Müjde Yüksel

Müjde Yüksel — Biography

Müjde Yüksel followed a path from the court to the classroom: she played as a forward in Turkish women's basketball, and after leaving the sport she earned a doctorate in business and became an academic. She made 52 appearances for the women's national team and was in the squad that won gold at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

Born in Kadıköy, she played up front at 1.80 m. She began her club career at Migrosspor and then moved to Fenerbahçe, where in two seasons she won one Turkish Women's Basketball League title, two Turkish Cups and one President's Cup. She played for Beşiktaş in 2005-06 and for Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2006-07. With the national team she took gold at the Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain.

After basketball she completed a doctorate at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In August 2014 she joined Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School as an assistant professor of marketing.