Hanna Cavinder (born January 13, 2001) is an American social media influencer and college basketball player who plays for the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Prior to collegiate basketball she was the Arizona 5A Offensive Player of the Year as a senior for Gilbert High School where she played with her fraternal twin, Haley, and elder sister Brandi.

Cavinder was born in South Bend, Indiana,[1] on January 13, 2001,[2] one minute after and one pound (454 g) lighter than her twin sister, Haley.

[11] As a junior, she received an honorable mention when the 2018 American Family Insurance All-USA Arizona High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year finalists (including her sister) were named.

[12] Hanna was considering attending Boston University, San Diego, Loyola Marymount, and Santa Clara before signing with Fresno State.

[5] In the February 18, 2019, class 5A girls 68–52 semifinal victory against Horizon High School, Hanna contributed 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

[15] In the 2019 class 5A girls state-championship game rematch loss to Millennium, Hanna led Gilbert in 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

[33] In the 2021 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament semifinal upset victory against top-seeded New Mexico, Cavinder had 13 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals.

[34][35][36] Despite being the higher seed and 12 points from Cavinder, Fresno State again lost in the Mountain West Tournament championship game, this time to Wyoming.

[3] After transferring, the NCAA sanctioned the University of Miami for "impermissible contact", "inducement", and "head-coach responsibility" violations due to social media publicity surrounding a recruiting dinner with a booster earlier that April when its governing body issued its first NIL infractions ruling,[45] prompting a social media retort by the twins.

[46] Although neither twin was directly punished, Miami head coach Katie Meier received a three-game suspension and the University was subject to numerous penalties.

[51] Miami had a 17-point rally against Oklahoma State,[52][53] followed by victories over #1-seeded Indiana,[54][55] and Villanova,[56][57] before falling to the Angel Reese–led, eventual champion, number-3 seeded LSU Tigers team.

Nonetheless, on April 11, 2023, she decided to forgo her final year of athletic eligibility to pursue other business ventures with her twin sister.

[62][63] Prior to July 1, 2021, the Cavinder twins had to guard their athletic eligibility by declining merchandise, endorsements and collaborations with monetary value and ensuring that they were never compensated for YouTube videos.

[65] Meanwhile, their classmates and student peers across the nation who were not NCAA competitors, such as models and musicians, were allowed to profit freely off of their NIL in the modern social media landscape.

[66] July 1, 2021 was the first day college athletes were finally able to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights by signing third-party sponsorship agreements.

[69] On that day, within hours having passed from the rule change,[70] the Cavinder Twins signed an NIL deal with Boost Mobile which was advertised in Times Square.

[71] According to The Guardian, they are regarded as "the first college athletes to legally sign a major endorsement deal under the NCAA's new name, image and likeness (NIL) regulations".

[73] In January 2022, as part of their ninth NIL business partnership, the Cavinders announced they had acquired ownership and board rights in a sportswear company founded by other Fresno State athletes.

[66] During the 2020 summer of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Hanna initiated a social media dance video post with Haley.

[3][65] Although social media activity was originally just a hobby,[68] their joint videos grew their number of followers into the millions and Cavinder credits Opendorse with educating her as to the value of the brand that she created.