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Nesrin Seckin040

Nesrin Seckin (Macfarlane)

  • Class
    2001
  • Induction
    2013
  • Sport(s)
    Volleyball
Nesrin Seckin was a two-time All-American with the Lions volleyball teams in 2000 and 2001 and led UNA to a combined 72-7 record in her two seasons at the school. She was selected first-team All-Gulf South Conference and first-team All-South Region in 2000 and 2001 and was a two-time GSC East Division Player of the Year and two-time GSC Tournament Most Valuable Player.   

In 2000 she was voted second-team AVCA All-American and third-team Daktronics All-American. In 2001 she was a first-team AVCA All-American selection and a third-team Daktronics pick. An All-Region Tournament pick in 2000 and 2001 and an Elite Eight All-Tournament selection in 2000, Seckin was a four-time GSC Player of the Week during her career. She ranked 24th nationally in kills (4.58) as a junior and 11th (5.17) as a senior. She ranked 29th nationally in hitting percentage in 2000 at .353. The Lions were 40-3 in 2000 and 32-4 in 2001. UNA won GSC and South Region titles in 2000 and advanced to the Elite Eight and won another GSC title in 2001 and finished as the region runner-up.   

A two-time Academic All-GSC pick and a 2000 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, she received a GSC Top Eight award in 2002 and was selected as UNA's Female Athlete of the Year for 2001-02. ?    Seckin graduated cum laude from UNA in 2001 with degree in Accounting and is currently employed as a procurement auditor with BBVA Compass Bank in Birmingham, Ala.

 
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