Korel Engin (born April 8, 1980), aka Cori Enghusen, is an American-born Turkish female

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player at the

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position for

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. At 201 cm (6'7"), she is the tallest member of the Turkish women's basketball national team. Born in Bothell, Washington, Enghusen started playing basketball at the age of 12. She played for

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in Washington until her graduation in 1998. She was named "1998 Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year". While she studied

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in major and

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between 1998–2002, she played as center of the college team, the sixth-ranked women's basketball team in the

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. Cori Enghusen was member of the US national team at the 2001 Basketball World University Games in

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, China. She helped lead the U.S. to

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at the Games. In 2003, she played professionally in

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. Then she moved to Turkey and was with Migrosspor in

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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

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. She helped Turkey earn gold medal. Engin signed a two-years contract with Fenerbahçe Istanbul in July 2005.

Honors

* Fenerbahçe Istanbul **Turkish League ***Winners (1): 2005-06 **Turkish Cup ***Winners (1): 2005-06 *

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

**Turkish Presidents Cup ***Winners (1): 2007-08 **

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***Winners (1): 2008-09

External links

Profile at tbl.org.tr
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Honors

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