Jordan Cohen
No. 1 – Maccabi Ramat Gan | |
---|---|
Position | Point guard |
League | Israeli Basketball Premier League |
Personal information | |
Born | Tarzana, California | July 31, 1997
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Campbell Hall High School |
College | Lehigh |
Playing career | 2020–present |
Career history | |
2020 | Maccabi Haifa |
2020–2022 | Maccabi Ashdod |
2022–2023 | Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim |
2023–present | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan |
Jordan Cohen (ג'ורדן כהן; born July 31, 1997) is an American basketball player for Maccabi Ramat Gan in the Israel Basketball Premier League, who plays the point guard position.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Cohen was born in Tarzana, California, and is Jewish.[3][4] He is 6" 2" tall, and weighs 185 pounds.[1][5][6] He attended Campbell Hall High School ('16) in Studio City, California.[5]
Maccabiah Games and college
[edit]Cohen played basketball on Team USA in the 2017 Maccabiah Games, as the youngest player on the team.[3] He averaged 6.2 points per game, as the team won the gold medal.[3][4][7] He played on the team with among others Sam Singer and Travis Warech.[8]
He attended and played basketball for Lehigh University, where Cohen majored in Finance ('20).[5][9] Playing for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks he averaged 9.3 points per game as a sophomore.[3] He was team captain his junior and senior years. He was elected captain alongside Jack Lieb, who he eventually played for in the basketball tournament (TBT) airing on ESPN. In the TBT he was a 2 year member of the Ex-Pats, the first team featuring Patriot League Alumni. [10] His senior season he averaging 14.2 points per game, and ranked sixth in the Patriot League in three-point percentage (38.1 percent).[3] His junior year and senior years he was named Third-Team All-Patriot League.[3] He was named to the Academic All-Patriot League team for his last three years.[3]
Professional career
[edit]In August 2020 Cohen signed a one-year contract with Maccabi Haifa, in the Israel Basketball Premier League.[3][11][12] Since 2023, Cohen is signed in Maccabi Ramat Gan. [13] He was a member of the Israeli 3x3 Open Men’s team in 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jordan Cohen | Maccabi Haifa". balkanleague.net.
- ^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2020–21 Season | Maccabi Haifa | Jordan Cohen". basket.co.il.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Jordan Cohen signs professionally". The Brown and White. August 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Cohen excited for professional basketball opportunity in Israel". Lehigh University Athletics. September 14, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Jordan Cohen Basketball Player Profile, Maccabi Haifa, Lehigh, News, Winner League stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
- ^ "Jordan Cohen paves the way for future guards". The Brown and White. March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Cohen wins Gold Medal at Maccabiah Games". Lehigh University Athletics. July 17, 2017.
- ^ Rauchbach, Jake (July 5, 2017). "2017 World Maccabiah Games". basketballinsiders.com.
- ^ "Patriot League Announces Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Academic All-League Team". patriotleague.org. March 4, 2020.
- ^ "Jordan Cohen looks back on his basketball career". The Brown and White. April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Jordan Cohen; Maccabi Haifa". sport.de.
- ^ "Maccabi-Hunter-Haifa basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket". youthbasket.com.
- ^ https://www.israelhayom.co.il/sport/israeli-basketball/article/13668244
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- Basketball players from Los Angeles
- Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball players
- Maccabiah Games medalists in basketball
- 1997 births
- American men's basketball players
- Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
- People from Tarzana, Los Angeles
- Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
- Jewish American basketball players
- 21st-century American Jews