Danny Rubin ( he, דני רובין; born July 26, 1991) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Bnei Herzliya of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

. He won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

with Team USA in basketball in the 2013 Maccabiah Games, and he played college basketball for

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

. In 2015, he was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Israeli National League 2nd Team.

Biography

Danny Rubin is Jewish. After graduating from Boston College in 2014, he moved to Israel.

Sports career

In high school, he was selected as a McDonald's All-American nominee, he earned honorable mention All-Met, All-Gazette and All-Montgomery County Sentinel honors as he averaged 18 points a game as a senior at

Landon School Landon School is a private, college preparatory school for boys in grades 3–12, with an enrollment of approximately 680 students, in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Background Paul Landon Banfield and his wife, Mary Lee, fo ...

in 2010, and led them to back to back Interstate Athletic Conference titles. He played college basketball for

. ''The Washington Post'' ran an article of his impressive rise, entitled "Danny Rubin goes from Landon to Boston College walk-on to ACC starter." In July 2013, Rubin represented Team USA in the 2013 Maccabiah Games. Coached by

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 ...

head coach Brad Greenberg, Rubin and his teammates competed in the "open" division of this tournament. He scored 25 points as Team USA beat Team Argentina, 87–76, to win the

. In 2014, he moved to Israel and joined Hapoel Kazrin/Galil Elion for the 2014–15 season. In 29 games for Kazrin, he averaged 15.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game."Bnei Hertzeliyya inks Danny Rubin"
Eurobasket News He was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Israeli National League 2nd Team. On July 23, 2015, Rubin signed with Bnei Herzliya.בני הרצליה: דני רובין חתם לשנתיים - וואלה! ספורט
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References

External links

Israeli League profile
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