Isaac Rosefelt

Isaac Daniel "Ike" Rosefelt (; born May 3, 1985) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Bowling Green Falcons and St. Thomas Tommies before playing professionally in Spain, Portugal, France and Israel, where he was named four-time Israeli League All-Star.

Early life and college career Rosefelt was born on May 3, 1985, in Washington, D.C. He was adopted at the age of two months by a Jewish family and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Rosefelt attended Saint Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. He played college basketball for Bowling Green State University's Falcons and University of St. Thomas's Tommies.

In his senior year at St. Thomas, Rosefelt averaged 17.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game.

Rosefelt was a two-time D3hoops.com All-America selection. On March 21, 2006, Rosefelt was named NABC All-American. On September 17, 2013, Rosefelt was inducted into the University of St. Thomas Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional career On July 31, 2007, Rosefelt started his professional career in Spain, signing a one-year deal with Córdoba of the LEB Bronce.

On November 28, 2008, Rosefelt signed with the Portuguese team Académica de Coimbra for the 2008–09 season. However, in March 2009, Rosefelt parted ways with Académica and joined the French team Denek for the rest of the season.

On November 23, 2009, Rosefelt signed with the Israeli team Bnei Hasharon for the 2009–10 season.

On October 5, 2010, Rosefelt signed with Ironi Ramat Gan of the Liga Leumit for the 2010–11 season.

On December 13, 2011, Rosefelt returned to Bnei Hasharon for a second stint, signing for the rest of the season. On April 1, 2012, Rosefelt recorded a career-high 28 points, shooting 11-of-14 from the field, along with 15 rebounds in an 84–81 win over Barak Netanya. He was subsequently named Israeli League Player of the Week. Rosefelt finished the season as the Israeli League second leading player in rebounds (9.2 per game), just behind Bryant Dunston. On June 1, 2012, Rosefelt signed a one-year contract extension with Bnei Hasharon.

On June 30, 2013, Rosefelt signed a two-year deal with Hapoel Holon. On October 13, 2014, Rosefelt recorded 13 points and sets an Israeli Premier League single-game record with 26 rebounds in an 89–72 win over Hapoel Gilboa Galil. On October 31, 2014, Rosefelt was named Israeli League Player of the Month for games played in October.

On July 3, 2016, Rosefelt signed with Hapoel Jerusalem for the 2016–17 season. Roseflet went on to win the 2016 Israeli League Cup and the 2017 Israeli League Championship with Jerusalem.

On July 12, 2017, Rosefelt signed with Hapoel Eilat for the 2017–18 season. On June 5, 2018, Rosefelt recorded a season-high 22 points, shooting 10-of-16 from the field, along with 7 rebounds in an 87–70 win over his former team Hapoel Holon. Rosefelt helped Eilat to reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Holon.

On July 18, 2018, Rosefelt signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Ashdod.

On July 17, 2019, Rosefelt signed with Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli National League, joining his former head coach Elad Hasin. On September 9, 2019, Rosefelt parted ways with Hapoel Haifa for personal reasons.

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues Season Team League 2007–08 CórdobaLEB Bronce 9 12.0 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 3.4 0.3 0.4 1.1 4.02008–09 AcadémicaLPB 6 25.2 45.6% 46.2% 42.9% 7.2 0.3 1.0 1.0 12.72009 DenekNM1 7 28.2 55.7% 0% 58.3% 8.6 1.0 0.2 1.6 10.72009–10 Bnei HasharonIPL 13 7.0 59.1% 50% 40% 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 2.92010–11 Ironi Ramat-GanINL 28 31.1 64.5% 20% 62.6% 12.1 1.4 1.3 1.9 17.12011 Lev Hasharon 10 31.5 60.9% 0% 63% 11.4 2.0 1.1 1.2 16.32011–12 Bnei HasharonIPL 16 26.5 67.7% 0% 65.1% 9.3 0.6 1.4 1.0 10.12012–13 25 15.5 62.7% 0% 48.9% 3.6 0.2 0.3 0.6 7.22013–14 Hapoel Holon 29 23.8 55.7% 0% 72% 6.5 0.8 0.9 0.6 9.92014–15 32 28.6 55.2% 0% 66.9% 9.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 11.42015–16 33 28.6 55.8% 0% 69% 7.1 1.1 0.7 0.8 10.82016–17 Hapoel Jerusalem 23 11.3 50.8% 100% 68% 2.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 3.72017–18 Hapoel Eilat 35 20.1 54.2% 0% 57.1% 5.8 0.8 0.3 0.5 7.32018–19 Maccabi Ashdod 7 25.0 49.0% 0% 83.3% 6.0 0.7 0.5 1.0 8.2 Source: Basket.co.il & RealGM.com