Ben Eisenhardt בן אייזנהארט | |
Position: | Power forward / center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 216 |
Team: | Free Agent |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1990 |
Birth Place: | Bainbridge Island, Washington |
Nationality: | American / Israeli |
High School: | Bainbridge (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
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Draft Year: | 2014 |
Career Start: | 2014 |
Years1: | 2014–2015 |
Team1: | Elitzur Yavne |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Team2: | Maccabi Ashdod |
Years3: | 2016–2023 |
Team3: | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
Ben Eisenhardt (בן אייזנהארט; December 3, 1990) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, at the power forward/center positions.[1]
Eisenhardt was born in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and is Jewish.[2] [1] He is 6' 10" tall (208 cm), and weighs 216 pounds (98 kg).[1] He made aliyah, becoming an Israeli citizen.[3]
Eisenhardt attended Bainbridge High School.[1] He averaged 12 points per game and seven rebounds per game as a senior.[4]
As a freshman in 2010–11, Eisenhardt played basketball for California Polytechnic State University.[4]
He attended Whitman College, playing for the Missionaries, and graduated in 2014.[1] As a junior in 2012–13 Eisenhardt led the Northwest Conference (NWC) in scoring (442 points), was 4th in conference scoring average (16.4 ppg.) and field goal percentage (54.9%), and was 7th in rebounding (6.2 per game).[4] He became the first Missionary to be named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division 3 All-American Third-Team as a junior, and was selected to the D3Hoops.com All-Region Team, and named NWC Player of the Year and First Team All-NWC.[4] [5] In his senior season, he missed a significant number of games with concussion symptoms.[5]
Eisenhardt plays for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, at the power forward/center positions.[1] [3]