2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Cavinder, Haley

Jersey Number 1
Haley Cavinder
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Gilbert HS
- Hometown:
- Gilbert, Ariz.
Bio
2022 All-Mountain West
2021 Mountain West Player of the Year
2021 All-Mountain West
2021 Mountain West All-Tournament Team
2021 WNIT Fort Worth All-Region Team
2020 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
2020 All-Mountain West
2020 All-Freshman Team
2020 Mountain West All-Tournament Team
2021-22 (Junior): Selected to All-Mountain West team ... set NCAA record for free-throw percentage in a season, converting 109-of-112 for 97.3 percent, breaking the mark of 96.5 (111-of-115) set by Kitija Laksa of South Florida (2018) ... became just the third player in Mountain West history, and first since 2006, to lead the MW in in scoring and rebounding, joining UNLV's Linda Frolich who did it three times and Utah's Kim Smith who did it once .. averaged 19.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game overall and 20.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in conference play ... 20th player in NCAA history to record at least three triple-doubles in a season ... became first Bulldog to record multiple triple-doubles in a season, posting three, second-most in the NCAA during 2020-21 ... earned MW Player of the Week on Jan. 17 following her second triple-double ... finished second in the MW in assists per game with 5.7 ... pulled down a conference-best 8.1 defensive rebounds per game ... nationally, ranked 10th in defensive rebounds per game, 15th in assists per game, 21st in points per game, 48th in assist-turnover ratio (1.98) and 49th in rebounds per game ... started all 29 games, averaging 38.1 minutes per outing, sixth-highest in the NCAA … her 20.8 points per game in conference play ranked sixth-highest in league history, passing the 20.6 she had a season earlier ...  recorded 21st season-opening triple-double in NCAA history with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists at Utah Valley … was the first triple double of her career … posted two triple-doubles within a three-game stretch in January … against San Jose State, broke Fresno State’s single-game record for assists with 13 while not committing a turnover … it was the 11th-best assist-turnover ratio in the NCAA in the last decade and was the best against a D-I opponent in MW history … the 13-0 ratio tied Sabrina Ionescu for the highest ratio in a triple-double in the last decade … recorded a conference-best 12 double-doubles ... dropped a league-leading 17 20-point games, finishing the season with five in a row … that stretch started with second career 30-point outing with 30 points at San Diego State … went 10-of-10 from the charity stripe twice during the final five games … played every minute in 12 games.
2020-21 (Sophomore): Mountain West Player of the Year became the first sophomore to win the Mountain West’s top honor since 2004, joining Kim Smith (Utah) and Linda Frolich (UNLV) as the only sophomores to accomplish the feat … third player in Mountain West history to earn Player of the Year on a team that finished outside of the top three, joining Jennifer Schlott (Utah State), and Linda Frolich (UNLV) who did it twice … first player in conference history to win the award the year after being named Freshman of the Year … selected All-Mountain West for the second straight season … only player to earn multiple MW Player of the Week honors during the 2020-21 season, doing so three times … earned a spot on the Mountain West All-Tournament Team ... named to WNIT Fort Worth All-Region Team …started 27 of 28 games … her 20.6 points per game in conference play ranks sixth-highest in league history … posted 11 of her league-leading 17 20-point games in conference play, including seven during the final nine regular season games … finished the season with 10 20-point games in the last 14 outings … nationally, ranked sixth in total minutes (1026:50), ninth in field goal attempts (479), 16th in made field goals (204), 18th in total points (554), 26th in 3-point attempts (177), 32nd in points per game (19.8), 38th in minutes played per game (36.67), 39th in 3-point field goals made (58), 46th in free-throw percentage (84.6), 66th in total rebounds (211), and 71st in total assists (105) … led the Mountain West in scoring (19.8) and minutes played (36.67), was second in free-throw percentage (.846), fifth in 3-pointers made (2.07), sixth in rebounding (7.54), steals (1.68) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.48), and eighth in assists (3.75) … led the Bulldogs in scoring in 14times, rebounding 11 times, assists 11 times and steals 10 times … dropped a season-high 30 points versus Nevada on Jan. 14 … recorded two double-doubles in the first four games with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Lamar and 19 points and 13 rebounds a week later versus Colorado State on Dec. 4 … posted back-to-back doubles with 21 points and 14 rebounds versus New Mexico and followed up with 11 points and 14 rebounds at Utah State.
2019-20 (Freshman): Mountain West Freshman of the Year … selected to All-Mountain West and All-Freshman Team ... named to Mountain West All-Tournament Team … played in all 32 games with 31 starts … played at least 40 minutes in nine games, including every minute in seven … broke Fresno State’s freshman records for most points (512) and most rebounds (233) in a season … led the team and finished second in the conference in points per game (16.0 ppg), total points (512) and made field goals (189) … first in the MW and was 24th in the NCAA in field goal attempts (491) …  ranked third in the league in 3-point percentage (34.3%), 3-pointers made per game (2.66) … 3-pointers made (85) and 3-point field goal attempts (248) … finished sixth in the MW in total assists (117) and assists per game (3.66 apg), and seventh in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.52) … second on the team and eighth in the conference in rebounds per game (7.3 rpg) and total rebounds (233) … nationally, ranked ninth in 3-point field goal attempts, 18th in 3-pointers made, 24th in field goal attempts, 36th in 3-pointers made per game, 45th in total minutes, 71st in made field goals and 78th in total points … posted the most 3-pointers made in a game in the MW with seven … recorded the second-most 20-point games in the league (11) … had the sixth-most double-doubles (6) in the conference and eighth-most double-digit rebounding games (6) … was one of nine players in the country to average at least 16 points per game, 7 rebounds per game and 3 assists per game, and was only freshman and only player under 5-foot-10 to accomplish the feat … was one of 15 players under 5-foot-10 in the NCAA to average at least 7 rebounds per game, and one of three 5-foot-6 or under … ranked ninth among freshman in the NCAA in points per game and 18th in both rebounding per game and assists per game … was one of four freshman under 6-foot to average at least 7.0 rebounds per game, and was only player under 5-foot-10 … posted 17 points and seven rebounds at Cal Poly in first career game … recorded first 20-point game six days later versus UC Davis … knocked down seven 3-pointers (7-of-11) in a 29-point effort against Northern Arizona … posted 24 points, seven assists and six rebounds in a win against Georgetown … recorded season-highs of nine assists and six steals in the conference opener at UNLV … recorded first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Santa Clara … grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds at San Jose State … posted 21 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in a comeback win over New Mexico … knocked down five 3-pionters in back-to-back games against San Diego State and Wyoming … scored 25 points, with 20 coming in the second half, in the Bulldogs’ comeback at Boise State … dropped a season-high 31 points and had six assists and five steals in comeback at New Mexico … registered 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists championship clinching game versus San Jose State … scored 26 points against Nevada in first career Mountain West tournament game.
High School: Named Arizona 5A Player of the Year as a senior... First-Team All-Arizona ... All-Star Game MVP ... broke 2,000-career point mark (2,282) ... averaged 21.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists as senior... state runner-up in 2019 (25-6) ... averaged 23 points, 9.2 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 3.9 steals as a junior ... 2018 first team all-state and USA Today All-Arizona selection ... three-time first team all-region selection ... 2018 region player of the year ... named 2017 MVP of the Tournament of Champions ... twice been selected to compete in the adidas Uprising All-American Camp ... ranked as the No. 27 guard in the country according to ESPN.
Personal: Born in South Bend, Ind. ... daughter of Katie and Tom Cavinder ... has four sisters, Brooke, Brandi, Hanna and Natalie ... father played basketball at Nova Southeastern ... twin sister, Hanna, also plays for Fresno State ... business major.
2021 Mountain West Player of the Year
2021 All-Mountain West
2021 Mountain West All-Tournament Team
2021 WNIT Fort Worth All-Region Team
2020 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
2020 All-Mountain West
2020 All-Freshman Team
2020 Mountain West All-Tournament Team
2021-22 (Junior): Selected to All-Mountain West team ... set NCAA record for free-throw percentage in a season, converting 109-of-112 for 97.3 percent, breaking the mark of 96.5 (111-of-115) set by Kitija Laksa of South Florida (2018) ... became just the third player in Mountain West history, and first since 2006, to lead the MW in in scoring and rebounding, joining UNLV's Linda Frolich who did it three times and Utah's Kim Smith who did it once .. averaged 19.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game overall and 20.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in conference play ... 20th player in NCAA history to record at least three triple-doubles in a season ... became first Bulldog to record multiple triple-doubles in a season, posting three, second-most in the NCAA during 2020-21 ... earned MW Player of the Week on Jan. 17 following her second triple-double ... finished second in the MW in assists per game with 5.7 ... pulled down a conference-best 8.1 defensive rebounds per game ... nationally, ranked 10th in defensive rebounds per game, 15th in assists per game, 21st in points per game, 48th in assist-turnover ratio (1.98) and 49th in rebounds per game ... started all 29 games, averaging 38.1 minutes per outing, sixth-highest in the NCAA … her 20.8 points per game in conference play ranked sixth-highest in league history, passing the 20.6 she had a season earlier ...  recorded 21st season-opening triple-double in NCAA history with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists at Utah Valley … was the first triple double of her career … posted two triple-doubles within a three-game stretch in January … against San Jose State, broke Fresno State’s single-game record for assists with 13 while not committing a turnover … it was the 11th-best assist-turnover ratio in the NCAA in the last decade and was the best against a D-I opponent in MW history … the 13-0 ratio tied Sabrina Ionescu for the highest ratio in a triple-double in the last decade … recorded a conference-best 12 double-doubles ... dropped a league-leading 17 20-point games, finishing the season with five in a row … that stretch started with second career 30-point outing with 30 points at San Diego State … went 10-of-10 from the charity stripe twice during the final five games … played every minute in 12 games.
2020-21 (Sophomore): Mountain West Player of the Year became the first sophomore to win the Mountain West’s top honor since 2004, joining Kim Smith (Utah) and Linda Frolich (UNLV) as the only sophomores to accomplish the feat … third player in Mountain West history to earn Player of the Year on a team that finished outside of the top three, joining Jennifer Schlott (Utah State), and Linda Frolich (UNLV) who did it twice … first player in conference history to win the award the year after being named Freshman of the Year … selected All-Mountain West for the second straight season … only player to earn multiple MW Player of the Week honors during the 2020-21 season, doing so three times … earned a spot on the Mountain West All-Tournament Team ... named to WNIT Fort Worth All-Region Team …started 27 of 28 games … her 20.6 points per game in conference play ranks sixth-highest in league history … posted 11 of her league-leading 17 20-point games in conference play, including seven during the final nine regular season games … finished the season with 10 20-point games in the last 14 outings … nationally, ranked sixth in total minutes (1026:50), ninth in field goal attempts (479), 16th in made field goals (204), 18th in total points (554), 26th in 3-point attempts (177), 32nd in points per game (19.8), 38th in minutes played per game (36.67), 39th in 3-point field goals made (58), 46th in free-throw percentage (84.6), 66th in total rebounds (211), and 71st in total assists (105) … led the Mountain West in scoring (19.8) and minutes played (36.67), was second in free-throw percentage (.846), fifth in 3-pointers made (2.07), sixth in rebounding (7.54), steals (1.68) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.48), and eighth in assists (3.75) … led the Bulldogs in scoring in 14times, rebounding 11 times, assists 11 times and steals 10 times … dropped a season-high 30 points versus Nevada on Jan. 14 … recorded two double-doubles in the first four games with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Lamar and 19 points and 13 rebounds a week later versus Colorado State on Dec. 4 … posted back-to-back doubles with 21 points and 14 rebounds versus New Mexico and followed up with 11 points and 14 rebounds at Utah State.
2019-20 (Freshman): Mountain West Freshman of the Year … selected to All-Mountain West and All-Freshman Team ... named to Mountain West All-Tournament Team … played in all 32 games with 31 starts … played at least 40 minutes in nine games, including every minute in seven … broke Fresno State’s freshman records for most points (512) and most rebounds (233) in a season … led the team and finished second in the conference in points per game (16.0 ppg), total points (512) and made field goals (189) … first in the MW and was 24th in the NCAA in field goal attempts (491) …  ranked third in the league in 3-point percentage (34.3%), 3-pointers made per game (2.66) … 3-pointers made (85) and 3-point field goal attempts (248) … finished sixth in the MW in total assists (117) and assists per game (3.66 apg), and seventh in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.52) … second on the team and eighth in the conference in rebounds per game (7.3 rpg) and total rebounds (233) … nationally, ranked ninth in 3-point field goal attempts, 18th in 3-pointers made, 24th in field goal attempts, 36th in 3-pointers made per game, 45th in total minutes, 71st in made field goals and 78th in total points … posted the most 3-pointers made in a game in the MW with seven … recorded the second-most 20-point games in the league (11) … had the sixth-most double-doubles (6) in the conference and eighth-most double-digit rebounding games (6) … was one of nine players in the country to average at least 16 points per game, 7 rebounds per game and 3 assists per game, and was only freshman and only player under 5-foot-10 to accomplish the feat … was one of 15 players under 5-foot-10 in the NCAA to average at least 7 rebounds per game, and one of three 5-foot-6 or under … ranked ninth among freshman in the NCAA in points per game and 18th in both rebounding per game and assists per game … was one of four freshman under 6-foot to average at least 7.0 rebounds per game, and was only player under 5-foot-10 … posted 17 points and seven rebounds at Cal Poly in first career game … recorded first 20-point game six days later versus UC Davis … knocked down seven 3-pointers (7-of-11) in a 29-point effort against Northern Arizona … posted 24 points, seven assists and six rebounds in a win against Georgetown … recorded season-highs of nine assists and six steals in the conference opener at UNLV … recorded first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Santa Clara … grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds at San Jose State … posted 21 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in a comeback win over New Mexico … knocked down five 3-pionters in back-to-back games against San Diego State and Wyoming … scored 25 points, with 20 coming in the second half, in the Bulldogs’ comeback at Boise State … dropped a season-high 31 points and had six assists and five steals in comeback at New Mexico … registered 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists championship clinching game versus San Jose State … scored 26 points against Nevada in first career Mountain West tournament game.
High School: Named Arizona 5A Player of the Year as a senior... First-Team All-Arizona ... All-Star Game MVP ... broke 2,000-career point mark (2,282) ... averaged 21.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists as senior... state runner-up in 2019 (25-6) ... averaged 23 points, 9.2 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 3.9 steals as a junior ... 2018 first team all-state and USA Today All-Arizona selection ... three-time first team all-region selection ... 2018 region player of the year ... named 2017 MVP of the Tournament of Champions ... twice been selected to compete in the adidas Uprising All-American Camp ... ranked as the No. 27 guard in the country according to ESPN.
Personal: Born in South Bend, Ind. ... daughter of Katie and Tom Cavinder ... has four sisters, Brooke, Brandi, Hanna and Natalie ... father played basketball at Nova Southeastern ... twin sister, Hanna, also plays for Fresno State ... business major.
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