2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

Tim Casey
Matt Pendleton
Allen Sharpe
Colin Abbey
Tim Casey
Matt Pendleton

3 Funda Nakkasoglu

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School St. Leonard’s
  • Hometown Hampton, Australia

Biography

Overview
  • Played her final two seasons with the Gators after spending two seasons of eligibility at Utah State.
  • Finished her collegiate career with 2,047 points (1,149 with Utah State and 898 with Florida).
  • As a Gator, she played in 57 games and finished with a 15.8 points per game average, the sixth-highest in program history.
  • Finished her career with the highest three-point percentage in program history at 39.6 percent (160-of-404)
  • In just two seasons, Nakkasoglu drained 160 three-pointers, the seventh-most in program history.
  • Fifth-highest career free throw percentage at 80 percent (128-of-160).
  • Led the Gators in scoring in each of her two seasons on campus and went down as one of the most prolific shooters in program history.
2018-19, Senior Season
  • Finished the season averaging 16.8 points per game on .460 shooting from the floor.
  • Poured in 84 3-pointers, the second most in program history, while shooting a program-best 42 percent from deep.
  • Led the conference in three-pointers made and ranked third in three-point field goal percentage.
  • Racked up 24 double-figure scoring games and scored 20 or more 12 times.
  • Her 16.8 points per game average was the eighth-best in the SEC.
  • Finished with 20 or more points in six of the Gators’ first seven games to open the season, becoming the first UF player since Monique Cardenas in 2001-02 to do so.
  • Her 20.1 points per game average through UF's first seven games of the season was the highest since Vanessa Hayden averaged 20.1 points per game through the first seven games of the 2003-04 campaign.
  • Quickest Gator ever to reach 100 made three-pointers (35 games) surpassing the previous record of 41 set by Steffi Sorensen (2008-10).
  • Registered 26 points in Florida’s overtime loss to Northwestern.
  • Scored a season-high 30 points in Florida’s win over Charleston Southern.
  • Tied a season-high with six 3-pointers vs. Texas A&M.
  • Poured in 23 points in Florida’s win at Vanderbilt to conclude the regular season. 18 of her 23 points came in the third quarter as she outscored the entire Vanderbilt team and led the Gators’ to their first road win.
  • Nakkasoglu eclipsed the 2,000 career point mark in UF’s win at Vandy when knocked down a pair of free throws at the 6:59 mark of the third quarter. She became just one of 20 active players with 2,000 or more points.
2017-18, Junior Season
  • Played and started 28 of 30 games
  • UF leader in scoring (14.9 ppg), made three-pointers (76, 2.7 pg), made free throws (64, 2.3 pg), minutes played (990, 35.4 pg), attempted three-pointers (204, 7.3 pg), attempted free throws (64), three-point percentage (37.3 percent) and field goal attempts (330, 11.8 pg); second for free throw percentage (75.3 percent, 64-85)
  • Among SEC players (All Games) ranked: No. 1 made 3-pointers, No. 4 minutes played, No. 12 3-pt FG pct., No. 14 scoring
  • Among SEC players (SEC Games) ranked: No. 2 made 3-pointers, No. 4 minutes played, No. 16 scoring
  • Connected on a 3-pointer in every game she played except one
  • 7 treys vs. Richmond & Vanderbilt tied-3rd-most in a game in UF history; also tied for most by an SEC player during the season
  • Scored 1,500th career point at TAMU (Feb. 15)
  • Finished season with 20 double-figure scoring games and six contests with 20 or more points.
 2016-17, Redshirt Season
  • Sat out under NCAA transfer rules.
2015-16, Sophomore Season (Utah State)
  • First-team all-Mountain West (fifth and youngest Utah State player in program history to be named to an all-conference first team)
  • Led the team and the Mountain West and ranked 21st nationally in scoring with 20.8 points per game
  • Led the team and ranked fourth in the Mountain West in assists, averaging 4.5 per game
  • Became the youngest player in USU history to reach the 1,000-point mark, hitting the milestone at New Mexico (Feb. 10)
  • Among all Mountain West players, led the league in scoring and was tops in free throw percentage, shooting 87.9 percent (197-of-224); ranked fourth in assists (4.5 apg), seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.3) and eighth in 3-point field goal percentage (.355)
  • Only Aggie to play in and start all 31 games
  • Averaged 35.3 minutes per game
  • Played the full 40 minutes in five different games
  • Ranked ninth nationally in free throw percentage, shooting 87.9 percent
  • Scored in double digits 29 times, including 19 games with 20-plus points and three games with 30-plus points
  • Scored a career-high 37 points against Pacific (Nov. 21)
  • Had a career-best nine assists twice, against Haskell (Dec. 4) and at Boise State (Jan. 6)
  • Averaged 20.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game
  • Shot 42.3 percent (199-of-471) from the field, 35.5 percent (50-of-141) from the 3-point line and 87.9 percent (197-of-224) from the free throw line
  • third Aggie in program history to record multiple 30-point games in a season: 37 points (career-best) vs. Pacific (Nov. 21, 2015), 34 points against Air Force (Jan. 13) and 32 vs. Wyoming (Feb. 6)
 2014-15, Sophomore Season (Utah State)
  • Named the Mountain West Freshman of the Year and earned honorable mention all-Mountain West honors
  • Named to the Full Court All-American Freshman third-team and was a Full Court Mid-Major Freshman All-American
  • Led the team, ranked third in the Mountain West and 68th nationally in scoring, averaging 17.4 points per game
  • Led the team, ranked third in the Mountain West and 56th nationally in assists, averaging 4.7 per game
  • Led the Mountain West in scoring in conference games with 18.9 points per game
  • Was second in assists in league games with 5.1 per game
  • Set a new freshman school record with her scoring average (17.4) and total points (504) and had the second-highest scoring average of all freshmen nationally
  • Set a Mountain West record for free throws made and free throw percentage in a single game (14-14) against San José State in the MW Tournament
  • Scored in double-digits 25 times, including 11 games with 20-plus points
  • Scored a career-best 28 points at New Mexico (Jan. 10)
  • Had a career-best nine assists against Air Force (Feb. 28)
  • Had five steals against Utah Valley, leading the team to a season-high 21
  • Averaged 4.7 assists and 3.1 rebounds while playing an average of 34.3 minutes per game
  • Shot 39.5 percent (163-of-413) from the field, 31.1 percent (33-of-106) from three and 80.6 percent (145-of-180) from the free throw line
  • Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
  • Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Career Awards
  • Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll (2018).
  • First Team All-Mountain West (2016).
  • Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2015).
  • Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (2015).
  • Full Court Mid-Major Freshman All-American (2015).
  • Full Court All-American Freshman Third-Team (2015).
  • Academic All-Mountain West (2015).
  • Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2015).
Prep
  • Received diploma from St. Leonard’s in Melbourne, Brighton East, Australia in December 2013.
  • Played for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL).
  • Was selected to the Victoria U20 state team, winning the U20 national championships in 2013. and 2014, while her U18 National Championship took third in 2012.
  • Named Grand Final MVP in 2011 as her squad won the U18 McDonald National Junior Classic Championship.
  • Also ran track in high school, where she specialized in sprinting (200m, 400m).
  • Significant Basketball coaches have included Tom Maher, Michelle Timms and Gary Fox (Club: Bulleen Boomers, league: Australian WNBL).
 Personal
  • Native of Hampton, Australia.
  • Father played professional basketball in Turkey and her mother played volleyball.
  • Played for three-time Olympian Michelle Timms with the Bulleen Boomers. Timms twice led Australia’s Olympic team to medals, played in the WNBA and is a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame. 
  • During 2018 summer, participated in a multiphase selection camp for the Turkish Senior National Team; the team represented the country at the World Championships in September of 2018; traveled and practiced in China, Czech Republic and Canada among other countries.
  • Spent the 2016 summer as a member of the Turkish Senior National Team and was among the players at the tryouts for the 2016 Olympic Team.
  • Played piano for four years.
  • Enjoys watching cooking channels and making different dishes,

Statistics

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2018-19

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18Redshirt Junior

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    2018-19Redshirt Senior

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