She started the 2011 playing with the German club 1. VC Wiesbaden. Not playing in CEV Cup. Kovacic joined her national team to play the 2011 European League, ranking with her team in 11th place. After the Russian club Leningradka, the team asked her to sign an amendment five days before the first league match, asking that she would have to withdraw the 30% of the contract amount if she could not play five days after suffering any injury. She refused such agreement and returned home to play with her native Croatian ŽOK Rijeka. Soon after that, she played the 2011 European Championship with her national team, placing in 13th place.