Assaf Lowengart

Assaf Lowengart (אסף לוונגרט; born March 1, 1998) is an Israeli professional baseball outfielder for the New York Boulders of the Frontier League. He most notably played for Team Israel, and most notably played in the 2020 Summer Olympics. 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. His hometown is Timorim, Israel. He attended high school in Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. He then served in the Israel Defense Forces.

College career
In 2020, Lowengart attended SUNY Sullivan Community College in New York State. He also played for Team Misgav in Israel in 2020.

In 2021, Lowengart attended Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania. He played shortstop for the Mansfield Mountaineers in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. In 2021, he batted .290/.394/.645 with 11 home runs (3rd in the conference) and 26 RBIs 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 RBIs (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. He was named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division 2nd-Team Utility Player by the conference coaches.

In 2023, he played one game for the William & Mary Tribe in the Colonial Athletic Association, batting one-for-three with a home run. 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. He graduated from William & Mary with an MBA in May 2023.

Professional career
On February 9, 2024, Lowengart signed with the New York Boulders of the Frontier League.

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.

He played for Team Israel again in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, in Miami in March 2023. Lowengart played for Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler, and alongside two-time All Star outfielder Joc Pederson, starting pitcher Dean Kremer, and others.

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.