David Cohn (דייוויד כהן; born March 28, 1995) is an

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basketball player. He plays for the

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in the

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. Cohn earlier played in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and

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. He plays the

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position.

Biography

Cohn was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in

Elmhurst, Illinois Elmhurst is a city mostly in DuPage County and overlapping into Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois, and a western suburb of Chicago. As of 2021, the city has an estimated population of 47,260. History Members of the Potawatomi Native A ...

. His parents are Paula and Dave Cohn. Has a younger sister, Olivia, and a younger brother, Erik. He is 6' 2" feet (1.88 meters) tall, and weighs 167 pounds (76 kg). He went to

York Community High School York Community High School is a public secondary school in Elmhurst, Illinois, United States. It is a part of the Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205. Most of the students reside in Elmhurst; however, the district also draws a small num ...

('13) in Elmhurst. Cohn averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists per game as a junior in 2011–12, and set a school single-game scoring record with 47 points during the season. He averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists per game in his senior year. He was an All-State selection his junior and senior seasons, and as a senior both ''Chicago Sun-Times All-Area and ''Daily Herald'' DuPage County All-Area. He scored more than 1,600 career points, second in York history. Cohn attended

Colorado State University Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: ...

for his freshman year of college, playing basketball for the

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. He then transferred and attended the

College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III ...

('18), and played college basketball for the

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. In 2015–16 Cohn had the second-best assists per game percentage in the

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(4.6), and the third-best free throw shooting percentage (.835). In 2016–17 he had the fifth-best assists per game percentage in the CAA (4.5). In his senior year in 2017–18 he scored 14.2 points and had 6.7 assists per game (best in the CAA; 11th-best in the

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). He also had the best free throw percentage in the CAA (.911; fifth-best in the NCAA), was second-best in steals per game (1.6), and sixth-best 2-point field goal percentage in the CAA (.605). He was the only player in the nation, out of the players on 351 Division I teams, who shot at least 50% from the field (52.9%), 40% on 3-point attempts (42.6%), and 90% in free-throw attempts (91.2%). As of November 2020, he was one of only ten NCAA players to have joined the DI men's basketball's 50–40–90 club since 1993. In 2018 he was All-CAA Third Team. He became the all-time assists leader at William & Mary. Cohn played for Hapoel Eilat in 2018–19, and for

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

of the

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in 2019–20. In September 2021, he was signed by the Panthers Schwenningen of the second-tier of German basketball,

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. Cohn averaged a league-high 9.1 assists per game for the Schwenningen team in 2021-22, while scoring 12 points a game. He also averaged 3.7 rebounds and 2 steals per contest. On September 17, 2022, Cohn was signed by the

of the

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@ sports-reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohn, David 1995 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom American men's basketball players Basketball players from Chicago Colorado State Rams men's basketball players Israeli American Israeli men's basketball players Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Newcastle Eagles players People from Elmhurst, Illinois William & Mary Tribe men's basketball players