For most college athletes, competing at the same university as a sibling is rare. Doing it alongside a parent who coaches there is even rarer.
For the Hasler family, it’s their reality.
Holly Hasler, head coach of the BYU women’s tennis team, shares the same campus with two of her children: Caden, a member of the men’s tennis team, and Cambria, a track and field athlete. Together they are experiencing a unique chapter where family, faith and athletics all intersect at BYU.
It’s something Holly had hoped for but never fully expected to happen all at once.
“It’s just been the biggest blessing,” she said. “Most parents send their kids off to college and they miss the day-to-day stuff but I feel like I’m getting to live that with them.”
Growing up in a family centered around sports meant a fast-paced, often hectic lifestyle. Between practices, meets and travel, time together hasn’t always come easily. Still, those sacrifices have shaped the way the Haslers support each other.
Cambria said their schedules rarely align, but the effort to show up, even briefly, means everything. Whether it’s stopping by a match between classes or sending a text after a race, those small moments carry weight.
“It makes my day when I randomly see Caden on campus or I can go see my mom for a few minutes,” she said. “It just makes all the difference.”
Over time, the family has also learned how to separate competition from home life. Caden said that balance didn’t always come naturally, especially in a household where sports played such an important role. But as they’ve grown, so has their ability to leave the pressure of performance behind and simply be a family.
Now, being at the same university has created opportunities they didn’t have before, like training in the same facilities or watching each other compete.
“It’s so fun to see Cambria in the gym and to just be experiencing the same thing together,” he said.
For all three, choosing BYU was about more than athletics. It was about finding a place where their faith could be part of their everyday experience.
Cambria described BYU as a place where faith is woven into everything from classes to training environments, making it stand out from other schools she considered. That, combined with a strong team culture and the chance to be close to family, made her decision clear.
Holly saw her kids' decisions as answers to years of quiet hope and prayer. Watching her children end up at BYU as student-athletes felt deeply meaningful.
Now instead of watching from a distance, Holly gets to experience her children’s college years alongside them, something she knows is special.
“It’s fun to get to come to work and be with them and see them,” Holly said. “Most parents don’t get that and I definitely don’t take it for granted.”
While athletics brought them into this shared space, each of them pointed to something deeper as the foundation of their family.
Cambria said their faith is what ultimately keeps them connected, shaping how they treat each other and how they view their roles as both athletes and family members.
“I think that faith is the one thing that keeps us together. We’re grounded in each other because we’re grounded in this gospel. Because we’re an eternal family, that means we’re a team here on Earth and we’re going to be a team in heaven for forever,” Cambria said.
That perspective has influenced the way they approach both success and failure. For Caden, it’s something his parents emphasized from a young age.
“Something my parents have always taught us is that faith always comes before sports. Whether we win or we lose, we’re winning or we’re learning. We know that the talents and blessings that we’ve been given are because of Him,” Caden said.
Holly said that message has always been intentional, both in the home and in her role as a coach. She has worked to make sure her children understand that their abilities and opportunities come from something greater than themselves.
“We have just made it a huge priority that our kids understand that all of their talent, all of their success, has come from our Savior, Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father. When every single day is centered around being a disciple of Jesus Christ, that’s greater than winning any tennis match or track meet,” Holly said.
Even with that perspective, the Haslers know this chapter of their lives is temporary. Having all three of them at BYU at the same time is a rare window, one they are trying not to take for granted.
Caden said the realization hit him while he was still on his mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas Nevada, when he saw that his sister would also be coming to BYU. It made him recognize how unique the opportunity was for their family.
“Not many families get this opportunity. We're all kind of just living the dream together,” he said.
For now, they continue to balance competition, family and faith, focusing on and appreciating the experience itself.
Because for the Haslers, the most important team isn’t the one they compete for.
“Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what team we are on here on earth,” Cambria said. “Our family is the most important team. It’s our winning team for forever.”
