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2025-26 Crew Roster

Derin Timucin

  • Height 5-5
  • Year 2027
  • Hometown Sakarya, Turkey
  • High School Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific
  • Position P/S
  • Major Neuroscience
  • Pronunciation DEH-reen TIM-oo-cheen

Biography

Collegiate Career Honors:
  • 2025 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
2024-25:
  • Helped claim 27th in the Third Varsity Eight Boat at the Head of the Riverfront
  • Member of Third Varsity Eight Boat that finished 32nd at the Head Of The Charles
  • Finished first with the Third Varsity Eight Boat at the Washington College Invitational
  • Took second with the Third Varsity Eight Boat at the Skidmore Sprints
  • Part of Third Varsity Eight Boat that earned second in its race and helped the Blue win the NEWMAC Championships
  • Helped the Third Varsity Eight Boat take second in the Petite Final at the National Invitational Rowing Championship
2023-24:
  • Made collegiate debut at the Washington College Invitational
  • Part of the 3V8+ boat that won the Second Varsity Eight event at the Washington College Invitational
  • Part of the 3V8+ boat that took second at the Skidmore Sprints (7:45.5)
  • Defeated Wesleyan to earn second at the Malden River (7:37.67)
  • Rowed in the 4V8+ boat that finished second at the NEWMAC Championships (7:55.91)
  • Member of the 4V8+ boat that placed fifth at the New England Rowing Championships (7:48.631)
  • Rowed in the 4V8+ boat that earned third at the National Invitational Rowing Championship (7:44.096)
Before Wellesley:
  • Selected by the National Committee of Turkey to continue her junior and senior year of high school at Pearson College UWC (Victoria, BC, Canada)
  • Swam competitively for nine years in Turkey and received the student-athlete award for swimming
  • First one to finish the 6.5 km Race Rocks Open Water Swimming Challenge in 2023
Personal:
  • Born in Sakarya, Turkey
  • Loves scuba diving and playing the flute
Why Wellesley:
  • Chose to attend Wellesley because of its close-knit community, stellar academics and the network of powerful women

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First-year

    P/S
    5'5"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    P/S
    5'5"
  • 2025-26Junior

    P/S
    5'5"
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