Maverick senior transferred from Southridge where she won two Class 6A state titles
Friday, December 20, 2019
Brink makes Mountainside girls hoops into a state title contender
Maverick senior transferred from Southridge where she won two Class 6A state titles
Sunday, December 15, 2019
CAMERON BRINK
Click to Cameron's USA Basketball bio
Position:Forward
Height: 6-4
Weight:
160
Age:
17
Year of Graduation:
2020
School:
Southridge H.S./#Stanford
Hometown:
Beaverton, OR
Canby girls basketball team knocks off Cameron and No. 3 Mountainside
Derek Wiley, pamplinmedia.com, December 11, 2019
The Mavericks, who entered the game 2-0 with wins over Clackamas and Sherwood, were ranked No. 3 in the Class 6A coaches poll largely due to the addition of 6-5 senior forward Cameron Brink, a Stanford commit and the No. 3 prospect in the country, according to ESPN's Class of 2020 rankings.
Brink, who transferred to Mountainside from Southridge, where she won two state titles, finished with 19 points to lead all scorers.
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Brooke and Mater Dei girls basketball fall to Long Beach Poly in OT in finals of Troy Classic
Brooke Demetre sank a 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime but it wasn’t enough to save Mater Dei’s girls basketball team from suffering its first loss Saturday night.
Long Beach Poly thrust itself into the CIF-SS Open Division conversation by defeating Orange County’s top-ranked team 51-46 in overtime in the finals of the Troy Classic.
Future Cardinals are MaxPreps high school girls basketball preseason All-Americans
Clay Kallam, maxpreps.com, November 19, 2019
Third Team
6-4 | Senior | Forward | Stanford
Brink transferred to a school closer to her home, and takes with her freakish athleticism for a 6-4 post, along with her 21.3 points and 11.1 rebounds per game.
Brooke Demetre, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
6-2 | Junior | Wing 2021 | Stanford
Demetre's numbers don't dazzle, but a 6-2 power player who can shoot 3-pointers and dominate the game in the paint is a valuable piece in any puzzle — and even more so in ultra-competitive Southern California.
5-7 | Senior | Guard | Stanford
Well, we could call our third team the Stanford All-Stars, as Van Gytenbeek, Demetre and Brink will combine to keep Tara VanDerveer on the sidelines for another five seasons — that is, if Tara likes winning.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Talented Trio Picks Stanford
Stanford's Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball Tara VanDerveer announced the signings of three highly-touted prep standouts to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday. Cameron Brink (Beaverton, Ore./Mountainside), Agnes Emma-Nnopu (Victoria, Australia/Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence) and Jana Van Gytenbeek (Greenwood Village, Colo./Cherry Creek) will join the Cardinal ahead of the 2020-21 campaign.
Stanford's class is again one of the nation's strongest, collectively rated No. 5 by espnW HoopGurlz.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Stanford's Aussie connection grows with Emma-Nnopu's commitment
so excited to announce my commitment to Stanford University. a massive thank you to my family, friends, coaches and everyone who made this dream come true. can’t wait to put on the red and join the card family in 2020 
#nerdnation
#nerdnationLachy France, pickandroll.com.au, October 13, 2019
It hasn’t taken long for legendary head coach Tara VanDerveer and Stanford to find another Aussie following the success of Alanna Smith, with Class of 2020 prospect Agnes Emma-Nnopu announcing her verbal commitment to the Cardinal.
Emma-Nnopu becomes the third Australian in the 2020 class to commit to a Pac-12 school...
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Mater Dei basketball standout Brooke Demetre found her ideal college.
The Register’s reigning player of the year has committed to Pac-12 contender Stanford, the junior-to-be announced on Instagram on Wednesday night.
“I felt the school was the perfect fit for me,” Demetre said of Stanford. “The coaching staff is great. The academics are incredible and I love the team. I already have close friends on the team.”
Demetre, a 6-foot-2 forward, made an unofficial recruiting trip to Stanford earlier this month and committed Tuesday.
Fran Belibi dunks over two girls at Stanford women's basketball camp
Logan Newman, usatodayhss.com, June 28, 2019
Just in case you haven’t heard, ALL-USA First Team selection and Stanford women’s basketball signee Francesca Belibi can dunk.
She can dunk with either hand.
She can throw down alley-oops (and completed the first in girls high school history at Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colorado)).
She can even jump over people.
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Belibi: Dunk-ready for Bangkok, drawing inspiration from LeBron and Serena
While the team-first concept is rightly at the top of the list for USA rising star Fran Belibi, she might still find herself catapulted further into the limelight by making FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup history.
The current buzz around the teenager could be about to rocket skywards if she becomes the first player to throw down a dunk at the event – something which is certainly not out of the question. You only have to take a look at her ever-expanding online collection of throw-downs, all of which are a sensation with fans around the globe.
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Meet Stanford-Bound Haley Jones, the Top-Ranked High School Women’s Player in the Country
- Haley Jones is the little engine that could.
Check that. Haley Jones is the big engine that can.
The 6-foot-1 guard, who played four years at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, without missing the academic honor roll, is simply spectacular. She creates shots, scores from everywhere and is an enthusiastic rebounder.
The Stanford-bound Jones, ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the espnW HoopGurlz Top 100, won the Naismith Trophy as the Girls’ High School Player of the Year.
How good is she? Jones passed three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings (beach volleyball) as Mitty’s all-time leading scorer with 2,127 points, and set the school career record for shooting percentage at 63%.
Thursday, May 02, 2019
Cardinals to U19 Trials
USA Basketball invited 30 players to training camp for the women's U19 World Cup team,
including current and future Cardinals Jenna Brown, Fran Belibi, Haley Jones, and Cameron Brink.
TRIO TO U19 TRIALS
Brown, Jones, and Belibi To Try Out For U19 World Cup Team
USA Basketball welcomes 30 players to U19 trials
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
With four ALL-USA recruits, is this Stanford women's basketball's best class ever?
Two days after Stanford bowed out of the Elite Eight, the ALL-USA national teams were announced.
Cardinal signees Haley Jones and Fran Belibi graced the First Teamwhile Ashten Prechtel was a Third Team member. Two weeks later, the ALL-USA California team was announced. The first team featured the fourth Stanford recruit of the 2019 class, five-star Hannah Jump.
Is this the best class the school has had in head coach Tara VanDerveer’s vaunted tenure?
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Archbishop Mitty's Haley Jones is state Max Preps Player of the Year
Kevin Askeland, maxpreps.com, April 23, 2019
MaxPreps 2018-19 California Girls Basketball All-State Teams
Monday, April 22, 2019
Haley Jones is a special player
Takeaways from the Jordan Brand Classic: Zia Cooke, Haley Jones star
gostanford.com, April 18, 2019
JORDAN BRAND CLASSIC
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Future Cardinal's Awards
Pinewood senior Hannah Jump was named a first team all-state selection by USA TODAY on Wednesday, joining her three future Stanford women's basketball teammates who were also named to their respective first team all-state squads.
paloaltoonline.com, April 17, 2019
usatodayhss.com, April 17, 2019
2018-19 ALL-USA State Girls Basketball Teams
Cameron Brink
2018-19 ALL-USA Oregon Girls Basketball Team
Fran Belibi, Ashten Prechtel, Jana VanGytenbeek
2018-19 ALL-USA Colorado Girls Basketball Team
Haley Jones, Hannah Jump
2018-19 ALL-USA California Girls Basketball Team
MaxPreps 2018-19 High School Girls Basketball All-American Team
Future Cardinals at the Jordan Brand Classic Game Stories
Logan Newman,usatodayhss.com, April 20, 2019
Haley Jones leads Team Black to Jordan Brand Classic win, named MVP
The Haley Jones Blog: McDonald's All American Games, USA Basketball and Girls Sports Month
Sam Gordon, reviewjournal.com, April 20, 2019
Future Stanford teammates shine in Jordan Brand girls game
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Haley, Fran and Ashten named to 2019 ALL-USA High School Girls Basketball Teams
usatodayhss.com, April 3, 2019
USA TODAY High School Sports has unveiled the ALL-USA Girls Basketball Teams for the 2018-19 season as selected by the USA TODAY Sports staff in consultation with high school coaches and recruiting experts.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Gazette Preps 2018-19 Class 5A/4A Girls' Basketball Peak Performer of the Year: Ashten Prechtel, Discovery Canyon
Ashten Prechtel was an accessory to a big moment for women’s basketball during Tuesday’s dunk contest at the McDonald’s All-American Game in Atlanta, but she made Colorado hoops history on her own in her final season at Discovery Canyon.
During the finals of the contest broadcasted by ESPN, Prechtel plopped her 6-foot-5 frame in a chair positioned the middle of the paint before Regis Jesuit’s Fran Belibi cleared her future Stanford teammate and became just the second woman to win the contest, joining Candace Parker, who starred collegiately at Tennessee and in the WNBA with the Los Angeles Sparks.
Belibi’s dunk was featured on "SportsCenter" and shared widely online with Prechtel in the middle of the frame.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
McDonalds All American Game
Logan Newman, usatodayhss.com, March 27, 2019
Stanford vs. South Carolina
Is there a chance we’ll see the future of the Stanford and South Carolina girls basketball teams match up Wednesday?link to story
Dan Olson, espn.com, March 27, 2019
Belibi watch
All eyes were on Fran Belibi, who won the Powerade JamFest dunk contest on Monday with a perfect score on four spectacular dunks.
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santacruzsentinel.com, march 28, 2019
Haley Jones’ West team falls to Mitty coaches’ East squad in McDonald’s All-American game
Santa Cruz’s Haley Jones had nine points, two rebounds, one assists and one block but the West lost 83-68 to the East in the McDonald’s All-American Game at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Jones, a Stanford-bound senior at Archbishop Mitty High in San Jose, started and played 19 minutes. The 6-foot-2 wing was 0 for 2 on 3-point attempts and made 5 of 6 free throws.
West teammates and future Cardinal teammates Francesca Belibi, a 6-1 forward/center, had six points and 10 rebounds and Ashten Prechtel, a 6-5 forward/center, had four points and two rebounds.
Tennessee signee Jordon Horston was named MVP after she led the East, coached by Mitty’s Sue Phillips and her staff, to victory with 22 points, four rebounds and three steals.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Stanford recruit Haley Jones named Morgan Wootten Player of the Year
Stanford-bound Haley Jones, who averaged 26.1 points and 12.1 rebounds as a senior at Archbishop Mitty, was named the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year.
Brian Spurlock, usatoday.com, March 26, 2019
Stanford basketball recruit Haley Jones was named the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year on Tuesday.
Jones, a senior at Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, California) and the No. 1 prospect in the espnW HoopGurlz Top 100, averaged 26.1 points and 12.1 rebounds per game this season and led her team to a 25-3 record. She also was named the Naismith Player of the Year and is the two-time Gatorade California Player of the Year.
Haley Jones of Mitty repeats as The Chronicle’s Metro Player of the Year
Mitch Stephens, sfchronicle.com, March 26, 2019
From Courtney Paris to Jayne Appel to Sabrina Ionescu, the Bay Area has been blessed with some of the finest high school girls’ basketball players in the country.
Haley Jones just might turn out to be the best of the bunch.
The 6-foot-1 senior from Mitty has repeated as The Chronicle’s Metro Player of the Year. It was an easy call, given that the Stanford-bound player was named the Naismith National Girls Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on March 15.
Jones entered the season ranked as the No. 1 senior recruit in the nation by ESPN and only improved her game and reputation with one of the most dominating seasons in Bay Area history.
She averaged 26.1 points, 12.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.7 steals and 2.8 blocks while leading the Monarchs (25-3) to their fourth consecutive Central Coast Section title. Mitty finished the season ranked fourth in MaxPreps’ national computer rankings.
Haley Jones
Jones controlled both the perimeter and the paint, leading Mitty coach Sue Phillips to call her “the poster child for position-less basketball.”
Phillips, who will coach against Jones in Wednesday’s McDonald’s All-American game in Atlanta, knew she had something special when Jones arrived at Mitty, the winningest girls program in Northern California history.
“It was the beautiful process to watch this young woman evolve and grow in terms of leadership, confidence and all facets of her game that was so special,” Phillips said.
Her stats grew every season in every category and her teams did not lose a West Catholic Athletic League or Central Coast Section game during her career. Overall, Mitty with Jones was 105-11.
Asked to carry the scoring load this season, Jones did so effortlessly while getting her teammates involved.
“Everyone understands their role at Mitty,” she said. “I just tried to be a leader, whether that was as a facilitator or scorer, defender, rebounder. I just wanted to be a leader every night.”
Salesian-Richmond coach Stephen Pezzolo said it was “embarrassing,” the amount of time he spent planning defenses for Jones. It worked, sort of: Jones averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds in two games against the Pride.
“She’s simply the complete player,” he said. “She can initiate the offense and lead her team in assists. She can shoot the 3 with the best of them. Her offensive rebounding is beyond uncanny as she just intuitively knows where the ball will go. Defensively, she can defend the wing to the post and is a great off-ball defender. Her skill set has no holes.”
Jones scored at least 30 nine times, with a career-high 43 — to go with 14 rebounds, seven assists and six steals — in a win over St. Francis. Along the way, she passed three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings as the school’s career scoring leader (2,127 points). Jones set the school career record for shooting percentage at 63.
Scoring merely begins to tell Jones’ impact at Mitty, Phillips said, noting her 1,058 career rebounds, 400 assists, 252 steals and 240 blocks.
“Haley’s name is riddled throughout every category of our record book,” Phillips said. “It’s sort of mind-boggling to think of all her accomplishments.”
Jones said she was blown away to see the previous 30 Naismith winners named before her. The list includes many of the sports’ all-time greats, including Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker and Maya Moore. Paris (2005) was the only other Bay Area winner.
“It’s really sort of surreal to win such a prestigious award,” she said the day the Naismith winners were announced. “Going through the pool of athletes who won it before, it’s just such an honor. It’s amazing.”
Which makes Jones befitting of the award, Phillips said.
“Through all the many accomplishments and even setbacks, she handled everything with such poise and grace,” Phillips said. “I’ve been very spoiled to have her every day at practice and games for four years. She’ll be so greatly missed.”