Now On Naismith Watch List

STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior Cameron Brink is one of 50 players under consideration for the 2024 Naismith Women's College Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Friday.
 
The Atlanta Tipoff Club administers the Naismith Awards, which have become the most prestigious national honors in all of college basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, the Naismith Trophy recognizes the top Men's and Women's College Basketball Players of the Year.
 
Brink is also on watch lists for the Wade Trophy and Lisa Leslie Award and is a preseason Associated Press All-American. Stanford has had two players take home the Naismith National Player of the Year honors, Jennifer Azzi in 1990 and Kate Starbird in 1997.
 
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 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).
 
The nation's leading active shot blocker with 297 in her career, Brink will enter her senior season looking to become the 17th Division I player with 400 career rejections. Oregon State's Ruth Hamblin (2013-16) owns the Pac-12 record with 425 career blocks.
 
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.