Diné pitcher leads Farmington softball team atop the mound

Posted by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi | Mar 26, 2015 | Baseball |

FARMINGTON, N.M.

Farmington High School pitcher Jordan “JoJo” Curry makes her pitch during the 10th annual Scorpion Invitational Tournament last weekend. Curry, 18, is the leading pitcher for the Lady Scorpions and will play for Black Hills State University in South Dakota next season. (Times photo – Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi)

When Jordan Curry was born, her parents were sure she was going to grow up to be a great basketball player.

Johnny and Rochelle Curry, who stand over and around 6-feet tall, both played college basketball and figured their first-born would be a natural.

“We just kind of naturally thought ‘OK, we’re basketball players, she’s going to be tall we know that’, but she just flat refused from day one,” he said. “She had nothing to do with it.”

It was probably because Jordan Curry was born to play softball, even if she didn’t know it.

Flash forward about 10 years and Curry is not only the leading pitcher for Farmington High School but has also earned a college scholarship to pitch for Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D.

Jordan Curry, who is half Navajo and Caucasian, said it’s something she never imagined she’d do considering her introduction to the sport was far from exciting.

She said as a child her parents signed her up for various sports to see what she’d like, and eventually softball grew on her.

“They signed me up for softball and I cried the first day of practice because I didn’t want to go, then after that I loved it,” she said.