Warriors star Steph Curry returns to his alma mater Davidson for unique honor originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The list of ideas for Davidson College to honor Warriors star Steph Curry has to be running low.
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But his alma mater found another way Tuesday afternoon, when they welcomed their assistant general manager of the university’s basketball programs back on campus for the official renaming of I-77 Exit 30 to Stephen Curry Interchange.
“This is my forever home,” Curry said after the new signage was unveiled, via The Charlotte Observer.
“For me to be able to represent so many people that made this possible, I hope that that’s what they feel. A diploma is one thing. An elite achievement is another thing. This [sign] is another. I might be stealing the sign to take it home.”
Curry’s wife Ayesha and his Golden State teammates Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody were in attendance for the momentous affair, which took place during halftime of the Davidson Wildcats’ 89-83 overtime loss to the Duquesne Dukes.
Curry played three seasons at Davidson from 2006 to 2009, where he was named a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year, consensus All-American and NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player before he was selected by the Warriors with the No. 7 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.
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In the summer of 2022, shortly after the Warriors’ fourth NBA championship, Curry had his No. 30 jersey retired by the school, was inducted into its Hall of Fame and officially earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. In March 2025, Davidson named Curry assistant GM of the college’s basketball programs, making him the first active player in U.S. pro sports to take an administrative job with an NCAA team.
“You’ve represented our values of leadership and service,” Davidson College president Douglas Hicks said Tuesday during the ceremony. “You’ve lifted up youth from Ada Jenkins Center here in Davidson to schools across Oakland.
“Everybody knows that the entrance to Davidson is Exit 30, and we hope that your heart will always lead you back to [the town of] Davidson and Davidson College.”
With a fitting ceremony on Dec. 30 for No. 30 officially done, the Warriors now look ahead to facing Curry’s hometown Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday at Spectrum Center.
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