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| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2003–04 | Stanford | 30 | 167 | 46.4 | – | 72.5 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 5.6 |
| 2004–05 | Stanford | 35 | 287 | 52.1 | 66.7 | 68.5 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 8.2 |
| 2005–06 | Stanford | 26 | 216 | 49.4 | 33.3 | 54.9 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 2006–07 | Stanford | 34 | 238 | 51.1 | 29.7 | 50.0 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
| Career | Stanford | 125 | 908 | 50.0 | 29.6 | 62.2 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
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
- 2007 Botaş SK
- 2007–2014 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
- *Turkish Championship: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- *Turkish Cup: 2008, 2009
- *Turkish Presidents Cup: 2010
- 2014–2019 İstanbul Üniversitesi SK
- 2019–2020 Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor
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.