Assaf Lowengart
אסף לוונגרט
New York Boulders
Outfielder
Born: (1998-03-01) March 1, 1998 (age 26)
Timorim, Israel
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Israel
European Baseball Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Israel Team

Assaf Lowengart (Hebrew: אסף לוונגרט; born March 1, 1998) is an Israeli professional baseball outfielder for the New York Boulders of the Frontier League. He most notably played for Team Israel, and most notably played in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] He played for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Miami, in March 2023. He played shortstop in college baseball for the Mansfield Mountaineers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and for the William & Mary Tribe in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Early life

He is the son of Oded Lowengart and Ayelet Lowengart.[2] His hometown is Timorim, Israel.[3] He attended high school in Be'er Tuvia Regional Council.[2] He then served in the Israel Defense Forces.[4]

College career

In 2020, Lowengart attended SUNY Sullivan Community College in New York State.[2][5] He also played for Team Misgav in Israel in 2020.[6]

In 2021, Lowengart attended Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania.[2] He played shortstop for the Mansfield Mountaineers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.[7] In 2021, he batted .290/.394/.645 with 11 home runs (3rd in the conference) and 26 RBIs in 107 at bats.[7]

In 2022, he again played for Mansfield. He batted .356/.419/.678 with 19 doubles (5th in the conference), 11 home runs (9th), and 45 RBIs (10th) in 174 at bats, while playing 27 games in center field, 14 games at shortstop, 4 games at third base, and one game each in left field and right field.[8][9][10][11] He was named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division 2nd-Team Utility Player by the conference coaches.[8]

In 2023, he played one game for the William & Mary Tribe in the Colonial Athletic Association, batting one-for-three with a home run.[12] Lowengart broke an ankle in the fifth inning of the team’s first game, but stayed in the game and hit a home run in the 7th inning; he spent the remainder of the 2023 season recovering.[13] He graduated from William & Mary with an MBA in May 2023.[14]

Professional career

On February 9, 2024, Lowengart signed with the New York Boulders of the Frontier League.[15]

Team Israel

Lowengart competed on the Israel national baseball team for qualification for the 2020 Olympics. He also played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[16][17]

He played for Team Israel again in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, in Miami in March 2023.[18][19][20] Lowengart played for Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler, and alongside two-time All Star outfielder Joc Pederson, starting pitcher Dean Kremer, and others.[20][21][22]

Lowengart played second base and batted .273/.318/.407 for Team Israel in the 2023 European Baseball Championship in September 2023 in the Czech Republic.[23]

References

  1. ^ "IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Team Israel releases 24-man roster for Tokyo". www.baseball.org.il. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". Mansfield University Athletics.
  3. ^ "Lowengart Selected to Israel National Team; Set to Compete in Olympics in Tokyo". Mansfield University Athletics.
  4. ^ "IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Assaf Lowengart on his Baseball Trip to the US". www.baseball.org.il.
  5. ^ "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". SUNY Sullivan Athletics.
  6. ^ "Assaf Lowengart".
  7. ^ a b "Assaf Lowengart College Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ a b "Lowengart Named 2nd-Team All-PSAC East Baseball Utility Player". Mansfield University Athletics.
  9. ^ "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". Mansfield University Athletics.
  10. ^ "Assaf Lowengart College & Amateur Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ^ "2022 Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com.
  12. ^ "Assaf Lowengart College & Amateur Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. ^ "News and Stats". Jewish Baseball News. September 26, 2023.
  14. ^ "William & Mary Commencement 2023"
  15. ^ "2023-24 Transactions". frontierleague.com. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  16. ^ "Moving on up". Jewish Baseball News. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  17. ^ "Israel's first Olympic baseball team is led by an All-Star and the sport's second-oldest player". olympics.nbcsports.com. July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  18. ^ Gurvis, Jacob (February 9, 2023). "Here is Team Israel's full World Baseball Classic roster".
  19. ^ Cramer, Philissa (October 14, 2022). "In a breakthrough, Team Israel will boast current MLBers on its World Baseball Classic roster".
  20. ^ a b Joshua Halickman (July 17, 2022). "Blue-and-white manager Kinsler talks Israeli baseball, Judaism". The Jerusalem Post.
  21. ^ Scott Barancik (July 21, 2022). "Israel's roster swelling with stars; Joc Pederson, Harrison Bader among recent WBC commits". Jewish Baseball News.
  22. ^ "Israel drawn to WBC group in Miami". Israel Association of Baseball.
  23. ^ "2023 European Baseball Championship". WBSC Europe.

External links

Israel roster – 2020 Summer Olympics
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