2017 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 33
Trent Hammond
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 205
- Position:
- INF
- Hometown:
- Manhattan Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Fullerton College
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."
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