Tonkovich led the Thundering Herd as team captain to the NAIB championship in 1947. He was named to the All-Tournament team and the NAIB All-American first-team. Tonkovich scored 1,578 points for the Thundering Herd, which was a record for the program at the time.[1]
Tonkovich played 17 games for the Steamrollers during the 1948–49 BAA season. He left the team midseason and signed with the Wheeling Blues of the All-American Basketball League as a player-coach.[2][3]
After Basketball
After his playing retirement, Tonkovich became a high school coach and physical education teacher in West Virginia and Florida.[1] He served as the basketball coach at St. John Central High School in Bellaire, Ohio, from 1952 to 1954.[3] Tonkovich was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.[1]
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