Kristen Newlin


Kristen Michelle Newlin Nevin Nevlin is a Turkish-American former basketball player at the center position who played mostly for Fenerbahçe Istanbul. Born in Kailua, [Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kailua, Hawaii] Newlin is 1.96 m and her primary position is center. Nevlin was a member of a EuroLeague Women side of Fenerbahçe Istanbul.
She acquired Turkish citizenship in 2008 and consequently adopted the Turkish name of Nevin. She played for the first time for Turkey women's national [basketball team|Turkey] against Serbia and scored 7 points in 23 minutes.
On 10 January 2009, she played in the Turkish Women's Basketball League All-Star match.

Early life

She played for Riverton [High School (Wyoming)|Riverton High School] in Riverton, Wyoming.

College career

She played for Stanford University in the NCAA with 5,6 ppg, 5,2 rpg, 8,2 ppg, 5,0 rpg, 8,3 ppg, 6,8 rpg and 7,0 ppg, 7,9 rpg.

College statistics

Source
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2003–04Stanford3016746.472.55.20.50.41.75.6
2004–05Stanford3528752.166.768.55.00.80.40.98.2
2005–06Stanford2621649.433.354.96.81.20.41.58.3
2006–07Stanford3423851.129.750.07.91.30.41.37.0
CareerStanford12590850.029.662.26.21.00.41.37.3

WNBA career

She drafted 34th overall for Houston Comets in the 2007 WNBA draft, however, on 10 May 2007, she signed a contract with the Indiana Fever.

Europe career

International career

Newlin plays for Turkey women's national basketball team.

Personal life

Newlin's brother is Brett Newlin, an American rower who won silver in the 2005 [World Rowing Championships] and competed in the Rowing at the [2008 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|2008] and Rowing at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|2012] Summer Olympics.
She married Turkish professional basketball coach Emre Vatansever in 2014, and they have three children.