Brina Sedminek is continuing her ascent in basketball
At 18, Brina Sedminek has already stitched together a résumé that stretches well beyond her years: a steady rise from primary-school hoops to ŽKK Grosuplje, a leap to Akson Ilirija in high school, minutes in Slovenia’s top women’s competition and the WABA 2 (Adriatic) League, and caps with Slovenia’s national youth teams under 16 in 2023 and under 18 in the summer of 2025. The arch of her journey, though, began much closer to home: on her street, with stones lined up like makeshift cones. “My mother used to play basketball and probably because of her I started to play in a club,” Brina says. “We used to go train together. She taught me a lot of moves. One day we went on our street and my mother set up these stones where you have to make a dribble and we trained together.” Her dad joined in for fun, her brother, too. “When I was younger, we used to play it all together,” she adds.
