Jeremy Wolf

Wolf attended Chaparral High School, where he played on the Firebirds alongside among others future major leaguer and fellow outfielder Dylan Cozens, as the team won the Division I Arizona state title.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/varsityxtra/dylan-cozens-walk-off-homer-lifts-chaparral-to-state-title/article_96383be2-9f13-11e1-811a-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Dylan Cozens' walk-off homer lifts Chaparral to state title over Brophy|first=Kyle |last=Odegard|work=East Valley Tribune|date=May 15, 2012}}

He attended college at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Communications in 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Wolf-making-his-mark-at-Trinity-with-his-bat-6278707.php|title=Wolf making his mark at Trinity with his bat, personality|first=Tom|last=Orsborn|date=May 22, 2015|work=Express News}}{{Cite web|url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/travel/07-06-17-ken-hoffman-new-york-coney-island-cyclone-baseball/|author=Ken Hoffman|title=New York state of mind: Visit conjures up Coney Island memories and a heck of a ride|website=CultureMap Houston|date=July 6, 2017}} In 2015 Wolf was named a Jewish Sports Review College Baseball All-American with, among others, first baseman Simon Rosenbaum and designated hitter/pitcher Jake Fishman.{{Cite web|url=https://javelinaathletics.com/news/2015/7/6/BB_0706153448.aspx|title=Weston Silverberg Named Jewish Sports Review College Baseball All-American|website=Texas A&M - Kingsville Athletics|author= Kelvin Queliz|date=July 6, 2015}}

With Wolf playing in the outfield, the team won the 2016 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. In 2016, he hit .408/.508/.741 with 60 runs, 28 doubles (leading the NCAA, and establishing new Trinity and SCAC single-season records), 149 total bases (third in the nation), 11 home runs, and 70 RBIs (4th in the nation).{{Cite web|url=https://therivardreport.com/trinity-baseball-starts-championship-tournament-with-big-win/|title=Trinity Baseball Starts Championship Tournament with Big Win|first=Bekah|last=McNeel|date=May 28, 2016|website=Rivard Report}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/7/25/12203232/2016-mets-draft-profile-of-jeremy-wolf|title=2016 Mets draft profile: OF Jeremy Wolf|first=Steve|last=Sypa|date=July 25, 2016|work=Amazin' Avenue}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/160611_wolf_ny_mets|title=Tiger All-American Jeremy Wolf Drafted by New York Mets|date=June 11, 2016|website=Trinity (TX)|access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223232245/https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/160611_wolf_ny_mets|url-status=dead}} He was named All-American First Team of both the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com, was named the West Region Player of the Year by the ABCA and D3baseball.com, and was named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scacsports.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/all_scac|title=Trinity's Wolf, Texas Lutheran's Malinovsky Headline 2016 All-Conference Baseball Team|publisher=SCAC|date=April 29, 2016}} In his college career Wolf hit a combined .367/.455/.577 with 146 runs, 72 doubles (a Trinity record), and 172 RBIs in 679 at bats over 189 games.

In the summer of 2013 Wolf played outfield for the Casper Cutthroats of the Mountain Collegiate Baseball League.{{Cite web|url=https://trib.com/sports/baseball/mcbl-baseball-wolf-challenging-single-season-league-batting-record/article_0e7fd56f-b228-5f00-925a-3e116d93b0f5.html|title=MCBL baseball: Wolf challenging single-season league batting record|first=Clint |last=Robus|work=Casper Star-Tribune|date=July 8, 2013}} In the summer of 2014 he played for the Petersburg Generals of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=203895|title=Jeremy Wolf|publisher=The Baseball Cube}} He batted .331/.399/.491 with one home run and 33 RBIs in 175 at bats.

In the summer of 2015 he played left field for the Newport Gulls of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wolf--000jer|title=Jeremy Wolf Amateur & Minor Leagues Statistics & History|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} Wolf batted .280/.370/.409 with three home runs and 22 RBIs in 132 at bats.

Wolf was selected by the New York Mets in the 31st round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.{{Cite web|url=http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=e6412177-3412-4a42-a699-dde015db4a41|title=Just minor investments |author=Jake Seiner|work=Chicago Tribune|date=April 5, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/israels-baseball-team-now-starring-actual-israelis-11568119037|title=Israeli Baseball: Now Starring Actual Israelis; A group of Jewish-American players became citizens to help the country qualify for the Tokyo Olympics|first=Jared|last=Diamond|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=September 10, 2019}} He signed on June 15, 2016, for a $5,000 signing bonus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2019/07/minor-league-baseball-salaries-hover-around-poverty-line-some-are-pushing-for-change.html|title=Minor league baseball salaries hover at poverty level while major league teams earn big profits|date=July 8, 2019|work=Patriot News|author=Daniel Gallen}}

In 2016, he played primarily first base for the Kingsport Mets of the Rookie-level Appalachian League. Wolf's salary was $1,100 per month. He batted .290/.359/.448 with five home runs and 33 RBIs in 183 at bats.

In 2017, Wolf played primarily left field and right field for the Brooklyn Cyclones of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League. He batted .241/.308/.313 with no home runs and 10 RBIs in 83 at bats.

After he had surgery to repair a back injury, Wolf was released by the Mets on October 13, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/arizona-bill-exempt-minor-leaguers-minimum-wage-laws-during-spring-training-improve-conditions/f6m1kaztco1f1i1gz7jyf1snr|title=In Arizona, minor-leaguers' pay, conditions turn baseball into political football|work=The Sporting News|author=E. Jay Zarett|date=January 31, 2019|access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223183734/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/arizona-bill-exempt-minor-leaguers-minimum-wage-laws-during-spring-training-improve-conditions/f6m1kaztco1f1i1gz7jyf1snr|url-status=dead}}

Wolf is an outfielder on the Israel National Baseball Team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball.org.il/english-news/509-jeremy-wolf-team-israel-2019|title=Jeremy Wolf - Team Israel 2019|publisher=IAB - Israel Association of Baseball}}

He played in the Confederation of European Baseball's 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, as it won all of its games and advanced to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israel-team-wins-European-baseball-Olympic-qualification-tournament-594904|title=Israel team wins European baseball Olympic qualification tournament|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=July 7, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.israel21c.org/in-historic-first-israels-baseball-team-qualifies-for-2020-olympics/|title=In historic first, Israel's baseball team qualifies for 2020 Olympics|date=September 23, 2019|website=Israel21c}}[https://www.baseballstats.eu/2019/blagoevgrad_bp/games/lgplyrs.htm "European Championship Seniors B 2019 - Pool 2 - Individual Statistics,"] Baseballstats.eu. Wolf then played for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballstats.eu/2019/bonn/games/isr.htm |title=European Championship A-Pool - Israel |publisher=Baseballstats.eu |date= |accessdate=2019-11-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballstats.eu/2019/bonn/games/46.htm |title=Israel vs Spain (Sep 15, 2019) |publisher=Baseballstats.eu |date=2019-09-15 |accessdate=2019-11-26}} 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/|author= Scott Barancik|title=Moving on up |work=Jewish Baseball News |date=2019-09-13 |accessdate=2019-09-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/releases/190927_wolf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223232249/https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/releases/190927_wolf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2019|title=Trinity Alum Wolf '16 Part of Olympics-Bound Israeli Baseball Team|date=September 26, 2019|website=Trinity (TX)}}

Wolf was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/bsb/2018-19/releases/190529_wolf_bb|title=Former Tiger All-American Jeremy Wolf Gives Back to Baseball|date=May 29, 2019|website=Trinity (TX)|access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223183738/https://www.trinitytigers.com/sports/bsb/2018-19/releases/190529_wolf_bb|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/players/jeremy-wolf/|title=Jeremy Wolf |work= Jewish Baseball News}} As a young adult, he visited Israel on Birthright.Jacob Bogage (September 30, 2019). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/09/29/israels-historic-olympic-baseball-team-has-something-new-israeli-citizens/ "Israel’s historic Olympic baseball team has something new: Israeli citizens,"] The Washington Post.

In October 2018, Wolf made aliyah and became an Israeli citizen, thus becoming a dual American-Israeli citizen.{{Cite web|url=https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2019/10/03/jeremy-wolf-team-israel-help-minor-leaguers/|title=Jeremy Wolf's path to Aliyah and Team Israel|author= Tyler Dunn |work= Cronkite News|date=October 3, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/sports/09-20-19-new-york-mets-jeremy-wolf-baseball-team-israel-olympics-2020-ken-hoffman/|title=Ken Hoffman pitches 10 questions to a Texan-Israeli baseball star|website=CultureMap Houston|author=Ken Hoffman|date=September 20, 2019}}

In October 2019, Wolf moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, in order to coach baseball and train for the Olympics.

Currently he coaches baseball part-time and serves as executive director of More Than Baseball, a nonprofit organization that focuses primarily on serving minor-league athletes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottorgera/2019/02/20/more-than-baseball-aims-to-help-minor-leaguers-with-food-housing-equipment-and-more/|title='More Than Baseball' Aims To Help Minor Leaguers With Food, Housing, Equipment And Other Services|first=Scott|last=Orgera|website=Forbes|date=February 20, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/03/635373608/fight-against-low-low-pay-in-minor-league-baseball-continues-despite-new-obstacl|title=Fight Against Low, Low Pay In Minor League Baseball Continues Despite New Obstacles|first1=Jeremy|last1=Wolf|publisher=NPR|date=August 3, 2018}}

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• Jeremy Wolf (June 6, 2018). [https://www.baseballandbusiness.com/ive-lived-my-dream/ "I’ve Lived My Dream,"] Baseball & Business
• [https://www.morethanbaseball.org/the-team morethanbaseball.org]

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