Former Miami guard Haley Cavinder entered the transfer portal Friday to play the 2024-25 season, according to multiple reports. Here’s what you need to know:
- Haley and her twin sister Hanna announced in April their decision to forgo a fifth season and retire from college basketball to pursue other opportunities.
- The Cavinder twins gained a wide following on TikTok, where they have 4.5 million followers on a shared account, and became some of the highest-paid college athletes through NIL deals.
- Haley posted a TikTok video on the twins’ account Friday with clips of her playing last season and captioned it, “missed it, see you next szn.”
Backstory
Haley and Hanna Cavinder started their collegiate careers playing three seasons for Fresno State before transferring to Miami for the 2022-23 season. The twins helped lead the Hurricanes to a surprising Elite Eight run, upsetting No. 1 seed Indiana in the second round and only falling to eventual national champion LSU.
Last season, Haley averaged 12.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. She won the Mountain West Rookie of the Year Award in 2019-20 and averaged 16 points per game that season.
In April, Haley told ESPN that she anticipated returning for a fifth season but didn’t want to play without Hanna, who wanted to…
