Curry starts fund for Davidson’s female athletes

5:58 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha, are collaborating with Davidson College to launch the Curry Family Womens Athletics Initiative, a scholarship endowment focused on elevating womens athletics at the two-time NBA MVPs alma mater. The Currys are contributing an undisclosed amount to start a scholarship fund with hopes of encouraging other donors. The goal is to have an immediate impact on Davidsons more than 200 female athletes. In an Instagram video announcing the initiative, captioned in part, This one hits home Curry noted the role women have played in his life, including his two daughters, Riley, 9, and Ryan, 6. The reason I am who I am today is also because of strong, powerful women who have poured into my life all these years, Curry said, adding, Now, as the father of two girls I want them to grow up without any boundaries on their futures. The Currys gift and vision provide an unprecedented push forward for Davidson Athletics and our exceptional scholar-athletes, Davidson athletic director Chris Clunie said in a statement. Beyond Davidson, the Currys are sending an important message about addressing the broad inequity in womens athletics and the importance of unlocking opportunities today and into the future. Curry has made his stance on the discrepancies between mens and womens collegiate sports known over the years calling out the NCAA for the disparity between the basketball amenities at the NCAA tournament bubbles in March and writing a Players Tribune piece in 2018 about how the fight for womens equality had grown a little more personal for him as he raised his girls; the Currys also have a 3-year-old son, Canon. Davidson currently has the equivalent of 26.13 scholarships across its womens teams, with 13 committed to womens basketball a tally that trails those of its Atlantic 10 competitors. The NCAA maximum for these programs is 105. Curry was a breakout star in 2008 while leading the Wildcats to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. He was selected by the Warriors in the first round a year later. The post Curry starts fund for Davidsons female athletes appeared first on Patabook Sports.

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