Temple University women's basketball alumna Khadija Bowens has faced many challenges throughout her life, but she has always faced everything with grit, determination and resilience. The game has given her many opportunities and has allowed her to turn around and use her platform through basketball to help others, which is why she lives by the motto "bigger than basketball."
The North Philly product grew up idolizing former Temple women's basketball coach and North Philly native Dawn Staley, repping Staley's number five on every jersey she wore. Eventually, Bowens' hard work would pay off when she received a full athletic scholarship to play for Coach Staley and the Temple Owls in 2001.