Basketball - Alba Women: Grigoleit on Farewell Tour - Mulligan stays
The German master Alba Berlin is making personnel adjustments. As the basketball players announced, the contracts of build-up player Stefi Grigoleit and center Maggie Mulligan were extended by one year each. The 34-year-old Grigoleit announced that this would be her last active season.
"Basketball has accompanied me since I was twelve years old through all the heights and depths of life, shaped and made me into the person I am today," the native Magdeburger, who joined Berlin two years ago, is quoted in the statement. "This season will be something very special for me. I will enjoy every second of it."
Alba had already extended the contracts of Lena Gohlisch, Lucy Reuß, Theresa Simon, Marie Bertholdt, and Tessa Stammberger in anticipation of the first EuroCup season, as well as strengthened the squad with inside player Emily Kiser.
Despite these changes in Alba Berlin, the women's Bundesliga team is eager for the upcoming season. Fans in Berlin and across Germany are looking forward to Alba Berlin's farewell tour, as Stefi Grigoleit, a key player, has announced her retirement after extending her contract for one more year. Although Alba Berlin's men's team, Alba Berlin, is also Making personnel adjustments, it's the women's team that has captured the headlines with Grigoleit's announcement.
