STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior Cameron Brink is one of 20 players on the watch list for the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday. The annual award in its seventh year recognizes the top center in women's college basketball.
The selection committee is composed of top women's college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers. By late January, the watch list of 20 players will be narrowed to 10. In late February, five finalists will be presented to Leslie and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. Fans will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite finalist at www.hoophallawards.com.
The two-time reigning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Brink is coming off a junior season in which she finished second nationally with a school-record 118 blocks and was third in the country in blocks per game (3.47). The 2023 WBCA Defensive Player of the Year was also one of just two players to average at least 15.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game last season (Taiyanna Jackson – Kansas) and recorded the program's first triple-double with blocks when she had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 rejections in a win over Oregon on Jan. 29. A WBCA All-American as both a sophomore and junior, Brink is one of three multiple-time WBCA All-Americans in the country this season (Caitlin Clark – Iowa; Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech).
Brink and the Cardinal begin their regular season at home on Wednesday, Nov. 8 against Hawai'i (7 p.m.). Season tickets, mini plans, group tickets, and single game seats are now on sale by visiting tickets.gostanford.com or calling 800-STANFORD.
In addition to its television broadcast schedule, every Cardinal game this upcoming season will again be carried via GoStanford.com's audio stream with Kevin Danna and Tim Swartz splitting play-by-play duties.