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General: Emerged as one of the top point guards in the ACC as a junior • Earned honorable mention All-ACC honors despite missing 12 games with a knee injury at the end of the year • Mature player who has started 74 games at point guard • Spent the summer of 2001 as a member of the Swedish National Team • Is just the Yellow Jackets’ second internationally-born women’s basketball player, but is the first to enroll as a freshman.
2002-03: Team captain in 2003 • Suffered a season-ending knee injury just one minute into the season opener against Charlotte.
2001-02: Team captain in 2002 • Was on pace for one of the top seasons by a point guard in conference history before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Florida State on Jan. 20 • Became the first player in ACC history to record 10 or more assists in four-straight games when she accomplished the feat against E. Washington (11), Arkansas St. (14), Southern (11) and Florida State (13) • Broke the 16-year-old single-game assist record with 17 helpers against Virginia on Jan. 10, coupling that with a season-high 15 points in the game • Had six double-digit assist outings in 17 games, finishing the year with a career-best and team-high 135 assists, which was the most by a Tech player since 1995 • Her 7.9 assist-per-game average would have ranked first in the ACC and second in the nation • Ranks sixth on Tech’s all-time assist list with 331 in her career.
2000-01: Started 25 games and saw action in 26 • Averaged 6.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game • Second on the team with 79 assists • Was 10th in the ACC with a 1.14 assist/turnover ratio • Led the Yellow Jackets in assists 11 times • Recorded season-high six assists four times • Scored a career-high 22 points to lead Tech against Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 25 • Tallied 15 points, six assists and three steals against Florida State on Feb. 5 • Followed that game with a 17-point, six-assist performance on Feb. 8, helping lead the Jackets to their first-ever win over Virginia in Charlottesville • Tallied 10 points and three steals against Mississippi State in the WNIT • Recorded eight points, six assists and three steals against NC State on Feb. 15 • Tallied 11 points, six rebounds and four assists against Georgia State on Nov. 29 • Recorded career-high two blocked shots against Cornell on Nov. 24.
1999-2000: Tech’s starting point guard for all 31 games • One of two players to start all 31 contests • Became the 15th freshman in school history to start the first game of her career • Became the second freshman in as many seasons to start at point guard for the Jackets • Also became the second Tech freshman in as many seasons to start every game as a rookie • Led the Yellow Jackets with 117 assists • Averaged 3.8 assists per game, which ranked sixth overall in the ACC • Ranks among the Yellow Jacket leaders for assists and steals by a freshman • Became just the fourth freshman in school history to record 100 or more assists in their rookie campaign • Her 117 assists were the third-highest freshman assist total in school history • Tied for third on the team with 56 steals, which ties her for the second-best steal total by a freshman in school history • Scored in double figures nine times on the season • Dished out five or more assists in 11 games • Had 11 assists in the Yellow Jackets’ 71-62 win over NC State in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament • Scored a career-high 19 points in the Yellow Jackets’ 66-65 loss to 24th-ranked Virginia on Feb. 3 • Scored 16 points and had seven assists in Yellow Jackets’ WNIT loss to Arkansas on March 21 • Had 14 points and nine assists in Tech’s 73-67 win at Maryland on Jan. 23 • Scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting (71.4 percent), including 3-of-4 (75.0 percent) from three-point range in the Yellow Jackets’ defeat of Clemson on Dec. 4 • Was named to the Holiday Invitational All-Tournament team.
Prep: Signed with the Jackets on May 26, 1999 • Earned Most Valuable Player honors by helping the Sandagymnásiet School to the Swedish under-21 team championships • Also played on the Swedish Junior Natonal Team “Brahe,” averaging 15 points and five assists per game • Made the all-star team at the European World Championships held in Sweden in the summer of 1999 • Was the captain of her team.
Personal: Nina Bärlin was born Feb. 24, 1980 • Is the daughter of Olle and Anita Bärlin • Selected one of Atlanta’s “50 Most Beautiful People” by Jezebel magazine in November • Majoring in international affairs • Has a brother and two sisters • Brother is a professional soccer player.
