Assaf Lowengart

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Assaf Lowengart
אסף לונגרט
Mansfield Mountaineers
Outfielder
Born: (1998-03-01) March 1, 1998 (age 23)
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 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, 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 attends Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania.[2] He is a 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]

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.[8][9]

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. ^ "Moving on up". Jewish Baseball News. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "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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