Stanford basketball star Cameron Brink is having a massive year. This month, the 22-year-old was named the 2024 Pac-12 Player of the Year, and was one of four players declared as a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year. (It’s her third time, NBD.)
She also just announced that she’ll be entering the 2024 WNBA draft, where she’s expected to be an early pick. The future is looking bright for Cameron.
On March 22, Cameron will start her final March Madness tournament when Stanford takes on the Norfolk State Spartans. But she’ll have a few famous names cheering her on: NBA stars Seth and Steph Curry.
But what, exactly, is Cameron’s relationship like with the Curry family, and how did they meet? Here’s what you need to know.
Steph and Cameron are god brother and sister.
In 2021, Steph shared during a press conference that Cameron’s mom and dad are his godparents. Meanwhile, his parents, Dell and Sonya, are godparents to Cameron, making he and Cameron godsiblings.
Cameron and Steph’s mothers first met and became roommates at Virginia Tech, per The Sun. Additionally, their fathers played on the college’s basketball team together, and the families have remained close ever since.
“It’s pretty awesome to watch [Cameron] grow up in the game,” Steph said in 2021. “I just love watching her play, love everything about her. She’ll be playing for a very long time.”
Cameron is also god siblings with Steph’s brother Seth and sister Sydel.
Cameron is also godsiblings to Steph’s brother Seth, who also plays for the NBA, and sister Sydel.
Earlier this month, the family came together to congratulate Cameron on declaring for the WNBA draft, with Steph calling it a “huge milestone.”
“League her!” he added.
Cameron later told People that Seth made a video for her as well, which meant a lot since “he’s the shyest, most soft-spoken person I know.”
“But him sending a video—and he looked genuinely excited—made me super happy,” she told the publication.
They spent family vacations together while growing up.
The Brink and Curry families have remained close ever since the parents met at college, per ESPN. They would go on summer vacations together when they were kids, and Cameron would watch the families play games before her mother eventually convinced her to join the Currys’ basketball camp. (She originally was more interested in art camp.)
“It’s a blessing to have such an amazing connection,” she told The Oregonian in 2018. “[Steph] is like my brother basically, so it’s just like seeing a family member you’ve known forever and someone you would run around with and goof off with, and then all of a sudden you see him on the cover of cereal boxes. It’s crazy because he’s such a normal person in your life, and thousands and thousands of people look up to him.”
They give each other basketball advice.
Cameron has shared that the relationship between the families is a helpful one, especially as she furthers her basketball career. “[The Currys] have all given me tips,” she told The Oregonian. “Shooting, ball handling, all of that stuff.”
But Cameron has done the same for Steph. When she was just eight years old, she told the basketball legend to “believe in himself” before a big March Madness game, per The Times-Herald.
Cameron told People earlier this month that the Currys’ continued support “means the world,” adding that she’ll be using them throughout the WNBA draft.
“They will be a great shoulder to lean on throughout it all,” she said.