KYLE
KOVACH
#22
5-8 185 Sr.
Munster, Ind. (Andrean)
Career: Kyle earned third-team SI.com/
Associated Press Little All-American honors after winning the
NCAA Division III statistical national championship for all-purpose
yardage last season...2012 preseason second-team All-American from
Beyond College Sports Network..two-time HCAC rushing and
all-purpose yardage champion...needs 311 yards to become the
school's all-time leading rusher...career school record holder with
5,192 all-purpose yards...third in school history with 31 rushing
touchdowns and fourth with 38 total scores...has four career
200-yard rushing games and 15 career 100-yard rushing games.
2011: NCAA Division III statistical national
champion for all-purpose yards (225.1 ypg)...HCAC rushing champion
with 1,213 yards and 11 touchdowns...third-team All-American by
SI.com/ Associated Press...second-team all-region from
d3football.com... crossed the 100-yard rushing mark six times (246
at Anderson, 221 at Kalamazoo, 200 at Earlham, 124 vs. Hanover, 113
vs. Franklin and 108 at Manchester)...set a school record with 246
rushing yards against Anderson...had 246 rushing yards and two
touchdowns, along with 119 receiving yards and two scores, at
Anderson.
2010: Third-team all-North Region and first-team
all-HCAC choice after winning the league rushing title...rushed for
1,056 yards and 11 touchdowns to lead the HCAC...crossed the
100-yard mark six times on the season (208 at Defiance, \131 at
Mount St. Joseph, 121 vs. Bluffton, 121 at Hanover, 105
vs. Anderson and 101 vs. Earlham)... scored on a 95-yard touchdown
run at Defiance for the third longest run in school history...led
the HCAC with 1,830 all-purpose yards...scored on a 57-yard punt
return vs. Anderson for the first punt return touchdown by an
Engineer since Tim Rauch in 1986.
2009: Had team-highs of 736 rushing yards and
nine touchdowns... rushed for 100 yards in a game three times (153
vs. Hanover, 139 vs. Mount St. Joseph and 115 vs. North
Park).
At Rose-Hulman: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and
the American Society of Civil Engineers...played on the baseball
team in 2010.
Prep Career: Consensus all-state, all-league and
all-area running back as a senior...baseball state
champion...senior class president.
Personal: Civil engineering major