You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard the name, Sonya Curry. However, if his last name – Curry – reminds you of another person, a famous person, you’re probably right in your non-verbal assumption, but we’ll get to that. This 51-year-old African-American Haitian goddess is an American school administrator and sports lover, but her athletic inclinations will likely be what she and her family will remember most often.
Sonya Curry Biography, Height
Sonya is a real Virginia, born and bred. She spent her premarital life exclusively in Radford, Virginia, her birthplace. Her talent for sports began to show at Radford High School where she played basketball and volleyball. She also won state championships in both sports.
True to her roots, she chose to stay in Virginia for her college, opting for Virginia Tech. She eventually gave up basketball and decided to focus on volleyball. She continued to break records and didn’t have to wait long to do so either. In her freshman year, she led the Hokies 23-14 while racking up 57 aces, making her the sixth-most single-season aces holder in Virginia Tech history.
His colorful career with the Hokies culminated with a 69-70 record in his senior year and admission to the All-Metro team. Considering the fact that Sonya is only 5ft 3in (1.60m), it’s surprising to reconcile that with her successes. We know what successful athletes look like – big and intimidating. Maybe it’s in his genes.
Sonya Curry graduated with a primary education and a minor in family studies but not before meeting Dell, who would later be her husband. He was an athlete himself and played a key role for the Hokies basketball team during this time. As the story goes, his coach invited him to one of their games and he asked her out when the game was over. Maybe it was their mutual love for the sport or maybe it was something more. Either way, they clicked, their relationship blossomed, and they got married in 1988. Dell Curry’s draft by the Charlotte Hornets would ultimately be the factor that took Sonya out of her home country so that she had moved to Charlotte with her husband after his recruitment.
Sport isn’t the only thing that Sonya Curry shows on her own. She is a religious person and her Christian faith is very evident in the career path she has charted for herself. In 1995, she opened the doors of the Charlotte Montessori School of Lake Norman. It is a legal and private, non-profit and charitable academic institution that adopts – as its name suggests – the Montessori method of learning to holistically unleash creativity, independence and the desire to learn. children.
His faith became even more evident when in the 2004/2005 academic year, they were finally granted permission to move to an all-Christian Montessori school, which took the school name – Lake Norman Montessori Christian School. The institution accepts children from 15 months to 6 years old of all races, colors, creeds and national heritages. They are also approved by the North Carolina Department of Non-Public Instruction and are full members of the American Montessori Society.
Sonya Curry Ethnicity, Parents, Family
One thing for sure, whether you see her in person or look through her Instagram feed is that Sonya is a ravishing beauty and probably always smitten. She certainly had the best part of her parents’ genes. She was born on May 30, 1966 in Radford, Virginia to an African father, Cleive Ester Adams, and a Haitian mother, Candy Adams.
The union of Sonya and her husband, Dell is evident in the beauty of their children, Stephen, Seth and Sydel. But she and her husband gave their children more than looks; they also passed the sporting torch of the family. Their first son, Stephen Curry, born in 1988, is a two-time Golden State Warriors MVP. Seth, born in 1990, is a point guard for the Sacramento Kings; and Sydel, born in 1994, played on the women’s volleyball team while at Elon University.
Factor in her husband’s illustrious career as a professional NBA basketball player, and you begin to see the shape of an NBA family heirloom that is sure to leave us drooling with pride and envy in equal measure.
