Biography
2025: Captained Presbyterian to 42 goals in her final season, the second-highest number in a single year by any PC player (surpassing her own count of 40 scores as a sophomore)...Ends her college career with 126 goals, 156 total points, and 113 draw control victories, each of which rank third in the all-time Blue Hose record book...Additionally, Hammond's career numbers of 39 free-position scores and 241 shots-on-goal both rank second in PC history...As a senior, she posted 75 on-target shots which is more than any other player over one season in the program's near two-decade history...Connected on 14 free-position opportunities in her last ride, the third-best single-season figure among all Blue Hose players...Selected for the All-Big South second team unit for the second time (following 2023), becoming just the fourth player in school history to land an All-Conference nod twice...Led Presbyterian in total points for three consecutive years, compiling 11 multi-goal efforts as a senior and scoring at least two goals in 35 games across her decorated tenure...In the last six non-conference meetings, Hammond scored 20 times...Launched five goals against three different opponents (Mercyhurst, Radford, and Furman), accounting for 22 points in league territory...Her 14 free-position goals ranked second in the conference and just inside the national top 30...Scattering 16 hat tricks since her sophomore slate, she tallied at least one goal in each of the first 12 games as a senior...Produced at least one hit in 15 of the 17 outings in her final bow...Won a season-best five draws in the home opener against Eastern Michigan and followed that up with four more in the next matchup (an 18-6 victory over Delaware State in Clinton)...Along with true freshman teammate Emily Currie, Hammond scored 17 combined goals in the five games that PC earned the win.
2024: Was chosen by the Big South as a preseason all-conference midfielder, delivering 33 points on the campaign (25 goals, eight assists) while starting all 16 affairs...Led the team in total shot attempts for the second straight year (73), finding a squad-best .658 on-goal percentage...Hit 11 free-position goals as a junior - ranking fourth in PC history over one semester - while adding 33 draw control wins to place second on the club as well as 19 ground ball pickups...Went for 10 connections against Big South adversaries, earning a season-best five scores in a road W over Central Connecticut (March 19) along with five draws in the same bout...Put in six combined goals in a two-match stint versus High Point and Gardner-Webb, the latter of which was a 12-4 route in Boiling Springs that sent her past 100 career points with another season still ahead...Notched eight multi-goal efforts while going for at least one goal and one assist in the same game on six occasions...Finished the season with a two-goal, two-assist effort at Wofford (April 27), logging 25 total points when playing the visitors' role...Tied a career-high with six draw controls against Longwood at Bailey Memorial Stadium (March 30), helping her reach 90 in three years...Was Presbyterian's representative on the All-Big South Academic Team.
2023: Authored perhaps the greatest season by an underclassman in Presbyterian history, compiling 54 points (40 goals, 14 assists) to tie for the most ever submitted by a PC player over a single season and garner All-Big South second team honors...Collected the highest volume of shot attempts over a sole semester (101) among any prior competitor to don the blue and white, with 72 of those tries landing on-target that translated to a .713 on-goal ratio...Was responsible for the game-deciding score against three opponents, highlighted by a career-best six strikes in a one-point road victory over Winthrop (April 12)...Totaled 24 connections strictly in Big South affairs, racking up 11 multi-goal efforts and five instances with three successful swings or better...Followed up the aforementioned six-score dissection against the Eagles by setting another career-high in the next bout with High Point (April 15), logging four assists to reach a two-game point tally of 12...Ended the campaign on a 10-game streak of reaching two points or more, finding four entries of five+ during that span...Finished second on the club in draw controls (31), anchored by six in a road triumph against Radford (April 1)...Scooped up six ground balls.
2022: Played in all 17 games with starts in nine contests… tallied 19 goals and three assists for 22 points… recorded goals in 14 of the Blue Hose games including five two-goal games… scored five free position goals… of her 51 shots, 46 were on target for .902 shooting percentage… second on the team with 26 draw controls… scooped up 11 ground balls and caused four turnovers… had two games with a season-high four draw controls…
