JJ Kaplan

Jarrett Jay Kaplan (; born May 28, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel HaEmek in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Chargers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Early life and high school Kaplan was born and grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, is Jewish, and had a bar mitzvah and keeps kosher. He is tall, and weighs .

He attended Virgil I. Grissom High School ('16) in Huntsville, Alabama. Playing basketball for the Tigers in his junior season, Kaplan was named to the all-area team and the all-area tournament team.

College career Kaplan attended and played basketball for the Chargers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville ('21), as he double-majored in Economics and Finance. In 2017–18, he averaged 3.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

Professional career On June 27, 2021, after living his entire life in Huntsville, Kaplan signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata. He said: "It has been a dream of mine to play basketball in Israel since I was in high school, and now I am happy to announce that the dream has come true." That season, he and the team won a National League championship.

On November 19, 2022, Kaplan again signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata, in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.