- 2024 RMAC Summit Award Winner
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
2024: Covey finished the season with an 8.35 ERA and a 2-3 win/loss record. He made 18 appearances in 2024, struck out 15 batters in 18.1 innings pitched, made one save and held opposing batters to just an .288 average. Covey pitched 12 scoreless innings and a season-high four strikeouts against the Colorado School of Mines on April 28. He was the RMAC Tournament's Summit Award winner after sporting a 4.0 GPA in Business Administration.
2023: Submarining left-handed reliever used primarily in high-leverage situations. ... Tied for third on the team with 17 relief appearances. ... Went 0-1 with a 4.43 ERA, with 20 strikeouts and 11 walks in 20 1/3 innings. ... Unscored upon in six innings from April 7 through April 29, allowing five hits and not walks while striking out eight. ... Struck out a season-high four while working two scoreless innings in a 9-2 win over Adams State in the first game of an April 15 doubleheader. ... Extended his scoreless innings streak to start his MSU Denver career to six while working the eighth inning of a 10-6 win over Mary (N.D.) in the second game of a Feb. 25 doubleheader. ... Worked two scoreless innings, the sixth and seventh, for a hold, preserving an 8-7 lead in an eventual 14-8 win at Pittsburg State (Kan.) on Feb. 19. ... Pitched two scoreless relief innings in the 15-4 win at Biola (Calif.) in the second game of a Feb. 10 doubleheader. ... Made his MSU Denver debut against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Feb. 4, pitching a scoreless eighth inning with two strikeouts for the hold in a 13-10 victory.
Before MSU Denver: Enrolled at Central Oklahoma in the fall of 2022. ... Spent two seasons at Hutchinson Community College (Kan.), where he was 6-2 with one save and a 4.73 ERA in 36 appearances during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. ... In 64 2/3 innings with the Blue Dragons, struck out 64 while allowing only 52 hits. ... Yielded 43 runs (34 earned), while walking 42. ... As a sophomore in 2022, made 16 appearances and was 3-0 with one save and a 3.38 ERA, while striking out 27 and walking 22 in 24 innings.
High School: Batted .310 (22-for-79) as a junior in 2019, with six doubles and 18 RBIs. ... Made just three high school pitching appearances. ... Did not have a high school season in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. ... Coached by Jackie McBroom.
Personal: Born Zane Nathaniel Covey in Denver . ... Birthday is June 22. ... Son of Jess Covey and Carrie Hetrick. ... Has two brothers, Gunnar and Easton.
