Breanna Stewart

Breanna Mackenzie Stewart is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Womens National Basketball Association . Stewart was the first overall pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft. In high school, she was the National Gatorade Player of the Year, the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, and a McDonalds AllAmerican. Stewart played forward for the University of Connecticut Huskies womens basketball team. She led the Huskies to four national championships, was named the Final Fours most outstanding player a record four times, and was a threetime consensus national player of the year.

Stewart was born in Syracuse, New York, to Brian and Heather Stewart and has a younger brother named Connor. Breanna began playing basketball at an early age in fifth grade, she decided to improve her game. Now six feet four inches tall, she had always been tall for her age, which often meant coaches wanted her inside as a rebounder. However, her father thought it would help if she had ball handling skills and a perimeter shooting ability. Stewart started a routine of dribbling around her block, wearing headphones. She completed enough loops to cover a mile. She continued the routine almost every day, improving her ball handling to the point she routinely dribbled behind her back or between her legs. Even after heading off to college, she still does the routine at home.

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