Assaf Lowengart
| Assaf Lowengart אסף לוונגרט | |||||||||||||||
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| Mansfield Mountaineers | |||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: March 1, 1998 Timorim, Israel | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
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Assaf Lowengart (Hebrew: אסף לוונגרט; born March 1, 1998) is an Israeli baseball player. He is a shortstop for the Mansfield Mountaineers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. He also plays for Team Israel, and most notably during the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]
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
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 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]
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.[11][12]
References
- ^ "IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Team Israel releases 24-man roster for Tokyo". www.baseball.org.il. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". Mansfield University Athletics.
- ^ "Lowengart Selected to Israel National Team; Set to Compete in Olympics in Tokyo". Mansfield University Athletics.
- ^ "IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Assaf Lowengart on his Baseball Trip to the US". www.baseball.org.il.
- ^ "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". SUNY Sullivan Athletics.
- ^ "Assaf Lowengart".
- ^ a b "Assaf Lowengart College Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". Mansfield University Athletics.
- ^ "Assaf Lowengart College & Amateur Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "2022 Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Moving on up". Jewish Baseball News. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ "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.