Alex Sobel (born February 8, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for Maritime Boulogne of the Nationale Masculine 1. He played college basketball for Middlebury College and Sacred Heart University.
Sobel was second in the nation in both blocks and blocks per game, led the New England Small College Athletic Conference in points and rebounds per game, and was named the D3hoops.com National Player of the Year in the 2022âÂÂ23 season. The following year, he attended Sacred Heart and played in the Northeast Conference, again leading the conference in blocks per game (and was sixth in the entire NCAA) and in two-point field-goal percentage, while finishing fourth in rebounds per game.
Sobel's hometown is Setauket, New York. He attended Ward Melville High School, where he played for the basketball team and was named a Suffolk County All Star. He is tall, and weighs .
Sobel first attended Middlebury College, studying for a double major in computer science and American studies. There, playing for the Middlebury College Panthers in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, in 2018âÂÂ19 he averaged 13.9 minutes, 6.1 points, 5.5 rebounds per game (leading the conference in blocks), and had a field goal percentage of .564. In 2019âÂÂ20, he averaged 19.5 minutes, 11.4 points, and 6.8 rebounds per game. Between 2020 and 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sobel took a year and a half off from school.
In 2021âÂÂ22, he averaged 28.8 minutes, 18.3 points, 12.1 rebounds per game, and was captain of the team. In 2021âÂÂ22, Sobel was named First-Team All-NESCAC, D3hoops.com First-Team All-Region 1, NABC First-Team All-District I, and D3hoops.com Fourth-Team All-American.
In 2022âÂÂ23, Sobel was 2nd in the nation in blocks (101) and blocks per game (3.88), and led the NESCAC in points (19.4), rebounds (11.8), and blocks per game (3.88). He was named a Small College Basketball's Clarence âÂÂBevoâ Francis Award Finalist, the D3hoops.com National Player of the Year, a D3hoops.com First-Team All-American, a NABC First-Team All-American, to the D3hoops.com First-Team All-Region 1, the D3hoops.com Region 1 Most Outstanding Player, to the NABC First-Team All-District I, the NABC District I Player of the Year the NESCAC Player & Defensive Player of the Year, to the First-Team All-NESCAC, and a 2x USBWA National Player of the Week. He was also a finalist for the Bevo Francis Award, which recognizes the top small college basketball player in the United States for a given season.
Sobel then attended Sacred Heart University, and played basketball for the Sacred Heart Pioneers in the Northeast Conference. In 2023âÂÂ24 he played 31 games (30 starts), and averaged 12.3 points and 7.4 rebounds (4th in the conference), 1.2 steals, and 2.8 blocks (leading the conference, and 6th in the NCAA) per game, as he had a .591 two-point field goal percentage (leading the conference). He was named to the All-NEC Second Team. He scored a season high 23 points in a loss against Albany on December 19, 2023.
On September 19, 2024, he signed with Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League (ISBL).