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Zack Rosen
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Height: 6-1  Weight: 175
Sophomore
Previous Affiliations
   St. Benedict's
Previous Experience
  
Colonia, N.J.
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Courtesy: University of Pennsylvania
Release: 04/01/2009

Career Stats
Games Played/Started: 28/27
Minutes: 872 (31.1 mpg)
Points: 226 (8.1 ppg)
Rebounds: 94 (3.4 rpg)
FG Pct.: .350 (63-180)
3FG Pct.: .284 (29-102)
FT Pct.: .826 (71-86)
Assists: 139
Turnovers: 70
Blocked Shots: 3
Steals: 41

Career Honors

2008-09 Philadelphia Big 5 Rookie of the Year

One-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week

 

2008-09: One of four players to appear in all 28 games ... As a freshman, led Penn with 27 starts ... Received the Dave Zinkoff Award as the Philadelphia Big 5 Rookie of the Year ... Averaged 8.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game ... Led Penn and the Ivy League in assists (139, 5.0 per game) and assist/turnover ratio (1.99) ... His 139 assists put him eighth on Penn’s single-season list ... Finished second in the Ivy League in free-throw percentage (.826) and third in steals per game (1.5) ... Led Penn in scoring three times and rebounding twice ... Had 13 double-figure scoring games, fourth on the team ... Had 13 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals vs. Princeton (3/10) ... Scored 10 points each against Columbia (3/7), Cornell (3/6) and Brown (2/28) ... Had 15 points, six boards, five assists against Dartmouth (2/20) ... Finished with 14 points, eight rebounds, and only OT field goal in Penn’s OT win at Princeton (2/17) ... Ivy League Player of the Week for February 2, following Penn’s weekend at Harvard and Dartmouth ... Recorded five points, five rebounds and seven assists at Dartmouth (1/31) ... In first Ivy League game, he recorded 15 points and season-high nine assists at Harvard (1/30) ... Filled box score with 10 points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals at La Salle (1/21) ... Recorded season-high 17 points, eight assists and five boards vs. Lafayette (1/5) ... Had 10 points and six rebounds vs. Campbell (12/30) ... Had 12 points, eight assists, six rebounds and three steals at Albany (11/29) ... Scored eight points and dished out seven assists vs. Penn State (11/25) ... Had eight assists and seven rebounds at Drexel (11/18) ... In collegiate debut, started against No. 1 North Carolina and finished with five assists, four rebounds and two steals.

 

High School: Lettered four years in basketball, playing two years at St. Benedict’s after transferring in from Colonia HS ... Team captain ... Led St. Benedict’s prep team to state prep title in 2007-08 ... In 2006-07, played on St. Benedict’s varsity team that was 24-1 and ranked fifth in the nation by USA Today (after holding a No. 1 ranking during the season) ... In 2005-06, helped Colonia to 21-6 mark and Greater Middlesex County title ... Two-time first-team all-state prep at St. Benedict’s ... First-team all-county in 2004-05 at Colonia ... Third-team all-county in 2003-04 ... Also lettered twice in baseball at Colonia, earning second-team all-county ... National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member.

Personal: Son of Karen and Les Rosen ... Between his freshman and sophomore years at Penn, played on the gold medal-winning United States Men's Open Basketball Team at the 18th Maccabiah Games in Israel ... Enrolled in Wharton.

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