{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Khadijah Rushdan | profile = | image = | width = | caption = | team = | number = | league = | position = Guard | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lbs = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|05}} | birth_place = Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. | high_school = St. Elizabeth (Wilmington, Delaware) | college = Rutgers (2007–2012) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2012 | draft_round = 2 | draft_pick = 15 | draft_team = Los Angeles Sparks | career_start = | career_end = | years1 = | team1 = | cyears1 = 2026– | cteam1 = Delaware State | highlights = * First-team All-Big East (2012) * McDonald's All American (2007) |medal_templates= {{MedalSport | Women's basketball}} {{MedalCountry | USA }} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship}} {{MedalGold|2006 United States|Team}} }}
'''Khadijah Rushdan''' (born December 5, 1988) is an American former basketball player. She played college basketball at Rutgers, and was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the second round of the 2012 WNBA draft. Currently, she is the head coach of the Delaware State Hornets women's basketball team. She was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.
==College career== Rushan was a first team All-Big East selection her last year at Rutgers. Rushdan led the Big East her junior year in Assist to Turnover Ratio. She is one of two players in Rutgers women's basketball history to record a triple-double.<ref>{{Cite web|last=NJ.com|first=Mike Vorkunov {{!}} NJ Advance Media for|date=2012-04-16|title=Rutgers' Khadijah Rushdan, April Sykes selected in WNBA Draft by L.A. Sparks|url=https://www.nj.com/rutgerswomen/2012/04/rutgers_khadijah_rushdan_selec.html|access-date=2021-06-23|website=nj|language=en}}</ref> Rushdan is only one of two players in history to accumulate over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists.
===Rutgers statistics=== Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|title=NCAA® Career Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref>{{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2007–08 |Rutgers |8 |3 | – | – |75.0 |0.8 |0.4 |0.4 | – |0.4 |- |2008–09 |Rutgers |'''34''' |239 |41.4 |'''36.0''' |'''80.3''' |4.4 |2.4 |1.3 |0.3 |10.0 |- |2009–10 |Rutgers |32 |287 |39.9 |23.1 |78.4 |4.4 |3.6 |'''1.8''' |0.4 |11.0 |- |2010–11 |Rutgers |31 |366 |41.3 |20.0 |74.4 |5.8 |'''5.2''' |1.5 |0.4 |13.8 |- |2011–12 |Rutgers |30 |'''393''' |'''50.0''' |30.0 |79.1 |'''5.9''' |3.4 |1.5 |'''0.6''' |'''15.1''' |- |Career totals | |135 |1288 |43.1 |27.8 |76.4 |5.8 |3.4 |1.4 |0.4 |14.5 |}
==Professional career== ===Player=== Rushdan was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the second round, with the 15th overall pick, of the 2012 WNBA draft. She played in the 2012 WNBA preseason. However, she strained her groin, which caused her to miss the 2012 WNBA season.<ref>[http://archive.delawareonline.com/article/20120517/SPORTS11/305170050/Rushdan-retains-WNBA-hopes Other Sports | The News Journal | delawareonline.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/khadijah_rushdan/career_stats.html WNBA.com: Khadijah Rushdan Playerfile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827000635/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/khadijah_rushdan/career_stats.html |date=2014-08-27 }}</ref>
===Coach=== Rushdan was hired as Delaware State University women’s basketball coach on April 17, 2026.
==Other== She was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milfordlive.com/meet-the-2022-delaware-sports-hall-of-fame-inductees/|website=Milford LIVE!|title=Meet the 2022 Delaware Sports Hall of Fame inductees|date=May 26, 2022|author=Winchell, Jason}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120318011136/http://espn.go.com/espnw/journeys-victories/7680575/2012-ncaa-tournament-rutgers-scarlet-knights-senior-khadijah-rushdan-succeed 2012 NCAA tournament – Rutgers standout senior Khadijah Rushdan has will to succeed- ESPN]
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