Assaf Lowengart

Assaf Lowengart (Hebrew: אסף לונגרט; 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.

Assaf Lowengart
אסף לונגרט
Mansfield Mountaineers
Outfielder
Born: (1998-03-01) March 1, 1998
Timorim, Israel
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Early life

He is the son of Oded Lowengart and Ayelet Lowengart.[1] His hometown is Timorim, Israel.[2] He attended high school in Be'er Tuvia Regional Council.[1] He then served in the Israel Defense Forces.[3]

College

In 2020, Lowengart attended SUNY Sullivan Community College in New York State.[1][4] He also played for Team Misgav in Israel in 2020.[5]

In 2021, Lowengart attends Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania.[1] He is a shortstop for the Mansfield Mountaineers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.[6] In 2021, he batted .290/.394/.645 with 11 home runs (3rd in the conference) and 26 RBIs in 107 at bats.[6]

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.[7][8]

References

  1. "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". Mansfield University Athletics.
  2. "Lowengart Selected to Israel National Team; Set to Compete in Olympics in Tokyo". Mansfield University Athletics.
  3. "IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Assaf Lowengart on his Baseball Trip to the US". www.baseball.org.il.
  4. "Assaf Lowengart - Baseball". SUNY Sullivan Athletics.
  5. "Assaf Lowengart".
  6. "Assaf Lowengart College Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. "Moving on up". Jewish Baseball News. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  8. "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.
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