Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu (born February 26, 1985), a 5' 7" guard, is a

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women's

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player at

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, USA. Her sister,

Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu Şebnem Nehazat Kimyacıoğlu (born June 14, 1983) is a Turkish-American player in the Turkish Women's Basketball Team. She is an alumnus from Pinewood High School in California and graduated from Stanford before returning to Turkey. Şebnem's si ...

, plays professionally for

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club

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, and for the Turkish national team. Kimyacıoğlu is a Pinewood High School alum having graduated in 2003, two years after her sister. She was born to

parents in

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. She is majoring in mechanical engineering at Santa Clara.

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1985 births Living people American women's basketball players Basketball players from California People from Mountain View, California American people of Turkish descent Santa Clara University alumni Shooting guards 21st-century American women {{1980s-US-basketball-bio-stub

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