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Letter To Stephen Curry

By BWT Staff, 12/13/18, 11:15AM EST

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9-Year-Old Girl Reaches Out To NBA Star

Last week, a young Stephen Curry fan, Riley Morrison wrote an open letter to to him, in which she says she was disappointed to see his shoes were listed for boys only. “I know you support girl athletes because you have two daughters and you host an all-girls basketball camp,” she wrote. “I hope you can work with Under Armour to change this because girls want to rock the Curry 5’s too.”

Curry, who has been working with the Baltimore-based company since 2013, was quick to respond. A few days later, he posted a letter to Morrison on Twitter saying he’d spent the past two days working with the company to fix the issue. “We are correcting this now!” he said.

Under Armour stressed in a statement that they are “correcting a simple yet critical error.” The company will start listing the shoes under co-gender “Grade School” sizing and will make the same change on shoe boxes starting with the Curry 6s next year.

Curry drew praise earlier this year for hosting a free all-girls camp in California. In his letter to Riley, Curry said that he’d send her a pair of the current shoes and that she would be one of the first kids to receive a pair of the next iteration. He also invited her to celebrate International Women’s Day with him next March.

At Basketball World Toronto, we celebrate inclusivity and gender equality in basketball. We’re happy to support girls and women who have a passion for basketball and will assist them the best we can with our services.