Sonya Curry

Sonya Alicia Curry (née Adams; born May 30, 1966) is the mother of the American basketball players Stephen Curry and Seth Curry. Early life Sonya Alicia Adams was born in Radford, Virginia, to Cleive and Candy Adams. They lived in extreme poverty and frequently had racist experiences with the Ku Klux Klan. In high school, Adams played volleyball, track and field, and basketball. She matriculated at Virginia Tech as a student athlete, where she played volleyball, earning all-conference honors in the Metro Conference as a junior. She received a degree in education. According to her best friend and college roommate, the volleyball team was popular largely due to Adams. Adams met her future husband, Dell Curry, at Virginia Tech. During her official recruiting visit to the school, she was watching the men's basketball practice when they noticed each other. Career Curry is president of the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina, which she founded in 1995. Her children attended the school.