Isaac Sosa Carrion (born February 16, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Osos de Manatí of the

Baloncesto Superior Nacional The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. T ...

(BSN). He played collegiate basketball at

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and Canisius University, and his professional career includes stops in

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, and

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. He represents

internationally.

Early life

Sosa played high school basketball at Grandview Prep (FL) where he averaged 19.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, and 6.0 apg. He earned the Florida Class 1A All-State First Team honors as a senior while leading Grandview Prep to the state final and a 28-2 record. Additionally, he was recognized as the ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel'' 3A-2A-1A Player of the Year and the ''Palm Beach Post'' Small School Player of the Year.

College career

Sosa began his college career at the University of Central Florida. In 96 career games he averaged 8.8 points per game. His freshman season (2008-2009) he played in all 31 games, with 8 starts. He also was named to the Conference USA’s academic honor roll. He averaged 8.2 ppg in 19.7 minutes per game, and shot 45% from three-point range. In his sophomore season, Sosa played in all 32 games, making 14 starts. He averaged a team-high 10.3 points and led the conference in three-point field goal percentage at 42.7%. He was named to the Conference USA All-Academic team. In his junior season, he again earned a spot on the Conference USA All-Academic Team. He appeared in all 33 games, making 15 starts. He ranked third on the team in scoring at 8.0 points per game while shooting 39.2 percent from deep. This would be good for a ranking of sixth in Conference USA for 3-point field-goal percentage. Following his junior year, Sosa would elect to transfer to Canisius University to continue his athletic and academic career. He started all 34 games his senior year after sitting out per the transfer rules. He averaged 11.5 ppg in 25 minutes per game.

Professional career

Sosa began his professional career with

Indios de Mayagüez The Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians) are a baseball team in Puerto Rico's Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League, in Spanish). Based in Mayagüez, the ''Indios'' have won 18 national ...

of the

in 2013. He averaged 6.0 ppg in 10.1 minutes. He then played two games in Greece for Ikaroi Serron of the

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. Following that he spent two seasons in Argentina’s La Liga Argentina for Penarol. The first year he averaged 8.4 ppg in 16.8 mpg and the following year he posted 7.4 ppg in 14.8 mpg. After that, Sosa returned to the Baloncesto Superior Nacional and the Indios. He scored 7.0 ppg in 6.6 mpg. He returned to Argentina to play for

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

. There he averaged 12.3 ppg in 24.8 mpg. He played for three different BSN teams after that. In 2015 he played for Santurce and averaged 5.8 ppg in 16.2 mpg. In 2016 he played for Leones de Ponce and averaged 4.0 ppg in 13.4 mpg. In 2017 he joined

Atléticos de San Germán Atléticos de San Germán is a basketball club of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) based in San Germán, Puerto Rico. Founded in the 1930s after the amalgamation of the old San Germán team and the Farmacia Martín team, the team is one of ...

and averaged 12.7 ppg in 25.8 mpg. Currently, he plays for Santurce.

References

External links

Bsnpr.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sosa, Isaac 1990 births Living people Atléticos de San Germán players Boca Juniors basketball players Cangrejeros de Santurce basketball players Canisius University alumni Leones de Ponce basketball players Osos de Manatí players Puerto Rico men's national basketball team players UCF Knights men's basketball players