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There’s no offseason for Breanna Stewart.
The WNBA star and mother, 28, is settling into her new home in Brooklyn, New York, just days after returning to the country from Turkey, where she helped lead her EuroLeague team Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding to a championship this season.
Stewart loves traveling abroad, and her experience this year with the European team was “great,” she says as she prepares to debut with the New York Liberty when the WNBA season starts on May 19.
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Stewart’s move to the Liberty makes the New York WNBA team a serious contender for this season’s title, something she’s very aware of. “I’m really excited for it, just excited to get there and be around the team,” she says.
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After becoming a face of the Seattle Storm organization, Stewart told theSeattle Timesshe decided to sign with the Liberty “to continue to be great” and to “continue to raise the standard” as a female athlete.
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Stewart is just one of 10 mothers playing in the WNBA, a unique challenge for both the players and the league. “I think the league tries to do the best they can to make sure that all the mothers have everything they need,” she tells PEOPLE.
According to Stewart, the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement offers mothers “way more maternity benefits” and resources, but she admits, “still, it’s hard.”
Road trips for away games are especially difficult for moms in the WNBA. “You want to have your family with you, but it’s not always the easiest to put your kid on a cross-country flight,” she says. Fortunately, “all of the teams have been very receptive to the kids” of players, says Stewart.
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The newest member of the Liberty says she and her family are “ready to start a new chapter” and she’s confident that “the New York Liberty is the perfect place to do it.”
source: people.com
