Kristen Newlin

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Kristen Newlin
No. 43 – Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Position	Center
League	Turkish Women's Basketball League-Euroleague Women
Personal information
Born	(1985-05-08) May 8, 1985 Kailua, Hawaii
Nationality	USA / Turkey
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Listed weight	199 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school	Riverton High School
College	Stanford
NBA draft	2007 / 34th overall
Selected by the Houston Comets
Pro playing career	2007–present

Kristen Michelle Newlin (born May 8, 1985 in Kailua, Hawaii) aka Nevin Nevlin is a Turkish American female basketball player at the center position who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is 1.96 m and her primary position is center. Nevlin became a valuable member of a EuroLeague Women side of Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Although she is known with her size, Kristen Nevlin is a very good mid-range shooter, a good rebounder in the low post, she has been flirting with WNBA teams for two years.

She acquired Turkish citizenship ^[1] in 2008 and consequently adopted the Turkish name of Nevin. She played first times for Turkey against Serbia and she scored 7 points in 23 minutes.^[2]

On 10 January 2009 she played for Turkish Women's Basketball League All-Star match.

High school years

She played for Riverton High School in Riverton, Wyoming.^[3]

College years

She played for Stanford University in the NCAA with 5,6 ppg, 5,2 rpg (2003–04), 8,2 ppg, 5,0 rpg (2004–05), 8,3 ppg, 6,8 rpg (2005–06) and 7,0 ppg, 7,9 rpg (2005–06).^[4]

WNBA career

She drafted 34th overal for Houston Comets^[5] in the 2007 WNBA Draft but however on 10 May 2007, she signed a contract with the Indiana Fever.^[6]

Europe career

2007-08 Botaş Spor
2008-... Fenerbahçe Istanbul
- Turkish Championship: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Turkish Cup: 2008, 2009
- Turkish Presidents Cup: 2010

International career

Newlin plays for Turkey women's national basketball team.

Vital statistics

Nation: Turkey/USA
Position: Center
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
College: Stanford University
WNBA Career: Houston Comets, Indiana Fever
Euro Career: Botaş Spor, Fenerbahçe Istanbul

References

External links

v t e Fenerbahçe 2013–14 squad

4 Tuğçe 5 Biba 7 Birsel (C) 9 Esmeral 10 Kübra 11 Verameyenka 13 Hollingsworth 14 Yacoubou 15 Matović 21 Olcay 23 Pondexter 35 McCoughtry 43 Nevin Coach: Roberto Íñiguez

v t e Turkey squad – EuroBasket 2011 – Silver Medal

4 Nilay 5 Birsel 6 Işıl 7 Tuğba 8 Seda 9 Gülşah 10 Şaziye 11 Bahar 12 Yasemin 13 Naile 14 Nevriye 15 Nevin Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu

v t e Turkey squad – EuroBasket 2009 – 9th place

4 Şaziye 5 Yasemen 6 Birsel 7 Nilay 8 Tuğba 9 Gülşah 10 Sariye 11 Melek 12 Naile 13 Yasemin 14 Nevin 15 Bahar Coach: Ceyhun Yıldızoğlu

v t e 2007 WNBA Draft

First Round	Lindsey Harding Jessica Davenport Armintie Price Noelle Quinn Tiffany Jackson Bernice Mosby Katie Gearlds Ashley Shields Alison Bales Carla Thomas Ivory Latta Kamesha Hairston Sandrine Gruda

Second Round	Dee Davis Shay Murphy Shay Doron Camille Little Tyresa Smith Megan Vogel Stephanie Raymond Jessica Dickson Lyndsey Medders Brooke Smith Kathrin Ress Sidney Spencer Cori Chambers

Third Round	Jenna Rubino Leah Rush Martina Weber Nare Diawara Chrissy Givens Gillian Goring Brandie Hoskins Nevin Nevlin Ashley Key Meg Bulger Emily Westerberg Amanda Brown Kiera Hardy

Persondata
Name	Newlin, Kristen
Alternative names	Nevlin, Nevin (Turkish)
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	1985-05-08
Place of birth	Kailua, Hawaii
Date of death
Place of death

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