Thorpe’s Payton Kovac will play basketball at Marywood

Jim Thorpe High School graduate Payton Kovac will continue her academic and basketball careers at Division 3 Marywood University.

Kovac was a four-year starter for the Olympians’ basketball team.

A shooting guard, Kovac averaged 11.0 points and 6.1 rebounds per game as a senior.

Following her senior season, she was chosen the Olympians’ team Most Valuable Player. She was also named to the Times News Girls Basketball All-Star team.

In addition to basketball, Kovac ran two years of cross country and one year of track at Jim Thorpe.

Kovac was also secretary of the National Honor Society, secretary of the Student Council, a member of the Spanish National Honor Society, was the yearbook editor, a member of the pep club, and was in the top 10 percent of her class.

She also served the editor ofThe Flame literary magazine.

The daughter of Lauren and Rob Kovac, Payton plans to major pre-law/history at Marywood.