| Joe Kovacs |
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 | Class: Freshman
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 | Hometown: Nazareth, Pa.
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 | High School: Bethlehem Catholic
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 | Event: Throws
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 | Experience: FR
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KOVACS' NITTANY LION RESUME...
Personal records
Indoors:
Shot Put- 60-4 (18.39)
Outdoors
Shot Put - 64-10.75 (19.78)
Discus - 184-10 (56.34)
Before Penn State ...
|| High School || Won PIAA titles in the discus and the shot put during senior season ... Winning shot put mark of 64-10.75 is ranked third in Pennsylvania high school history, and was the sixth-best throw in the country last year ... Threw 60-4 in the shot put indoors ...District XI champion in the shot put and the discus ... Discus PR of 184-10 is also ranked third all-time in Pa. ... Placed second in the discus and seventh in the shot put at the state meet as a junior ... Won the district discus title as a junior, and finished second in the shot ... Placed fourth in the discus at Penn Relays during senior year ... Finished sixth in the shot put at Nike Outdoor Nationals ... Took second in the shot put at the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational in Puerto Rico in 2007. || Personal || Son of Joanna Kovacs ... Born June 28, 1989 ... Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.