1. Cameron Lee Brink was born on December 31,2001 and is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.
48 Facts About Cameron Brink
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Cameron Brink attended Mountainside High School and Southridge High School, both in her hometown of Beaverton, Oregon, where she was a McDonald's All-American and ranked the number three player in her class by ESPN.
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Cameron Brink has won two gold medals with the United States at the youth international level and led the national 3x3 team to the 2023 FIBA 3x3 World Cup title, where she was named the tournament's most valuable player.
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Cameron Brink was born on December 31,2001, in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Cameron Brink lived in Amsterdam for three years, from age eight, because of her parents' jobs at Nike and returned to the United States before starting sixth grade.
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Cameron Brink was not initially interested in basketball, preferring art as a child and being drawn to volleyball after watching the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Cameron Brink began playing basketball after attending a camp held by her godfather, Dell Curry, while her family was visiting Curry's family in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Cameron Brink played basketball for Southridge High School in Beaverton, Oregon for three seasons under head coach Mike Bergmann.
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Cameron Brink's team won all 26 games against in-state opponents by double digits.
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Cameron Brink was named Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year.
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Cameron Brink led her team to the 6A state final and received USA Today Oregon Player of the Year honors, while repeating as Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year.
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Cameron Brink averaged 19.7 points, 13.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.5 blocks per game as a senior.
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Cameron Brink missed five games with a high ankle sprain and played through injury at the state tournament.
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Cameron Brink was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic, which were both canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cameron Brink helped the team win its first state championship as a sophomore, recording nine kills and five blocks against Central Catholic High School in the Class 6A final.
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Cameron Brink was considered a five-star recruit and the number three player in the 2020 class by ESPN.
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Cameron Brink described Stanford as her dream school and was drawn there by her relationships with head coach Tara VanDerveer and assistant coach Kate Paye.
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Cameron Brink felt that attending the university would benefit her after her playing career due to its strong academic prowess.
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Cameron Brink had received an offer from Stanford after a camp at age 13, where she impressed then-assistant coach Amy Tucker during a scrimmage against a college team.
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Cameron Brink was named to the all-tournament team after Stanford won the Pac-12 tournament.
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Cameron Brink set a program single-season record with 88 blocks.
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Cameron Brink helped Stanford win the Pac-12 tournament, where she was named to the all-tournament team.
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Cameron Brink earned Pac-12 Player of the Year from the media, Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, All-Pac-12 Team and All-Defensive Team honors.
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Cameron Brink was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press and United States Basketball Writers Association, and made the Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-America team.
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Cameron Brink received the WBCA Defensive Player of the Year award as the top defensive player in the nation.
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Cameron Brink earned second-team All-American honors from the AP and the USBWA, while repeating as a WBCA All-American.
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Cameron Brink ranked third among Division I players in blocks per game and broke her own single-season program record with 118 blocks.
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Cameron Brink was selected as Pac-12 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year by the league's coaches and media.
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Cameron Brink made her third All-Pac-12 and conference All-Defensive teams.
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On March 12, Cameron Brink declared for the 2024 WNBA draft.
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Cameron Brink was selected as the second pick of the 2024 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.
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Cameron Brink made her WNBA professional debut on May 4,2024 in the Sparks' first pre-season game.
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The next day, it was announced Cameron Brink suffered a torn ACL, prematurely ending her season.
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On December 17,2024, Cameron Brink signed a multiyear deal with the Lunar Owls for the inaugural 2025 season of Unrivaled, the women's 3-on-3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
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Cameron Brink represented the United States at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup in Belarus.
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Cameron Brink averaged 3.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, as her team won the gold medal.
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Cameron Brink helped the United States win another gold medal at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Thailand, averaging 2.0 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.
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Cameron Brink played for the United States national 3x3 team at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Austria.
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Cameron Brink helped her team win the gold medal and was named tournament MVP after leading the competition with 39 rebounds and 10 blocks.
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Cameron Brink was initially named to the United States 3x3 team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Cameron Brink's family are close friends with the family of National Basketball Association player Stephen Curry, whose mother, Sonya, is Brink's godmother.
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Cameron Brink's mother was roommates with Sonya at Virginia Tech, where her father played on the basketball team.
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Cameron Brink began dating Ben Felter on March 10,2021, after meeting at Stanford University where they were both student athletes.
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Cameron Brink had been in Paris attending the Balenciaga fashion show.
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Cameron Brink has advocated for the destigmatization of mental health, publicly sharing her personal struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic and the benefits of counseling.
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Cameron Brink was estimated to be one of the highest-earning women's college basketball players from name, image and likeness deals.
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Later that year, Cameron Brink became the first female basketball player to sign with New Balance.
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Cameron Brink has signed deals with Urban Outfitters and Netflix.