Former UM guard Haley Cavinder commits to TCU without twin sister after unretiring
Haley Cavinder is unretiring to play for the TCU women’s basketball team next season, but it will be a solo act without her twin sister, Hanna.
The Cavinder twins, who have 4.5 million TikTok followers and more than a million combined Instagram followers, transferred to the University of Miami from Fresno State in 2022 and were part of the Hurricanes’ Elite Eight team last spring. After the season, they announced they would forego their final year of eligibility to pursue business interests, including a deal with WWE.
But Haley, who said at the time she was more inclined to keep playing than her sister, missed the game and decided to return. She entered the transfer portal and announced on Monday that she will play for TCU in 2024-25, sharing a photo on social media of herself sitting on a throne in a Horned Frogs jersey and crown.
The caption read: “The last rodeo #committed,”
Her sister commented, “GO FROGSSS BABY” and “mom just bought purple cowboy boots after seeing this”.
Haley averaged 12.2 points and four rebounds for the Hurricanes last season and was named second-team All-ACC.
In a recent interview with Forbes, Haley said of her decision to return to college basketball: “I think ending it with Hanna and announcing that we were done and not going to take our fifth year, I felt -- honestly, to be very transparent -- a lot of pressure.
“There was nothing filling the love for the game, and I just truly was like, I know I’m going to regret it down the road if I don’t go back.”
UM coach Katie Meier and her staff, assuming the Cavinders were done playing, had already re-stocked their roster with new players.
Haley is rumored to be dating Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson, which could help explain how she landed in Texas. Photos of them and comments hinting of their relationship have shown up on social media the past few months. Haley was seen at a Cowboys game wearing Ferguson’s No. 87 jersey.
Cavinder shared a photo in which she was wearing a Cowboys shirt, with the caption “How bout them cowboys.”
Ferguson responded, “Gollleeeee how bout ‘em,” and added a heart eyes emoji.