Career Highs

Updated April 10, 2017

• Hits: 3, vs Northern Illinois, Mar 18, 2016 ; at Maryland, May 08, 2016
• Doubles: 1, 14 times
• Triples: 1, at Southern Illinois, May 02, 2017
• Home runs: 1, 5 times
• Total bases: 5, at Florida Atlantic, Mar 03, 2017 ; Saint Louis, Apr 15, 2016
• RBI: 4, Saint Louis, Apr 15, 2016
• Runs scored: 3, Toledo, Mar 17, 2017 ; vs Northern Illinois, Mar 18, 2016
• Walks: 2, 4 times
• Hit by pitch: 2, vs UNC Greensboro, Mar 11, 2016 ; Illinois State, Mar 21, 2017
• Sac flies: 1, Northwestern, Apr 16, 2017 ; vs Eastern Illinois, Apr 19, 2016
• Sac bunts: 1, 10 times
• At bats: 6, Ohio State, Apr 22, 2016
• Stolen bases: 1, 4 times
• Field chances: 9, Maryland, May 06, 2017
• Putouts: 3, 4 times
• Assists: 7, Maryland, May 06, 2017

Senior - 2017

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 49 games and started 48 at third base
• .207 (30-145), 20 R, 6 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 18 RBIs
• One of the Illini’s top defensive players
• Fourth on the team with 11 two-out RBIs
• Five multi-hit games
• Four multi-RBI games
• Home runs against Florida Atlantic, Western Michigan and Southern Illinois
• .400 (4-10), HR during series at Florida Atlantic

Junior - 2016

• Transferred to Illinois with two years of eligibility remaining
• 50 games played, 49 starts
• All 49 starts at third base
• .241 (39-162), 16 R, 8 2B, 2 HR, 18 RBIs
• Home runs at Iowa (April 9) and vs. Saint Louis (April 15)
• Ended the year on an 8-game reached base streak

Junior College

• Attended Loyola Marymount in 2013-14 before transferring to Fullerton College (CA) for 2014-15
• .267 (40-150), 9 2B, 3 3B, 18 RBI in 41 games for Fullerton in 2015
• 3-for-18 (.167) in 11 games, including six starts, as a freshman at Loyola Marymount in 2014

High School

• Attended Mira Costa for three years before finishing high school at Junipero Serra
• Played for head coach Wil Aaron at Serra
• Lettered and started on varsity for three years
• .406, 41 H, 44 RBI, 29 R, 17 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR as a senior
• Top 500 player in the nation by Perfect Game in 2013
• No. 8 third baseman in California by Perfect Game in 2013
• 2013 Cal Hi Sports All-State
• 2013 MaxPreps All-State
• 2013 Daily Breeze All-Area
• 2013 All-CIF first team
• 2013 All-Del Rey League first team
• Led Serra to first baseball league title in 42 years
• .617, 13 H, 8 R, 13 RBI, 6 2B, 3B, during five-game CIF playoff run for school's first CIF baseball title
• Led Serra to CIF title over former high school, Mira Costa, at Dodger Stadium
• Serra finished 2013 ranked No. 5 in the nation by Perfect Game
• Four-time CIF Scholar Athlete
• Four-time California Scholastic Federation member

Personal

• Born January 14, 1995
• Major: Finance
• Parents are Kip and Kim Hammond
• One brother, Spencer, and one sister, Reilly
• Enrolled in the College of Business
• First considered Illinois as a child when a friend's father, who attended Illinois, praised the school and its history
• Chose Illinois because, "It's academic and athletic excellence as well as being in the Big Ten. Growing up I had always dreamed of attending a university of the caliber like Illinois."