Stephen Curry is among the premier scorers in the NBA, but Monday the two-time NBA MVP handed out a big-time assist.
An avid golfer, Curry announced he will make a seven-figure donation to start NCAA Division I men’s and women’s golf teams at Howard University.
Howard will become the 34th black college to have golf, although it had Division II teams decades ago.
Curry committed to help fund the program for six years starting with the 2020-21 school year.
“Today is obviously a historic opportunity for not just Howard, but I think all historically Black colleges and universities,” Howard president Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick said Monday during a press conference at the Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C., where Curry’s gift was officially announced.
Curry was inspired to support launching a golf program during a January conversation with Howard senior Otis Ferguson, who like Curry is an avid golfer. Curry and the Golden State Warriors were in Washington to play the Wizards and the team visited the Howard campus to view a screening of “Emanuel,” a documentary about the shooting of nine Black worshippers at a church in Charleston, S.C.
The two talked about their love for golf. Ferguson told Curry how he turned down an offer to play on the college level to attend Howard, which, like most HBCUs, didn’t have a golf team.
