Stanford's Cameron Brink Declares for 2024 WNBA Draft; Projected Top-3 Pick

Stanford forward Cameron Brink declared for the 2024 WNBA draft Tuesday ahead of the NCAA tournament.

The senior is averaging 17.8 points, 11.9 rebounds and 3.5 blocks through 31 games this season. Her 20 made threes are also nearly twice as much as her previous career high.

Brink was widely considered one of the three cornerstones in the 2024 draft class alongside Iowa's Caitlin Clark and UConn's Paige Bueckers. With Bueckers returning to the Huskies for one more year, she's all but guaranteed to land second overall to the Los Angeles Sparks.

In the meantime, her focus will be on capturing a second national championship with the Cardinal.

Stanford came up short in the Pac-12 title game, losing 74-61 to JuJu Watkins and USC. ESPN's Charlie Creme still has the team as one of his four No. 1 seeds, so the defeat may not have been too costly in that respect.

That the Cardinal are even poised to lead a region of the bracket is a testament to Brink's season.

Expectations surrounding the team were somewhat tempered coming into the year. Stanford was 15th in the preseason AP Top 25 and 13th in the Coaches Poll, trailing Pac-12 rivals UCLA and Utah.

Brink has led the way on both ends to make a deep March Madness run look attainable. In addition to having a 33 percent usage rate — she's second on the Cardinal in points and assists — she ranks first nationally in rebounding rate (24.4 percent) and third in block percentage (13.3), according to Her Hoop Stats.

When it comes to the 2024 draft, Clark has dominated the conversation, and for good reason. She's the all-time leading scorer in Division I history and no women's player in modern history has stretched the floor to the degree she has.

But there's no question Brink's two-way abilities can make her a perennial All-Star at the next level. Her arrival couldn't be better timed for the Sparks, who are entering a genuine rebuild after longtime star Nneka Ogwumike left in free agency.