| Elijah Hirsh אלייז'ה הירש | |
| Number: | 11 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 220 |
| League: | Israeli Basketball Premier League |
| Team: | Ironi Kiryat Ata |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Woodstock, Georgia |
| Nationality: | American / Israeli |
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| College: | Berry (2017–2019) |
| Draft Year: | 2020 |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Team1: | Ironi Kiryat Ata |
| Years2: | 2021–present |
| Team2: | Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan |
Elijah Hirsh (אלייז'ה הירש; born August 25, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[1] He plays the forward position.[1]
Hirsh was born in Woodstock, Georgia, to Michael and Jo Lynn Hirsh.[1] [2] He is 6' 8" (203 cm) tall, and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg).[1]
He attended Woodstock High School and The King's Academy in Woodstock.[3] [2] [4]
Hirsh then attended Berry College (Business Administration; '19).[1] In 2018 he was named Southern Athletic Association All-Second Team and All-Tournament Team, First Team All-Conference, and broke the single-game record for blocks in Berry's NCAA DIII era with 10 blocks.[3] [2] In 2019 he averaged 17.5 points (second in the SAA), 9.2 rebounds (leading the SAA), and 1.9 blocks per game, and was named SAA Player of the Year, SAA All-First Team, and National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District South First Team, and Google Cloud Academic All-District.[5] [3] [2] [6]
He plays for Ironi Kiryat Ata in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, with whom Hirsh signed a two-year deal in July 2019.[1] [5]