Passing on the Remarkable Athletic Genes, Know All About Cameron Brink’s Parents

Initially, Cameron Brink’s sports journey was not that happening as she showed huge disinterest in imbibing athletic activities in her early life. As a result, to give her a nudge, her parents introduced her to different sports. At first, volleyball caught her interest, however, she naturally shifted her focus to playing basketball. Standing tall at 6-foot-4, Cameron instantly became a remarkable player who had outstanding skills along with a winning mindset. After playing for about 3 seasons for Southridge High School, Brink transferred to Mountainside High for her senior season. As a 5-star recruit, she joined the Stanford Cardinals in 2020.

Last season she delivered an impressive performance with 14.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. However, she scored a whopping 111 blocks and became a key contributor to her team. In addition. she displayed outstanding scores of 25 points with 15 rebounds in a winning matchup against #8 Arizona. Moreover, she scored a career-high 26 points and 14 rebounds in a win against USC. Given her excellent athleticism, she has outstanding scoring and rebounding skills. Evident that athleticism runs in her blood, let’s learn about Cameron Brink’s creators.

Meet Cameron Brink’s parents

This season, Cameron has been averaging 18.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. She is shooting with a field goal percentage of 57.9%. Her performance has been instrumental to the Cardinals’ success. However, she is not the first athlete in her family. Born in Princeton (New Jersey), Cameron Brink brought warmth into her parents Greg and Michelle Bain’s life in the chilly winter of December and both of them were also basketball players during college.

During his college career, Greg Brink played 75 games for Virginia Tech while averaging 5.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game. Notably, Greg played with Steph and Seth Curry’s father, Dell Curry. However, his career took a giant leap after he completed college as he joined NIKE in 2007.

After working for four years as the CEO of Nike North America till 2010, Greg and his family moved to the Netherlands in 2011. There he served as the CEO of Nike EMEA to facilitate the company’s expansion in the European market.

After spending two and a half years in Europe, Greg flew back to Oregon and became the VP of GM Nike Only Stores. Later on, he was promoted to the position of VP of Supply Chain of Nike of the entire Asia Pacific Latin American region. Fast forward to 2021 August, Greg joined the board members at Holla Mentors for a year till 2022 September. Currently, he is retired from his position as VP of Supply Chain, APLA of Nike.

Now, talking about Cameron’s mother, Michelle Bain Brink holds the position of Marketing Manager of Nike’s women’s footwear. Her accomplishments as a college basketball athlete are quite impressive. For starters, she has been a member of the Virginia Tech 1000-point club as she finished her college basketball career with 1068 points. Moreover, she ranks 18th on the school’s all-time scoring list. She is also a 1988 All-Metro Conference Second Team selection, along with Tech’s senior single-season field goal percentage leader in shooting with 56.4% (204-362) during the 1987-88 season.

Further, Michelle holds the 7th position in scoring the most points in the program’s history with a 29-point performance against Florida State. During the 1987-88 season, she led her team with a scoring average of 16.8 with 471 points, a rebounding average of 7.7 with 215 rebounds, and a field goal percentage of .564 with 204 field goals and 63 free throws. Impressively, she ranks 10th in career field goals made with a total of 447 goals, 9th in rebounds with 619 rebounds, and 3rd in blocks with 109 blocks.

Her on-court success has left an everlasting legacy in the history of Virginia Tech Basketball. However, besides being Cameron’s parents and former athletes, there is another interesting side to their story.

The story of Greg and Michelle Bain Brink

Their story began in 1985 when the couple met each other while attending Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Interestingly, Greg and Michelle’s story was about love in formation as they both were awarded basketball scholarships and practiced in adjacent facilities, connected by a shared hallway. Every day the two would light-heartedly interact as friends.

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Although their conversations were pleasant, however, it was Michelle who took the initiative to elevate their relationship beyond the vicinity of friendship, as Greg’s looming introverted nature held him back from expressing his feelings for Michelle.

They then started dating and after spending a decade together, they eventually walked down the aisle in 1996.

Cameron is an incredible basketball player, given her achievements in her college career so far. Last week Brink was named as the Pac-12 women’s basketball Player of the Week, which was presented by Nextiva. Notably, it was her career’s 10th Player of the Week Award after she averaged 18 points, 17 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks against Washington State.

The Pac-12 Player of the Week is touching new heights as she was named to the John R. Wooden Award Women’s Midseason Top 25 Players. The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced on Wednesday. Evident by these accolades, her path just keeps getting better and better.

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