Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir
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| Born | November 11, 1990 Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Memphis University, Indiana State University |
| Alma mater | New Leadership Charter School (Springfield, MA) |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (born 11 November 1990) is a female Muslim American collegiate basketball player for the University of Memphis. She began playing varsity basketball in high school when she was an eighth grader and played for five years. She is notable for playing basketball while being completely covered showing no skin, except for her hands, and while wearing a hijab - a head-dress for Muslim women.
Not only is she successful on the court, but she is also successful in the classroom, in which she is an honor student. She had a very successful high school career, scoring over 3000 points, breaking both male and female scoring records in Massachusetts. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance/exercise science from the University of Memphis.
She finished up her college basketball career at Indiana State University, where she is currently the Graduate Assistant with Indiana State's Women's Basketball team and is completing her master's degree in coaching.
Abdul-Qaadir was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1990, to Tariq and Alooah Abdul-Qaadir. Her brother Yusuf Abdul-Ali also had a successful basketball career where he played at Bentley College and helped lead his school to two NCAA Division II final four appearances. Abdul-Qaadir attended New Leadership Charter School.
She began playing varsity basketball in the 8th grade at New Leadership Charter School where she recently visited once again to speak to this years eighth grade. She not only played there but started as well. As a freshman in high school, she scored her 1,000th point, being the only freshman in Massachusetts history since Rebecca Lobo and Kelsey O'Keefe to do so. As a senior in High school, she scored 3,070, surpassing Lobo's previous record of 2,740 points. Lobo began her varsity career in the 7th grade whereas Abdul-Qaadir started in 8th grade, which gave Lobo an extra year and yet she still managed to surpass Lobo's scoring record.
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