senior… Selected as Woodgrove's Most Valuable Player as a junior… Honored as the Most Improved Golfer as a sophomore… Member of the National Honor Society… Member of the Spanish Honor Society… AP Scholar… Vice-President of the Varsity Club as a junior, secretary as a senior.
Personal: Son of Michele and Joseph Kovach… Has one sister, Kara, a student at the University of Mary Washington.
Get to Know Nick
- Favorites the book "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," the movie "Like Mike," and the TV series "Friends"
- A fan of Tiger Woods, football's Pittsburgh Steelers, and actor Will Smith
- Enjoys rap and spending vacation time at his grandparents' river house
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "I like to play golf and have a good time"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "getting to know other golfers and playing against them in tournaments"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "putting"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to set records and to be the conference player of the year"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Rickie Fowler. He's one of my favorite golfers and it would be cool to play a round with him and hang out afterwards. He seems like a really down-to-earth guy who likes to have fun"
- People might be surprised to know: "I've really only been playing golf for three years. My sophomore year was the first time I played competitively"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I am living in New York where I am practicing law"
- The most important advice I've received is: "you just have to relax, go out there and have fun. Everything else with come" -- high school golf coach
