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Jersey Number 2
Atakan Destici
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Istanbul, Turkey
- High School:
- Istek Acibadem Anatolian
- Major:
- Economics
Bio
2019
All-MAWPC East First Team...All-MAWPC Championship Second Team...Closed decorated collegiate career by posting 78 points via 34 goals and 44 assists, despite missing time due to injury...Finished second on the team in assists and third in points...Also recorded 26 steals, 20 ejections drawn and eight field blocks...Finished career as GW's all-time leader in assists (238) while also being ranked second in points (497), second in field blocks (57), fourth in steals (220) and fifth in goals (259)...Started season by posting two goals and three assists in season-opening win over Air Force (9/7)...Notched five assists in win over Santa Clara (9/14)...Scored four goals vs. Harvard (10/19)...Piled up four goals and three asissts in overtime win over Navy (11/3)...Set career highs in goals (9) and points (14) in Senior Day win over Wagner (11/9)...Recorded three goals, four assists and three steals in win over then-No. 14 Bucknell to close regular season (11/10)...Notched six points (two goals, four assists) in MAWPC Championship win over Johns Hopkins and four points (two goals, two assists), plus four steals and three field blocks, in victory vs. Fordham a day later...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2018
ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American...All-MAWPC East First Team...All-MAWPC Championship First Team...Set career highs with 85 goals and 157 points to help the Colonials earn a repeat MAWPC title and advance to the NCAA quarterfinals...His 157 points rank second in program history...His 72 assists rank second in program history...Became program's all-time assists leader in the NCAA win over Princeton, totaling eight points via three goals and five assists (11/24)...Also led the team in field blocks (16) and ranked second in steals (49)...Named MAWPC Player of the Week on Sept. 11 and Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 4...Recorded two goals and five assists in the win over La Salle (9/2)...Netted four goals in win over Iona (9/7)...Posted three goals and three steals in a win over No. 16 Cal Baptist (9/14)...Scored five goals in a win at Fordham (9/23)...Notched four goals, three assists and four field blocks in the home win over then-No. 15 Bucknell (9/29)...Had eight points via three goals and five assists in the home win over Navy (10/19)...Registered a season-high 10 points with four goals and six assists in the MAWPC Championship win over McKendree (11/16)...Totaled five points in the MAWPC Championship final win over Bucknell, including the buzzer-beating goal that sent the game into overtime (11/18)...Scored a goal in the NCAA quarterfinal matchup vs. No. 2 UCLA (11/29)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2017
All-MAWPC-East First Team...All-MAWPC Championship Second Team...Set a program record with 77 assists in helping the Colonials to their first MAWPC title and NCAA Tournament berth...Also scored 58 goals...His 135 points rank fourth for a single season in program history...Recorded a team-high 22 field blocks, which ranks fourth on the program's single season list...Posted two goals and four assists in a win over Salem International (9/3)....Finished with a goal, four assists, two steals and a field block against Harvard (9/16)....Produced two goals and five assists in a win at Navy (9/23)....Netted a season-high six goals and chipped in a goal and four steals in a home win over Wagner (9/30)....Recorded four goals, three assists and a season-high seven steals in an overtime win at MIT (10/12)....Set a career high with six assists in a win over Johns Hopkins (10/20)...Equaled a season-high with nine points via five goals and four assists in a home win over Navy (10/21)...Set a program record with nine assists in the MAWPC semifinal win over Fordham (11/18)...Scored a team-high three goals and added an assist in the MAWPC final win over Wagner (11/19)...Tallied a team-high four goals, plus two assists, three steals and three field blocks, in the NCAA Tournament matchup with Harvard (11/25).
2016
ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American...First team All-MAWPC selection ... MAWPC Championship All-Tournament First Team ... Team MVP ... led the team in points (127), goals (82), assists (45) and steals (87) ... scored a game-high five goals in his collegiate debut vs. No. 13 Brown (Sept. 3) ... recorded a hat trick the same day vs. MIT ... had four goals vs. Iona (Sept. 9) ... scored the overtime game-winner vs. No. 15 Air Force on Sept. 10, giving GW its first win over a ranked opponent since 2014, and finished the game with three goals ... scored a career-high eight goals in a 16-9 home victory over Wagner (Sept. 24) while adding three steals ... followed that up with six goals, four assists and a career-high six steals that afternoon in a win over Fordham ... led the team with five goals vs. No. 13 Bucknell (Sept. 25) while adding a pair of field blocks ... named Colonial of the Week and earned CWPA Honor Roll for his play Sept. 24-25 ... scored four goals while adding a team-high three assists and five steals in a win at Fordham (Oct. 2) ... scored both of his goals in the fourth quarter to help GW come from behind and defeat No. 9 Bucknell (Oct. 8) ... had a team-high six goals at No. 4 Pacific (Oct. 20) ... led GW with six goals and four steals in a win at Fresno Pacific (Oct. 21) ... tallied team highs in goals (2), assists (2) and steals (4) vs. San Jose State (Oct. 22) ... scored two goals while tallying a team-high four assists and three steals in a home win over Navy (10/29) ... led the team with three goals, three assists and six steals at Johns Hopkins (11/4) ... scored a game-high five goals in a win at Navy (11/5) ... scored five goals while assisting on six more along with four steals in a MAWPC quarterfinal win over Mercyhurst (11/18) ... led the team with four goals, three assists and four steals in a 12-10 MAWPC semifinal win over Johns Hopkins (Nov. 19) ... had four steals in the MAWPC Championship game vs. Bucknell (Nov. 20).
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the Turkish Senior National Team ... Captained the Turkish Junior National Team ... One of seven athletes who were selected to the All-Tournament Team at the 2014 Junior World Championships.
PERSONAL
Atakan Destici ... Born March 9, 1997, in Istanbul, Turkey ... Son of Aynur and Ilkay Destici ... Intends to major in business or systems engineering.
All-MAWPC East First Team...All-MAWPC Championship Second Team...Closed decorated collegiate career by posting 78 points via 34 goals and 44 assists, despite missing time due to injury...Finished second on the team in assists and third in points...Also recorded 26 steals, 20 ejections drawn and eight field blocks...Finished career as GW's all-time leader in assists (238) while also being ranked second in points (497), second in field blocks (57), fourth in steals (220) and fifth in goals (259)...Started season by posting two goals and three assists in season-opening win over Air Force (9/7)...Notched five assists in win over Santa Clara (9/14)...Scored four goals vs. Harvard (10/19)...Piled up four goals and three asissts in overtime win over Navy (11/3)...Set career highs in goals (9) and points (14) in Senior Day win over Wagner (11/9)...Recorded three goals, four assists and three steals in win over then-No. 14 Bucknell to close regular season (11/10)...Notched six points (two goals, four assists) in MAWPC Championship win over Johns Hopkins and four points (two goals, two assists), plus four steals and three field blocks, in victory vs. Fordham a day later...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2018
ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American...All-MAWPC East First Team...All-MAWPC Championship First Team...Set career highs with 85 goals and 157 points to help the Colonials earn a repeat MAWPC title and advance to the NCAA quarterfinals...His 157 points rank second in program history...His 72 assists rank second in program history...Became program's all-time assists leader in the NCAA win over Princeton, totaling eight points via three goals and five assists (11/24)...Also led the team in field blocks (16) and ranked second in steals (49)...Named MAWPC Player of the Week on Sept. 11 and Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 4...Recorded two goals and five assists in the win over La Salle (9/2)...Netted four goals in win over Iona (9/7)...Posted three goals and three steals in a win over No. 16 Cal Baptist (9/14)...Scored five goals in a win at Fordham (9/23)...Notched four goals, three assists and four field blocks in the home win over then-No. 15 Bucknell (9/29)...Had eight points via three goals and five assists in the home win over Navy (10/19)...Registered a season-high 10 points with four goals and six assists in the MAWPC Championship win over McKendree (11/16)...Totaled five points in the MAWPC Championship final win over Bucknell, including the buzzer-beating goal that sent the game into overtime (11/18)...Scored a goal in the NCAA quarterfinal matchup vs. No. 2 UCLA (11/29)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2017
All-MAWPC-East First Team...All-MAWPC Championship Second Team...Set a program record with 77 assists in helping the Colonials to their first MAWPC title and NCAA Tournament berth...Also scored 58 goals...His 135 points rank fourth for a single season in program history...Recorded a team-high 22 field blocks, which ranks fourth on the program's single season list...Posted two goals and four assists in a win over Salem International (9/3)....Finished with a goal, four assists, two steals and a field block against Harvard (9/16)....Produced two goals and five assists in a win at Navy (9/23)....Netted a season-high six goals and chipped in a goal and four steals in a home win over Wagner (9/30)....Recorded four goals, three assists and a season-high seven steals in an overtime win at MIT (10/12)....Set a career high with six assists in a win over Johns Hopkins (10/20)...Equaled a season-high with nine points via five goals and four assists in a home win over Navy (10/21)...Set a program record with nine assists in the MAWPC semifinal win over Fordham (11/18)...Scored a team-high three goals and added an assist in the MAWPC final win over Wagner (11/19)...Tallied a team-high four goals, plus two assists, three steals and three field blocks, in the NCAA Tournament matchup with Harvard (11/25).
2016
ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American...First team All-MAWPC selection ... MAWPC Championship All-Tournament First Team ... Team MVP ... led the team in points (127), goals (82), assists (45) and steals (87) ... scored a game-high five goals in his collegiate debut vs. No. 13 Brown (Sept. 3) ... recorded a hat trick the same day vs. MIT ... had four goals vs. Iona (Sept. 9) ... scored the overtime game-winner vs. No. 15 Air Force on Sept. 10, giving GW its first win over a ranked opponent since 2014, and finished the game with three goals ... scored a career-high eight goals in a 16-9 home victory over Wagner (Sept. 24) while adding three steals ... followed that up with six goals, four assists and a career-high six steals that afternoon in a win over Fordham ... led the team with five goals vs. No. 13 Bucknell (Sept. 25) while adding a pair of field blocks ... named Colonial of the Week and earned CWPA Honor Roll for his play Sept. 24-25 ... scored four goals while adding a team-high three assists and five steals in a win at Fordham (Oct. 2) ... scored both of his goals in the fourth quarter to help GW come from behind and defeat No. 9 Bucknell (Oct. 8) ... had a team-high six goals at No. 4 Pacific (Oct. 20) ... led GW with six goals and four steals in a win at Fresno Pacific (Oct. 21) ... tallied team highs in goals (2), assists (2) and steals (4) vs. San Jose State (Oct. 22) ... scored two goals while tallying a team-high four assists and three steals in a home win over Navy (10/29) ... led the team with three goals, three assists and six steals at Johns Hopkins (11/4) ... scored a game-high five goals in a win at Navy (11/5) ... scored five goals while assisting on six more along with four steals in a MAWPC quarterfinal win over Mercyhurst (11/18) ... led the team with four goals, three assists and four steals in a 12-10 MAWPC semifinal win over Johns Hopkins (Nov. 19) ... had four steals in the MAWPC Championship game vs. Bucknell (Nov. 20).
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the Turkish Senior National Team ... Captained the Turkish Junior National Team ... One of seven athletes who were selected to the All-Tournament Team at the 2014 Junior World Championships.
PERSONAL
Atakan Destici ... Born March 9, 1997, in Istanbul, Turkey ... Son of Aynur and Ilkay Destici ... Intends to major in business or systems engineering.
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| Goals | 9 | vs. Wagner (11/9/19) |
| Assists | 9 | vs. Fordham (11/18/17) *Program Record* |
| Points | 14 | vs. Wagner (11/9/19) |
| Steals | 7 | at MIT (10/12/17) |
| Blocks | 4 | vs. Bucknell (9/29/18) |
| CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Pct. | Steals | ED | Blocks | |||||||
| 2016 | 82 | 45 | 127 | 203 | .404 | 87 | 34 | 11 | |||||||
| 2017 | 58 | 77 | 135 | 141 | .411 | 58 | 31 | 22 | |||||||
| 2018 | 85 | 72 | 157 | 168 | .506 | 49 | 32 | 16 | |||||||
| 2019 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 86 | .395 | 26 | 20 | 8 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 259 | 238 | 497 | 598 | .439 | 220 | 117 | 57 | |||||||
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