When Isaiah Stewart was young, his parents, Dela and Shameka Holloway, split. Despite their breakup, they are still on good terms. Dela and Shameka are Isaiah’s strongest supporters, and they were with him as he revealed his intention to attend Washington in 2019. As a kid, Isaiah lived with his mother, but he and his brother, Martin, eventually moved in with their father. Isaiah was an avid athlete growing up, having participated in football and boxing as children. He switched to basketball owing to his height. By the age of 12, he had grown to around 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 meters).
Isaiah, a consensus five-star recruit, rose to prominence as one of the best players in the 2019 class throughout his high school career. On January 21, 2019, he agreed to play collegiate basketball for Washington. After finishing college, Stewart started his NBA career, getting selected 16th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2020 NBA draft. Currently, Isaiah Stewart II plays for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA.
Isaiah Stewart’s Parents: Dela Stewart and Shameka Holloway
Dela and Shameka Holloway welcomed their son Isaiah Stewart into the world on May 22, 2001, in Rochester, New York. His father, Dela Stewart, is from Saint Mary, a hamlet in northeast Jamaica. After leaving school, he worked as a fisherman in Jamaica before taking a sugar cane-cutting job in South Florida in the late 1970s. Dela relocated to America when he was twenty years old. He was part of a scheme that wanted workers down near the Everglades to chop sugar cane.
Dela opted to stay in America after coming, and it was in Rochester that he met Isaiah’s mother, Shameka Holloway. Isaiah’s parents split when he was young, and he lived with his mother until moving in with his father. Despite their split, Isaiah’s parents have been supportive throughout his journey. They were there as Isaiah pledged to Washington in 2019, displaying their undying support for his accomplishments.
Isaiah Has a Close Bond with His Father
NBA star Isaiah has a better relationship with his father than with his mother. He even lived with his father till he attended college.
Stewart praises his father for instilling in him the confidence and hard work that he still has now. He explains, “I simply saw my father work so hard. At an early age, he demonstrated to me the value of hard effort and work ethic. That’s simply something inside of me; it’s how I live my life.” Dela made significant sacrifices for his kids and family. He left his family behind, never seeing his parents again until they died. He desired a better life and did not want his children to share his experiences. He did, however, want his children to have the same values and work ethic that made him who he was.
