CAMERON Brink was a forward — and a powerhouse — for the Stanford Cardinal women’s basketball team.
Now that Cameron Brink’s college career has come to an end and she has declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft, her fans and followers are wondering if her boyfriend, Ben Felter, will join her on her next WNBA adventure.
Who is Cameron Brink’s boyfriend Ben?
Ben Felter was born on January 6, in Palo Alto, California.
Felter attended Palo Alto High School, where he was a student Scout and a member of the school’s water polo, golf, robotics and cross-country teams.
After graduation, Felter received a scholarship to attend Stanford University.
He is part of the men’s rowing team, where he acts as the team’s starboard, the rower with an oar on the starboard or sweeper’s right.
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Felter has a degree in computer science and is expected to graduate from Stanford in 2024.
According to his Instagram, when he’s not paddling, he’s an avid surfer and even taught his girlfriend a few things about the sport.
“The Best Teacher”, Cameron Brink captioned a postfilled with images of the pair surfing, alongside surfing and white heart emojis.
Felter also appears to enjoy spending time outdoors, hiking, camping, and fishing.
According to your LinkedInFelter was a software engineering intern at Kaladin from June to August 2022.
He has held two part-time jobs since August 2022, including as a Program Manager at Riverside Research and as a Portfolio Analyst at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Data Analytics.
Felter describes himself as a “disciplined, self-driven Stanford student with demonstrated leadership and commitment to excellence” who is also “seeking opportunities to serve, contribute and learn.”
On March 10, 2024, he celebrated his three-year dating anniversary with his girlfriend.
“Three years together, a day to celebrate the soul that completes me”, he captioned the postfull of photos of the happy couple.
Who is Cameron Brink?
Cameron Lee Brink was born on December 31, 2001, in Princeton, New Jersey.
As a child, she spent a few years living abroad in Amsterdam due to her parents’ careers at Nike.
After returning to the United States in sixth grade, Brink began playing volleyball after developing an interest in the sport while watching the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She began playing basketball after attending a camp organized by her godfather and later joined a basketball club in Beaverton, Oregon.
As a sophomore at Southridge High School, Brink was named Oregon’s Gatorade Player of the Year.
During her junior season, she led her team to the state final and was named, for the second year in a row, Oregon’s Gatorade Player of the Year.
After transferring to Mountainside High School during her senior year, Brink was selected to play in the Jordan Brand Classic and the McDonald’s All American Game.
Both events were canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After receiving offers from several colleges, including Oregon and UConn, Brink committed to her “dream school”, Stanford University, after developing a good relationship with head coach Tara VanDerveer and assistant coach Kate Paye.
While at Stanford, where he graduated in CommunicationBrink has received several dozen awards and accolades, including being named NCAA champion in 2021 and receiving the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year title in 2023.
On March 12, 2024, just weeks before her college graduation, Brink declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft, which will be held on April 15, 2024.
Brink is considered one of the highest-earning women’s college basketball players under name, image and likeness (NIL) agreements.
In early 2023, she signed with Chegg, and later that same year, she also became the first female basketball player to sign with New Balance.
His net worth is estimated to be between $1 and $2 million, thanks in part to sponsorships and brand deals with Urban Outfitters, Netflix, and Bumble, among others.
In addition to basketball, Brink is a proud member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, calling the experience “a great opportunity to meet people who aren’t athletes or people I see all the time,” she said, as reported by People.
“I feel like I can leave here thinking I have a great group of friends: athletes and non-athletes.”
“Honestly, it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” she added.
She is also a rising female sports influencer with almost 500,000 followers on Instagram and more than 200,000 followers on TikTok.
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How does Cameron Brink know Stephen Curry?
Cameron Brink may be the most famous athlete in her family, but her family also has ties to one of the most popular basketball players of this generation.
Brink is a family friend of NBA Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry.
Curry is known as one of the best shooters of all time and has received numerous awards and accolades throughout his career, including:
- Four-time NBA champion
- Two-time NBA MVP
- NBA Finals MVP
- NBA All-Star Game MVP
- NBA Western Conference Finals MVP
- Two-time NBA scoring champion
- 10-time NBA All-Star
- Nine-time ALL-NBA selection
- Two-time FIBA World Cup gold medal winner as part of the USA Men’s National Team
Although Brink and Curry are 13 years apart in age, the pair have known each other since Brink’s childhood.
Brink’s mother, Michelle Bain-Brink, was a roommate of Curry’s mother, Sonya, at Virginia Tech.
While Michelle and Sonya lived together, Brink’s father, Michelle’s then-boyfriend Greg, played basketball with Curry’s father – Sonya’s then-boyfriend – Dell Curry.
Stephen Curry’s mother, Sonya, is Brink’s godmother, and his father, Dell Curry, is Brink’s godfather.
Brink also credits going to one of Dell’s basketball camps as a pre-teen for inspiring her to pursue the sport.
“I wasn’t really into sports,” Brink said, recalling his youth when he preferred attending art camps to sports camps, as reported by ESPN.
One summer, when the Brink family was visiting Curry’s in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brink spent half a day at Dell’s basketball camp.
She ended up enjoying the sport and, while still in fifth grade, tried out for – and joined – the sixth grade basketball team.
To this day, Brink has a close relationship with the Curry family, including Stephen and his brother, Seth, who also plays for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets.
Brink says the pair have “always been very supportive” on and off the court.
“They will be a great shoulder to lean on through all of this,” she said, referring to her transition to the WNBA.
“They’re both huge role models for me, so their support means a lot,” Brink added.
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