Shalhevet senior Aiden Bitran has been named the 2025 Jewish Hoops America Player of the Year.
The Coach of the Year is Yonah Singer of Berman Hebrew Academy and Frisch sophomore Isaac Stepner is Underclassman of the Year.
Bitran scored 20.5 points per game and led Shalhevet to the #4 JHA ranking.
Joining him and Stepner on the 1st Team All-Jewish Hoops America are seniors Joe Aaron of DRS, Joshua Chabbott of Magen David and Eyal Kinderlehrer of TABC and junior Alex August of Berman H.A.
The 2nd Team All Jewish Hoops America includes seniors Alex Gabbay and Jaden Azeroul of YULA, Eli Braha of Hillel, Gideon Greenberg of Posnack Jewish Day and Avi Okner of Ida Crown.
Making the 3rd Team All Jewish Hoops America are seniors Zac Agichtein of Atlanta Jewish Academy, Jake Coblentz-Brown of Tarbut vTorah, Zeke Levitt of Kohelet and Sam Weiss of SAR, junior Solly Bielsky of Denver Jewish Day and sophomore Simon Alloul of H.A. Montreal.
Singer helmed the 33-10 Cougars to their first conference title in 20 years, their best JHA ranking ever and their first trip to the Sarachek Tournament semifinals, where only a 1-point loss to Magen David kept them out of the championship game. He beat out TABC’s Oswald Cross and Morrie Levy of H.A. Montreal. Others considered were DRS’ Moshe Cohen, Magen David’s Ike Dweck, Mike Pollack of YULA and Zachary Pollack of Yavneh Dallas.
Stepner was the rare Yeshiva League sophomore to play on varsity let alone shine, as he led the Cougars with 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. Others considered for Underclassman of the Year were Alloul, sophomores Ezra Cutler of Gann, Meir Dan of Valley Torah, Moshe Jacobs of Fuchs Mizrachi and Ashton Javaheri of Milken and freshman Amiel Jotkowitz of Maimonides.
1st Team All-Jewish Hoops America
Aiden Bitran, Sr., Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
Joe Aaron, Sr., DRS/Woodmere,NY
Alex August, Jr., Berman H.A./Rockville,MD
Joshua Chabbott, Sr., Magen David/Brooklyn,NY
Eyal Kinderlehrer, Sr., TABC/Teaneck,NJ
Isaac Stepner, So., Frisch/Paramus,NJ
2nd Team All-Jewish Hoops America
Jayden Azeroul, Sr., YULA/Los Angeles,CA
Eli Braha, Sr., Hillel/Ocean,NJ
Alex Gabbay, Sr., YULA/Los Angeles,CA
Gideon Greenberg, Sr., Posnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL
Avi Okner, Sr., Ida Crown/Skokie,IL
3rd Team All-Jewish Hoops America
Zac Agichtein, Sr., Atlanta Jewish Day/Atlanta,GA
Simon Alloul, So., Hebrew Academy/Montreal,QB
Solly Bielsky, Jr., Denver Jewish Day/Denver,CO
Jake Coblentz-Brown, Sr., Tarbut vTorah/Irvine,CA
Zeke Levitt, Sr., Kohelet/Merion Station,PA
Sam Weiss, Sr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Honorable Mention
Jake Abenaim, Sr., MTA/New York,NY
Adir Amster, Sr., Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL
Eli Bokhour, Sr., North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
Joe Benoliel, Jr., Northwest Yeshiva HS/Mercer Island,WA
Akiva Borgen, Jr., TABC/Teaneck,NJ
Jordan Cohen-Mintz, Sr., Heschel/New York,NY
Ezra Cutler, So., Gann/Walthan,MA
Meir Dan, So., Valley Torah/Valley Village,CA
Liad Edry, Sr., deToledo/West Hills,CA
Pinch Greenwald, Sr., Toras Chaim/North Miami Beach,FL
Ricky Haddad, Sr., Flatbush/Brooklyn,NY
Ari Halpert, Jr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Jonny Hazan, Sr., Jewish Culture/Fort Lauderdale,FL
Moshe Jacobs, So., Fuchs Mizrachi/Beachwood,OH
Sam Jacobson, Jr., Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
Ashton Javeheri, So., Milken/Los Angeles,CA
Yonah Mandel, Sr., TABC/Teaneck,NY
Rafi Miller, Jr., Beren/Houston,TX
Ronen Ousley, Jr., Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL
Jonathan Rhein, Sr., Posnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL
Jack Silberstein, Jr., San Diego Jewish Academy/San Diego,CA
Ezra Stern, Sr., Ohr Yisroel/Tenafly,NJ
Nate Sugar, Sr., Ramaz/New York,NY
Tzvi Tsaidi, Sr., North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
Jacob Zackheim, Jr., CHAT/Toronto,ON
Final 2024-25 JHA Top 25
1.TABC/Teaneck,NJ … ….………..…….………………23-5
2.YULA/Los Angeles,CA……………………………..27-14
3.DRS/Woodmere,NY……………………………………31-5
4.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA………………………22-15
TieMagen David/Brooklyn,NY….…..………..…..24-11
6.Milken/Los Angeles,CA……………………………..12-8
7.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD………………………..33-10
8.SAR/Bronx,NY………………………………………………23-9
9.Posnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL………………….17-10
10.Hillel/Ocean,NJ…………………………………………..21-13
TieNorth Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY……………21-16
12.Frisch/Paramus,NJ …………………….…….…………12-11
13.Ida Crown/Chicago,IL…………………….….……….20-7
14.Hebrew Academy/Montreal,QB………………..18-6
15.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL………………….…..……14-12
16.Ramaz/New York,NY………………………………..…..14-11
17.MTA/New York,NY…………………………………………21-8
18.Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL……………………….….17-10
19.Jewish Culture HS/Ft. Lauderdale,FL……….26-11
20.Toras Chaim/North Miami Beach,FL…………..14-2
21.Donna Klein Jewish Acad./Boca Raton,FL…11-9
22.Tanenbaum CHAT/Toronto,ON………………….30-6
23.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL……………………………...17-16
24.Tarbut vTorah/Irvine,CA…………………………….….16-4
TieAkiba Yavneh/Dallas,TX……………………………….22-10
TieFlatbush/Brooklyn,NY……………………………………13-14
Past Players of the Year
2024 Jakob Wortman, Ida Crown
2023 Johny Dan, Valley Torah
2022 Johny Dan, Valley Torah
2020/2021 Albert Fallas, YULA/Zev Remer, Shalhevet
2019 Judah Oppenheimer, SAR
2018 Ryan Turell, Valley Torah
2017 Bryan Knapp, Jewish Day School
2016 Gabriel Leifer, DRS
2015 Josh Newlander, Chicagoland Jewish (Rochelle Zell)
2014 Josh Newlander, Chicagoland Jewish
2013 Zach Yoshor, Beren Houston
2012 Jack Gindi, YULA
2011 Yisroel Feld, MTA/Jack Gindi, YULA
2010 Eric Avdee, Tarbut vTorah
2009 Eitan Chemerinski, Jewish Day School
2008 Jordan Marcus, Schechter NJ (now Golda Och)
2007 Solomon Schoonover, Hillel Miami
Past Coaches of the Year
2024 Ed Gelb, Maimonides
2023 Shalom Babayev, North Shore H.A.
2022 Lior Schwartzberg, Valley Torah
2020/2021 David Zimmerman, Yavneh Dallas
2019 Evan Pickman, Heschel
2018 Ryan Coleman, Shalhevet
2017 Mike Whiting, Milken
2016 Avrum Stein, DRS
2015 Joe Schwartz, Frisch
2014 Dwight Hollins, Fuchs Mizrachi
2013 Marty Dello, Chicagoland Jewish (Rochelle Zell)
2012 Richard Lewis, Cooper Memphis
2011 Rafi Halpert, SAR
2010 Patrick Roberts, Tarbut vTorah
2009 Elliot Steinmetz, HANC
2008 Howard Braun, Ida Crown
2007 Howard Braun, Ida Crown