Sonya Curry

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Sonya Alicia Curry (née Adams; born May 30, 1966) is an American educator and author. She is the mother of professional basketball players Stephen Curry and Seth Curry.

Sonya Alicia Adams was born in Radford, Virginia, to Cleive and Candy Adams. Adams is African-American. Some media outlets have described Adams as having both Black and Caucasian ancestry, while her daughter, Sydel Curry-Lee, has publicly clarified that their family is Black and not mixed, writing that “we are just light”. The Adamses lived in poverty and experienced racism, including encounters with the Ku Klux Klan. At Radford High School, Adams participated in volleyball, track and field, and basketball; she then matriculated at Virginia Tech. At Virginia Tech, she played volleyball, earning all-conference honors in the Metro Conference as a junior. Adams earned 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. She…