Spencer Weisz

Spencer Weisz
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Position Forward
League Israeli Premier League
Personal information
Born (1995-05-31) May 31, 1995
Florham Park, New Jersey
Nationality American / Israeli
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Seton Hall Prep
(West Orange, New Jersey)
College Princeton (2013–2017)
NBA draft 2017 / Undrafted
Playing career 2017–present
Career history
2017–present Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
Maccabiah Games U18 Championship
2013 Jerusalem National team

Spencer Weisz (born May 31, 1995) is an American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers, completing his college career in the 2016–17 season.[1]

Playing for gold-medal-winning Team USA, Weisz was the Most Valuable Player of the Under-18 basketball competition in the 2013 Maccabiah Games. He earned the 2014 Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Award and the 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year Award, and was a 3-time first or second team All-Ivy selection. During the summer of 2015, he was a member of the Israel national under-20 basketball team at the 2015 FIBA U-20 European Championship.

Early life

Weisz is a native of Florham Park, New Jersey, and is Jewish.[2][3] He attended Seton Hall Prep.[4] As a junior, he was first-team All-County.[5] As a senior, The Star-Ledger recognized Weisz as a second-team All-State selection in New Jersey and the Essex County, New Jersey Boy's basketball Player of the Year.[6][7]

College career

Weisz earned the 2014 Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year.[8] On December 7, 2013, he posted his first career double-double with 17 points (including 3-for-3 on three-point field goals) and 10 rebounds against Fairleigh Dickinson.[9][10] He earned second-team All-Ivy League recognition in 2015 and 2016.[11][12] As a sophomore, in 2014-15 he was 6th in the Ivy League in 3-point field goal percentage (.408), 7th in 3-point field goals (51), and 8th in scoring (11.6).[5][13] As a junior, he served as a tri-captain (along with Mike Washington, Jr. and Steven Cook) of the 2015–16 team, led the Ivy League in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.8), and was 2nd in the league in assists-per-game (3.9), 4th in assists (113), 6th in 3-point field goals (63), and 8th in defensive rebounds (129).[14][5]

Going into his senior year, The Sporting News projected him as Ivy League first team, and Lindy’s projected him as Ivy League second team.[15] As a senior, Weisz led Princeton in rebounds, assists (4.2 per game; 125; 2nd in the league), and steals (1.5 per game; 46; 2nd in the Ivy League), while coming in 2nd in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6), 5th in 3-point field goals (61) and defensive rebounds (137), and 10th in total rebounds (161).[4][16][17][5][13] In December 2016, he tied the Princeton single-game record for assists in a game, with 13 against Liberty.[18] He posted his career high of 26 points in a February 3, 2017, 69–64 victory over Dartmouth.[19] He served again as a co-captain, and earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year recognition.[20] He became the 8th player in Ivy League history to win both the league's Rookie of the Year Award and Player of the Year Award.[17] He was one of two unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections, despite only ranking fourth on Princeton in scoring average.[21] Weisz was included on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I All‐District 13 second-team, earned honorable mention on the Associated Press All-America team, and was named to the Jewish Sports Review 2016-17 Men's College Basketball All-American First Team.[22][23][24] The 2016–17 Princeton Tigers earned Princeton its first NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament invitation since the 2010–11 team did so.[25]

He became the only player in Princeton career history to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists, and 200 3-pointers.[17] He ended his college career 2nd in Princeton history in assists (383), 5th in 3-pointers (209), and 12th in scoring (1,241 points).[5] His 511 career defensive rebounds were 5th in Ivy League history.[13]

Professional career

On August 3, 2017, Weisz signed a two-year deal with the Israeli club Hapoel Gilboa Galil. [26]

International play

Weisz was a member of the Under-18 USA National team that won the 2013 Maccabiah Games gold medal, and earned the Most Valuable Player recognition for the tournament.[4] In the final, gold medal game against Team Israel, Weisz scored 19 points, brought down 12 rebounds, and had 11 assists.[27]

During the summer of 2015, Weisz was a starter for the Israel national under-20 basketball team at the 2015 FIBA U-20 European Championship, where Israel finished 10th out of 20 teams.[28][29]

References

  1. ↑ "Spencer Weisz Basketball Player Profile, Princeton University," usbasket.com.
  2. ↑ "Meet the Jewish MVP leading Princeton to the NCAA Tournament," The Jerusalem Post.
  3. ↑ "Princeton's Tourney Hopes Rest on a Jewish Kid From Jersey: Spencer Weisz," Tablet Magazine.
  4. 1 2 3 Brodsky, Marc (March 13, 2017). "March Madness 2017: Meet the Jewish MVP leading Princeton to the NCAA Tournament". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Spencer Weisz - 2013-14 M. Basketball Roster - GoPrincetonTigers.com | Princeton Athletics
  6. ↑ "Boys basketball: All-State, All-Group, All-Prep and All-Class honors for 2012–13". Star-Ledger. March 24, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ Bernstein, Jason (March 24, 2013). "Essex County boys basketball season in review, 2012–13". NJ.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy – 2013–14". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Men's Basketball Weekly Release — Week 6". IvyLeagueSports.com. December 9, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Princeton rolls past Fairleigh Dickinson 77–55". ESPN. Associated Press. December 7, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 "Spencer Weisz College Stats" | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
  14. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-Time Results". Princeton University. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Early projections for New Jersey's college hoops teams," Asbury Park Press.
  16. ↑ "NYC Buckets’ Ivy League Awards"
  17. 1 2 3 "Weisz, Stephens, Henderson Earn Major Awards as Four Tigers Earn All-Ivy Honors", GoPrincetonTigers.com.
  18. ↑ Men’s basketball staves off Liberty but loses Brase for season | The Princetonian
  19. ↑ "Princeton 4–0 in Ivy League, beats Dartmouth 69–64". ESPN. Associated Press. February 3, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  20. ↑ Schaefer, Beverly (November 3, 2016). "Tiger men are Ivy League favorites; women take aim at defending-champ Penn". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  22. ↑ "National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2016–17 Division I All-District Teams and Coaches" (PDF). National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Grant named to Jewish Sports Review All-American Team," Pratt Institute Athletics.
  24. ↑ "College hoops: 3 NJ players earn All-America citations," Asbury Park Press.
  25. ↑ "Princeton to Take on Notre Dame in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship First Round". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Spencer Weisz inks with Gilboa Galil". sportando.com. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Maccabiah: U.S. Wins Five Basketball Medals"
  28. ↑ Carino, Jerry (November 9, 2015). "Jersey guys have Princeton hoops thinking big". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Wrap-Up: Brase Earns Silver in Korea, Weisz Starts for Israel in FIBA U-20s" - GoPrincetonTigers.com
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