Korel Engin (born April 8, 1980), aka Cori Enghusen, is an American-born Turkish female basketball player at the center position for Beşiktaş Cola Turka. At 201 cm (6'7"), she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national team.

Korel Engin
Personal information
Born (1980-04-08) April 8, 1980 (age 44)
Bothell, Washington
NationalityAmerican / Turkish
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High schoolInglemoor (Kenmore, Washington)
CollegeStanford (1998–2002)
WNBA draft2002: 4th round, 58th overall pick
Selected by the Houston Comets
PositionCenter
Career history
2004–2005Migrosspor
2005–2006Fenerbahçe
2006–2007Botaşspor
2007–2008Gospic
2008BC Moscow
2008–2009Galatasaray
2009–2011Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing USA
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing Team Competition

Born in Bothell, Washington, Enghusen started playing basketball at the age of 12. She played for Inglemoor High School in Washington until her graduation in 1998. She was named "1998 Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year". While she studied sociology in major and psychology at Stanford University between 1998–2002, she played as center of the college team, the sixth-ranked women's basketball team in the NCAA.

Cori Enghusen was member of the US national team at the 2001 Basketball World University Games in Beijing, China. She helped lead the U.S. to gold at the Games.

In 2003, she played professionally in Greece. Then she moved to Turkey and was with Migrosspor in Istanbul in 2004. In 2005, she agreed to become a Turkish citizen in order to join the Turkey women's basketball national team and to participate at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. She helped Turkey earn gold medal. Engin signed a two-years contract with Fenerbahçe Istanbul in July 2005.

Stanford statistics

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Sources[1][2]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998-99 Stanford 25 42 46.5% 0.0% 33.3% 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.8 1.7
1999-00 Stanford 29 100 45.6% 0.0% 51.4% 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 3.4
2000-01 Stanford 33 132 46.0% 0.0% 66.7% 2.3 0.3 0.3 1.3 4.4
2001-02 Stanford 35 184 44.0% 0.0% 50.0% 3.4 0.3 0.2 1.7 5.3
Career 119 458 45.1% 53.2% 2.5 0.2 0.2 1.1 3.8

Honors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ^ "2000-2001 Final statistics" (PDF). stanford_ftp.sidearmsports.com. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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