by: Brian Jones 8 hours ago brianjones_93
Former Miami Hurricanes basketball star Haley Cavinder is featured as one of the cover models for this month’s Sports Illustrated digital issue. On Thursday, SI released the cover art for Cavinder, who traveled to Captiva Island in Fort Myers for the photo shoot.
“I’m excited to work along with so many powerful women and successful women,” Cavinder saidof posing for the February 2026 digital cover. “I think Sports Illustrated [Swimsuit] is such a great community full of empowering women … and [to] be around such hardworking women is something that’s really inspiring.”
From the court to the cover. Haley Cavinder takes the spotlight as a February 2026 Digital Cover Model.
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Cavinder added, “I think Sports Illustrated [Swimsuit] is such a great community full of empowering women … and [to] be around such hardworking women is something that’s really inspiring.”
Haley Cavinder is strengthening her brand after a successful college basketball career. She started at Fresno State in 2019 and was there for three seasons before transferring to Miami with her twin sister, Hanna Cavinder , in 2022. After the 2022-23 season, the Cavinder twins announced their retirement from basketball.
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One year later, Haley and Hanna came out of retirement and returned to Miami. In her career, Haley was named Mountain West Player of the Year in 2021, selected to the All-Mountain West Team three times (2020-2022), and selected to the All-SEC Second Team twice (2023, 2025).