Brink, 23, won an NCAA championship with Stanford before being selected by the Sparks with the second pick of the 2024 WNBA draft. The 6-foot 4-inch defensive powerhouse said she would not give her full effort against male players selected via the tryout.

When Cameron Brink’s Los Angeles Sparks team put out a call for men to try out to practice against the WNBA players, there was a strong social media response, some of which left Brink “icked out.”