Haley Cavinder

Haley Cavinder is a social media personality and a collegiate basketball player for the Miami Hurricanes (University of Miami). Cavinder started her career with Fresno State University in 2019 averaging 16.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. She averaged 19.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for for Fresno State, establishing herself as a solid scoring option. She set the single-season free throw percentage record in NCAA Division I history by having a 97.3% efficiency from the line in her 2021-22 stint with Fresno State. She was also the Mountain West Player of the Year in 2021 and also made the Second-team All-ACC in 2023. Additionally, she was also the Mountain West Freshman of the Year in 2020 and also made the Mountain West All-Freshman team in 2020. After playing there till 2022, she transferred to the University of Miami in 2022 and is currently there.

Cavinder and her twin sister and teammate, Hanna Cavinder have a large social media presence due to their shared TikTok account with millions of followers. This has netted them a number of college sports endorsements with companies like Boost Mobile and WWE.

Haley Cavinder Early Life

Haley Cavinder was born in South Bend, Indiana on January 13th, 2001, one minute before her twin sister Hanna was born. Cavinder was involved with basketball pretty early in her life and watched drills on YouTube to improve her game. She competed mostly in boys’ leagues until 6th grade when she started playing against girls who were older than her. Her inspiration is cited to be Skylar Diggins-Smith, as per Wikipedia.

Haley Cavinder Personal Life

Haley Cavinder was born to parents Katie and Tom Cavinder in South Bend, Indiana. She has a twin sister, Hanna Cavinder who is also her teammate. Cavinder is currently dating Dallas Cowboys star Jake Fergusson and went on a vacation with him to Saint Lucia in March 2024.

Haley Cavinder Family Background

Haley Cavinder’s mother Katie Cavinder, is a senior business manager of the Southwest Elevator Company, founded by her husband and Cavinder’s dad, Tom Cavinder. She has served there for the last 15 years. Tom Cavinder is a former collegiate basketball player and has played for Nova Southeastern University. He relocated to Arizona after his basketball career and started The Elevator Company and is now the CEO of the same.

Haley Cavinder boyfriend

Haley Cavinder’s boyfriend is Jake Fergusson, a Dallas Cowboys tight-end NFL player. Fergusson was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round, 129th overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. In his rookie season, Fergusson posted 19 receptions for 174 yards and two receiving touchdowns in 16 games, 8 of which he started. Cavinder and Fergusson had kept their relationship secret and revealed it in October 2024.

Haley Cavinder Social Media

Haley Cavinder is very active on social media and has an Instagram account with the handle @haleycavinder. She also shares another Instagram account with her twin sister with the username @cavindertwins. They also share a TikTok account, which was the source of their rise to fame and the username is @cavindertwins.

Haley Cavinder Brand Ambassador

Hayley and her sister Hanna Cavinder signed a deal with Under Armour in 2024 to become their newest ambassadors. This is their first apparel and footwear deal for them and they are the first student-athletes to sign endorsement deals after the NCAA allowed student-athletes to sign deals using their names, images and likeness.

The twins have also signed multiple NIL (Name, Image and Likenesses) deals with prominent companies like Champs Sports, Eastbay, Gopuff, etc. They also signed deals with Boost Mobile and WWE as well. The twins also have their own podcast on iHeartRadio, named Twin Talk, which revolves around their opinions on student-athletes and NIL deals.

Haley Cavinder Career Stats

Haley Cavinder started her collegiate career at Fresno State averaging 16.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the 2019-20 season. She followed that up by averaging 19.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game in the 2020-21 season. She also maintained this level in the following season posting 19.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. Following this, she transferred to the University of Miami, where she averaged 12.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the 2022-23 season.

Haley Cavinder investments

Haley Cavinder, along with her sister Hanna, have joined the beauty brand, Hustle Beauty as their cofounders in 2024 and will be involved in product innovation, distribution, marketing and national expansion of the brand. It is an intersection of beauty and athletics, which is well embodied by the twin college basketball stars. The Cavinder twins also invested in Slate Milk to join them as investors and ambassadors in May 2024. Apart from this, the two have their own podcast on iHeartRadio, which is called “Twin Talk”.

Haley Cavinder Achievements

Mountain West Player of the Year

Cavinder won the Mountain West Player of the Year in 2021.

Second-team All-ACC

Cavinder was selected in the Second-team All-ACC in 2023.

All-Mountain West Team

Cavinder was part of 3 All-Mountain West teams starting from 2020 to 2022.

Mountain West Freshman of the Year

Cavinder was also the Mountain West Freshman of the Year in her Freshman Season in Fresno State in 2020.

Mountain West All-Freshman Team

She was also part of the Mountain West All-Freshman Team in 2020.

Haley Cavinder Diet

Haley Cavinder starts her morning with 40 ounces of water, followed by a bowl of high-protein oats with blueberries and flavoured nut butter, according to The Daily Mail. She tends to have small high-protein meals throughout the day instead of opting for traditional meals. The second meal consists of some other high-protein snack like an English muffin. This is followed by a workout followed by another English muffin with egg whites and a sausage biscuit. Her mid-day meal is also high in protein, which is usually a sandwich with grilled chicken and avocado. The next meal is a salad, with balsamic dressing. She finishes her day off by usually having some ready-made meal from Farm to Fork.