Kristóf Kovács

Photo by: Kathy Swart

Photo by: Nicole Maloney

Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hódmezovásárhely, Hungary
High School:
Bethlen Gábor Reformed HS

Awards:

ACWPC Honorable Mention All-America (2023, 2024)
NWPC First-Team All-Tournament (2023, 2024)
All-NWPC First Team (2023)
All-NWPC Second Team (2023)
NWPC Player of the Week (Nov. 25, 2024)
NWPC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 18, 2023, Sept. 25, 2023, Oct. 9, 2023, Nov. 20, 2023, Sept. 16, 2024, Sept. 23, 2024, Sept. 30, 2024, Oct. 14, 2024, Oct. 21, 2024, Nov. 4, 2024, Nov. 25, 2024)
NWPC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 11, 2023, Sept. 18, 2023, Oct. 9, 2023
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2023)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)
NWPC Most Valuable Player of the Tournament (2024)

2024: Started in all 32 games and earned a 23-9 record…Ended the year with 376 stops and a .554 save percentage…Added 34 steals and 27 assists…Had a .882 save percentage in season opener against Biola (Sept. 7)…Recorded 16 stops in program’s first ever win over No. 8/9 Cal (Oct. 10)...Recorded a career high five steals against MIT (Oct. 5)...Held teams to single digit scoring in 16 games…Had 21 saves against Brown in NWPC Championship (Nov. 24).

2023: Collected a 14-4 record with 203 stops and a .594 save percentage … Impressive outing with 19 saves vs. Air Force (Sept. 16) … Corralled 13 stops vs. No. 20 Harvard (Sept. 30) … Dropped in 20 saves at Iona (Oct. 8) … Produced 14 saves at No. 9 UC Irvine (Oct. 15) … Added 16 stops vs. No. 4 Pepperdine (Oct. 21) …. Allowed just five goals on 26 shots in the NWPC Championship game at No. 11 Harvard (Nov. 19) … Made 15 stops vs. No. 6 UC Irvine in the NCAA Quarterfinals (Dec. 1).

Before Princeton:
Szentesi Vízilabda Klub: Played 32 matches in the Hungarian First League … Finished tenth at the Hungarian Cup in 2022 and first at the H₂O Polo Cup in 2019 … Won the best goalkeeper award at the Hasznos István Cup in 2017.

Szegedi Vízilabda Egylet: Played 22 matches in the Hungarian First League … Finished third at the Komjádi Cup and in the final eight at the Hungarian Cup in 2023.

Hungarian Junior National Team: won a bronze medal at the LEN U19 European Championship in 2022.

Academic: Student-Athlete Award … First place in the Currie Chemistry Memorial Competition Regional Final … Second place in the National Reformed Chemistry Competition and Szent-Györgyi Academic Competition … Sixth place in Fodor József National Biology Competition … Second round in OKTV twice.

Personal: Son of Judith Berek and Dr. István Kovács … Has two brothers, Botond Kovács and Szabolcs Berek.

Career Stats:

Season	GP	Record	GA	Saves	Save %	Assists	Steals
2023	18	14-4	139	203	.594	8	12
2024	32	23-9	303	376	.554	27	34
Career	49	37-11	442	579	.574	35	46