In 2012 after seven years of domination by PGE Skra Bełchatów, he was part of the Asseco Resovia Rzeszów team that won the Polish Championship.

[3] On March 29, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Nowakowski, won the silver medal in the 2014–15 CEV Champions League.

[5] In April 2015 he signed a contract for the next two years, keeping him at Asseco Resovia Rzeszów till 2017.

On July 10, 2011 Nowakowski, with the national team, won the first medal of the World League for Poland in history.

[8] In November 2011 Poland won a silver medal at the World Cup and therefore qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games.

[10][11] Nowakowski was a main player of the Polish team at the Olympic Games London 2012, but Poland lost a quarterfinal with Russia.

[14][15][16] On October 27, 2014, he received a state award granted by the Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski: the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland.