Breanna Stewart Is ‘Ready to Start a New Chapter’ with the Liberty as She Balances Basketball and Motherhood

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.

“Going overseas is always tough,” Stewart, who shares one-year-old daughter Ruby with her wife Marta Xargay, tells PEOPLE, “but when you’re going overseas with your family, it’s a little bit harder.”

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.

As a new mom, and the only mom on her new team, Stewart (whose fans call her Stewie) says she’s excited to allow Ruby to “experience things most one-year-olds don’t get to experience.”

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