No. 21 – Maccabi Ashdod | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | Israeli Super League |
Personal information | |
Born |
Colonia, New Jersey |
March 14, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Saint Benedict's (Newark, New Jersey) Colonia (Woodbridge Township, New Jersey) |
College | Penn (2008–2012) |
NBA draft | 2012 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2013 | Hapoel Holon |
2013 | Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. |
2013–present | Maccabi Ashdod B.C. |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Zack Rosen (born March 14, 1989) is an American basketball player. Rosen, a point guard, played collegiately at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an All-American and Ivy League player of the year. He plays for Maccabi Ashdod in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
Rosen is Jewish, from the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, played for the Penn Quakers men's basketball team from 2008 to 2012. As a freshman, he immediately moved into the starting lineup, averaging 8.5 points and 5.0 assists per game. At the close of the season, he was named Philadelphia Big 5 rookie of the year. From there, Rosen became a fixture on the All-Ivy team – earning first team honors as a sophomore, junior and senior.
As a senior, Rosen led Penn back to the postseason for the first time in his career, as the Quakers finished the season 20–13 and made it to the second round of the 2012 College Basketball Invitational. Rosen led the Ivy in scoring at 18.2 points per game and finished third in assists (5.1 per game). He was unanimously named the 2012 Ivy League player of the year. Nationally, Rosen was a semi-finalist for the Bob Cousy Award and a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS award. Rosen was also named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press.