Steph Curry graduates, has quantity retired as he is inducted into Davidson Faculty's Corridor of Fame

"However each single individual that I received to play with, that coached me, assist me once I was harm and injured and looking for methods to get again on the court docket. All the college and employees that supported me via my three years right here. I actually really feel like because of this this issues a lot.

"And I used to be attempting to determine the way to actually embrace this second as a result of my mother stated, 'I do not know if anyone's had a solo commencement of this magnitude earlier than,' but it surely hit me simply seeing, , acquainted faces, buddies, folks that you just went to battle with, those that believed in you earlier than even anyone else within the nation knew what we had been about, set the desk for me to come back into this neighborhood and simply be snug to be myself and to remain within the current and never placing any additional strain on simply being a tremendous school athlete and having fun with the journey of what it meant to be a pupil right here on this lovely campus."

Curry grew to become the primary Davidson athlete in any sport to have his jersey quantity retired. The varsity has a rule that athletes should have a level for a jersey to be retired.

Throughout his time on the school -- which is situated about 25 miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina, the place the four-time NBA champion grew up -- Curry blossomed right into a future star.

In three seasons, Curry completed his distinguished profession because the Southern Convention's all-time main scorer. He set the convention profession report for triples made (414) and set an NCAA report with 162 three-pointers in 2008. Curry was named first-team all-conference all three years and was a consensus All-American in 2009.

Curry was honored with speeches from his mother and father, Sonya and Dell, and his former coach Bob McKillop, amongst others.

"To earn this diploma, you confirmed dedication and perseverance," Davidson president Doug Hicks stated through the ceremony.

"It will have been really easy, so simple to not full your school diploma. But in response to that concept, you probably did what you probably did to 29 different NBA organizations, you stated, 'Evening, night time.'"

Curry, who performed for the school between 2006 and 2009, was drafted with the seventh decide of the 2009 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.

With the San Francisco-based workforce, Curry has developed right into a league-altering participant, his lethalness from the three-point vary nearly singlehandedly altering the best way groups have performed offense and protection.

Within the 2012/13 season, Curry set the report for many three-pointers in a season, a report he additional broke two instances. On December 14, 2021, Curry set the NBA report for profession three-pointers, passing Ray Allen.

In his 13 years within the NBA, Curry has gained the NBA title 4 instances -- most not too long ago final season -- been named NBA Most Invaluable Participant twice and is an eight-time All-Star.