March 20, 2026

Ferris State's Kevin Kovacs wins back-to-back GLIAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors

For the second consecutive week, Ferris State University men's tennis junior standout Kevin Kovacs has been chosen as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week.

Kovacs, a Business Administration major from Toronto, led the Bulldogs during last week's spring break competition to Florida.

The Bulldog standout started the week by recording a pair of wins against Florida Southern College, which included a straight-set sweep at one singles and a doubles win at the third flight. He picked up two more wins on Tuesday in a 7-0 triumph over Augustana, recording a 6-2, 6-2 win at one singles and a 6-0 decision at three doubles.

His lone setback of the week came to the nation's No. 28 ranked Marc Mail of nationally-ranked Embry-Riddle in a tightly-contested 5-7, 6-0, 5-7 decision on Thursday when he also moved up to two doubles and recorded a close 7-6 (7-4) win while paired with Felipe Iser.

In Ferris State’s final match of the competition against Eckerd on Friday, the duo posted a 6-4 win at two doubles and he won 6-2, 6-2 at one singles before play was halted due to weather.

For the week in Florida, he finished with an overall 7-1 record, including a 3-1 singles mark and a 4-0 doubles record as Ferris State improved to 9-3 overall this year.

The Bulldogs are next slated to begin GLIAC play on the road at Davenport on March 27.