During the 2010/2011 basketball season, she attended the Queensland University of Technology where she worked towards a degree in accounting.
She first played competitive basketball for the Southern Districts Spartans based in Queensland.
[1][2] In an October 2010 game against the Sydney Uni Flames, she scored 8 points in the second quarter in a game that the Capitals came from behind to win, a win that her coach Carrie Graf gave Haynes significant credit for.
[5] Haynes has played basketball for three university teams in the United States: Daytona Beach Community College, Community College of Rhode Island and Jacksonville State University.
While attending the Community College of Rhode Island, she was named the student athlete of the year.