Biography
2023-24 (Senior): Appeared in 30 games…Made seven starts…Averaged 7.1 points-per-game, and logged a total of 214…Averaged 27 minutes on the floor, and accumulated 813 in total…Converted 81-of-176 from the field to compile 46%...Logged an 83.9% free-throw clip from the charity stripe after logging 52 of 62 tries…Averaged 4.8 rebounds-per-game, and led the team with 45 blocks…Notched a season high 20 points in a nine-of-14 shooting day, with six rebounds, and a season high five blocks in 34 minutes on the floor vs. Niagara (1/18)…Concluded the regular season with a 10-point performance, logging four-of-seven from the field, adding two rebounds in 26 minutes against Iona (3/9).
2022-23 (Junior): Appeared in 29 games…Made 15 starts…Averaged 3.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks…Registered nine points, five rebounds, four assists, and blocked five shots vs. Wagner (11/7)…Scored a season high 11 points vs. LIU (12/22)…Posted six points and three blocks vs. Fairfield (1/7)…Dropped seven points vs. Niagara (1/19).
2021-22 at Northeastern (Sophomore): Appeared in 30 games…Made four starts…Tallied two points in four different contests…Notched four rebounds vs. UMass Lowell (12/20)…Had season high five rebounds vs. Boston University (12/1)…Had career-high nine rebounds vs. Hofstra (1/9)…Tallied a career-high four blocks at Hofstra (2/6).
2020-21 at Northeastern (Freshman): CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in Fall 2020…Led all CAA freshman in blocks-per-game (0.8), ranked eighth overall…Tied for the second most blocks by a Northeastern freshman (16) across the program’s CAA history: Kim Carr (24 blocks – 2006-07), Brittany Wilson (16 – 2008-09)…Passed six assists (season high) and collected four rebounds during the Huskies’ 72-62 win vs. Towson (2/14)…Broke out for 14 points (season high) on 6-of-8 shooting vs. Towson (2/13)…Brought down seven rebounds (season high) while tagging a block and a steal as Northeastern downed mid-major #10 James Madison, 77-69 (1/26)…Paired five points with five rebounds, three blocks and a steal during the Huskies’ 62-50 win at Manhattan (1/19)…Registered three assists, two blocks, and a steal while making her first career start during Northeastern’s 54-53 victory at Hofstra (1/7)… Recorded six points, five rebounds, two assists, two blocks, and a steal during her collegiate debut at UMass Lowell (12/16).
Prior to College: Competed as a power forward with ALBA Berlin (Berlin, Germany) under coaches Tom Grawe and Cristo Cabrera…Co-led ALBA Berlin to an 8-8 record and sixth-place standing in the Second Bundesliga North division prior to the suspension of play due to COVID-19…Registered a career-high six assists during a November 2019 game… Averaged 12.0 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.4 blocks per game during WNBL Under-18 competition … Set career-best marks in rebounds (19), blocks (seven) and steals (five) in 2018-19…Averaged 9.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.2 blocks per game during WNBL U-18 action … Co-led ALBA Berlin to a second-place league finish in 2017-18… Helped ALBA Berlin claim third place in the final WNBL table in 2015-16… Scored a career high, 53 points, during a February 2015 game in Germany’s highest U-15 regional league in 2014-15… Member of the German U-16 national team that placed sixth at the 2017 European Championship…Reached the Youth Bundesliga (WNBL) quarterfinals…Graduated from Schiller-Gymnasium (Berlin, Germany) after six years of study…Hobbies include meeting friends, traveling, and eating…Daughter of Aylin Öztürk…Cousin Sonnele, competes on the Auburn women’s Swimming and Diving Team…
Why Öztürk chose Manhattan: "Because of the family culture, location and opportunity to win a championship."