Şaziye İvegin
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Şaziye İvegin (born February 8, 1982 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish female basketball player. Nicknamed "Şaz" (English spelling: "Shaz"), the 1.80 m (5' 11") national plays forward.
A basketball player’s daughter, İvegin started basketball in 7th school class on the same day together with her two younger sisters. The three sisters played in the Adana-based club Botaşspor and won twice the Turkish Girls’ Basketball League championship title. At her age of 22, she became the youngest women's basketball team captain in the country. After 10 successful years with Botaş, İvegin transferred to Fenerbahçe SK on May 7, 2004. She extended her contract with Fenerbahçe for two more years in summer 2005.
İvegin was member of the team participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, which won the gold medal.
She is student of business administration at the Anadolu University.
[edit] Honors
- 1998-1999
- Turkish Girls’ Basketball League champion with Botaş
- 1999-2000
- Turkish Girls’ Basketball League champion with Botaş
- 2000-2001
- Turkish Women’s Basketball League champion with Botaş
- Ronchetti Cup (Euro Cup) 2nd with Botaş
- 2001-2002
- President’s Cup with Botaş
- Turkey Cup with Botaş
- 2002-2003
- European 4th with Turkey U20 national team
- President’s Cup with Botaş
- Turkish Women’s Basketball League champion with Botaş
- 2005
- Mediterranean Games gold medal with Turkey women’s national team
