Assaf Lowengart

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| name = Assaf Lowengart
אסף לוונגרט

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| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|1}}

| birth_place = Timorim, Israel

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Assaf Lowengart ({{langx|he|אסף לוונגרט}}; born March 1, 1998) is an Israeli professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He most notably played for Team Israel, and most notably played in the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Team Israel releases 24-man roster for Tokyo |url=http://www.baseball.org.il/english-news/581-team-israel-releases-24-man-roster-for-tokyo |access-date=2021-12-19 |website=www.baseball.org.il}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://gomounties.com/sports/baseball/roster/assaf-lowengart/10335|title=Assaf Lowengart - Baseball|website=Mansfield University Athletics}} His hometown is Timorim, Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://gomounties.com/news/2021/7/15/baseball-lowengart-selected-to-israel-national-team-set-to-compete-in-olympics-in-tokyo.aspx|title=Lowengart Selected to Israel National Team; Set to Compete in Olympics in Tokyo|website=Mansfield University Athletics}} He attended high school in Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. He then served in the Israel Defense Forces.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball.org.il/english-news/458-assaf-lowengart-on-his-baseball-trip-to-the-us|title=IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Assaf Lowengart on his Baseball Trip to the US|website=www.baseball.org.il}}

College career

In 2020, Lowengart attended SUNY Sullivan Community College in New York State.{{Cite web|url=https://sullivangenerals.com/sports/baseball/roster/assaf-lowengart/345|title=Assaf Lowengart - Baseball|website=SUNY Sullivan Athletics}} He also played for Team Misgav in Israel in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://israelsoftball.org/player/assaf-lowengart/|title=Assaf Lowengart}}

In 2021, Lowengart attended Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania. He played shortstop for the Mansfield Mountaineers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=loweng000ass|title=Assaf Lowengart College Leagues Statistics & History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} In 2021, he batted .290/.394/.645 with 11 home runs (3rd in the conference) and 26 RBI in 107 at bats.

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 RBI (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.{{Cite web|url=https://gomounties.com/news/2022/5/13/lowengart-named-2nd-team-all-psac-east-baseball-utility-player.aspx|title=Lowengart Named 2nd-Team All-PSAC East Baseball Utility Player|website=Mansfield University Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://gomounties.com/sports/baseball/roster/assaf-lowengart/10668|title=Assaf Lowengart - Baseball|website=Mansfield University Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=loweng000ass|title=Assaf Lowengart College & Amateur Leagues Statistics & History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?id=9f8fbc0a&type=bat|title=2022 Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference Batting Leaders|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} He was named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division 2nd-Team Utility Player by the conference coaches.

In 2023, Lowengart played one game for the William & Mary Tribe in the Colonial Athletic Association, batting one-for-three with a home run.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=loweng000ass|title=Assaf Lowengart College & Amateur Leagues Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/short-shots/|title=News and Stats|date=September 26, 2023 |work= Jewish Baseball News}} He graduated from William & Mary with an MBA in May 2023.[https://media.wm.edu/content/wm/studentaffairs/commencement/program-2023.pdf "William & Mary Commencement 2023"]

Professional career

=New York Boulders=

On February 9, 2024, Lowengart signed with the New York Boulders of the Frontier League.{{Cite web|title=2023-24 Transactions|url=https://www.frontierleague.com/information/Transactions/index|access-date=May 14, 2024|website=frontierleague.com|language=en}} In 21 appearances for the Boulders, Lowengart slashed .154/.274/.365 with three home runs, 11 RBI, and two stolen bases.

=Southern Maryland Blue Crabs=

On March 4, 2025, Lowengart was traded to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in exchange for a player to be named later.{{Cite web|title=2024-25 Transactions|url=https://www.frontierleague.com/information/Transactions/index|access-date=March 5, 2025|website=frontierleague.com|language=en}} However, he was released prior to the start of the regular season on April 24.{{Cite web|title=Transactions|url=https://baseball.pointstreak.com/transactions.html?leagueid=174&seasonid=34102|access-date=April 26, 2025|website=baseball.pointstreak.com|language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/israels-moves-step-closer-to-2020-olympics/ |title=Moving on up |work=Jewish Baseball News |date=2019-09-13 |accessdate=2019-09-23}}{{cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/07/05/israel-olympic-baseball-team-ian-kinsler|title=Israel's first Olympic baseball team is led by an All-Star and the sport's second-oldest player |publisher=olympics.nbcsports.com|date=2021-07-09 |accessdate=2021-07-13}}

He played for Team Israel again in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, in Miami in March 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2023/02/09/sports/here-is-team-israels-full-world-baseball-classic-roster|title=Here is Team Israel's full World Baseball Classic roster|first=Jacob|last=Gurvis|date=February 9, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2022/10/14/israel/in-a-breakthrough-team-israel-will-boast-current-mlbers-on-its-world-baseball-classic-roster|title=In a breakthrough, Team Israel will boast current MLBers on its World Baseball Classic roster|first=Philissa|last=Cramer|date=October 14, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israeli-news/sports/article-712359|title=Blue-and-white manager Kinsler talks Israeli baseball, Judaism|website=The Jerusalem Post|author=Joshua Halickman|date=July 17, 2022}} Lowengart played for Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler, and alongside two-time All Star outfielder Joc Pederson, starting pitcher Dean Kremer, and others.{{cite web | url=http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/israels-roster-swelling-with-stars/ | title=Israel's roster swelling with stars; Joc Pederson, Harrison Bader among recent WBC commits|date=July 21, 2022|work= Jewish Baseball News |author=Scott Barancik}}{{cite web | url=http://www.baseball.org.il/english-news/614-israel-drawn-to-wbc-group-in-miami | title= Israel drawn to WBC group in Miami|publisher= Israel Association of Baseball}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbsceurope.org/en/events/2023-european-baseball-championship/stats/general/team/23891/all|title=2023 European Baseball Championship|website=WBSC Europe}}