Becky Hammon

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June 14, 2008

Becky Hammon (born March 11, 1977) is a WNBA player who plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Becky Hammon grew up as the youngest of three children. ^[1]Hammon played high school basketball at Stevens High School in her hometown of Rapid City, South Dakota. As a junior, she was South Dakota Miss Basketball. As a senior, she was voted the South Dakota Player of the Year after averaging 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

Hammon had a distinguished career at Colorado State. Her prolific scoring made her an All-American as well as Colorado Sportswoman of the Year. She led her team to a 33-3 record in the 1998-1999 season and helped them advance to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen. She was the WAC Mountain Division player of the year for the 1998-1999 season and surpassed University of Utah player Keith Van Horn as the WAC’s all-time leading scorer.

Hammon set many Colorado State all-time records, including points (2740), points per game (21.92), field goals made (918), free throws made (539), three-point field goals made (365), assists (538) and steals (315).

On November 12, 2004, Becky Hammon was inducted into the Colorado State University Sports Hall of Fame. On January 22, 2005, her #25 Colorado State jersey was retired at the Moby Arena.

Career Season Averages

Year	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
1999	NYL	30	0	6.7	0.422	0.289	0.882	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.80	0.90	2.7
2000	NYL	32	16	26.1	0.472	0.369	0.884	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.8	0.9	0.0	1.94	1.70	11.0
2001	NYL	32	0	19.3	0.457	0.378	0.784	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.0	1.50	1.40	8.2
2002	NYL	32	1	20.6	0.442	0.386	0.679	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.0	1.72	1.50	8.0
2003	NYL	11	2	23.4	0.575	0.469	0.951	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.6	0.9	0.1	2.45	1.20	14.7
2004	NYL	34	34	33.2	0.432	0.335	0.836	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.4	1.7	0.1	3.47	2.10	13.5
2005	NYL	34	34	34.3	0.432	0.365	0.901	0.6	2.8	3.4	4.3	1.8	0.1	3.15	2.30	13.9
2006	NYL	22	20	30.6	0.425	0.343	0.960	0.3	2.7	3.0	3.7	1.3	0.1	2.95	2.10	14.7
2007	SAN	28	27	33.4	0.445	0.404	0.931	0.3	2.5	2.8	5.0	0.8	0.2	4.07	1.80	18.8
2008	SAN	9	9	33.2	0.308	0.292	0.947	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.1	3.67	2.00	13.4
Career	–	264	143	25.7	0.440	0.366	0.878	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.9	1.0	0.0	2.47	1.70	11.4
All-Star	–	2	2	22.0	0.435	0.500	0.833	1.5	3.0	4.5	5.0	1.0	0.0	3.50	1.00	15.5

Career Season Totals

Year	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1999	NYL	30	0	202	27-64	11-38	15-17	2	17	19	17	6	0	24	27	80
2000	NYL	32	16	835	119-252	52-141	61-69	19	45	64	58	29	1	62	55	351
2001	NYL	32	0	619	90-197	42-111	40-51	10	42	52	51	27	1	48	46	262
2002	NYL	32	1	659	87-197	44-114	38-56	18	50	68	54	25	0	55	49	256
2003	NYL	11	2	257	50-87	23-49	39-41	1	20	21	18	10	1	27	13	162
2004	NYL	34	34	1,130	153-354	57-170	97-116	17	101	118	150	58	2	118	73	460
2005	NYL	34	34	1,165	145-336	65-178	118-131	20	94	114	146	60	2	107	77	473
2006	NYL	22	20	674	107-252	37-108	72-75	6	60	66	81	29	3	65	46	323
2007	SAN	28	27	934	179-402	74-183	95-102	8	69	77	140	23	5	114	51	527
2008	SAN	9	9	299	33-107	19-65	36-38	4	18	22	41	10	1	33	18	121
Career	–	264	143	6,773	990-2,248	424-1,157	611-696	105	516	621	756	277	16	653	455	3,015
All-Star	–	2	2	44	10-23	6-12	5-6	3	6	9	10	2	0	7	2	31

Career Playoff Averages

Year	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
1999	NYL	6	0	8.3	0.167	0.222	1.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.00	0.50	2.0
2000	NYL	7	7	29.4	0.429	0.304	0.895	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.3	0.0	2.43	1.40	9.4
2001	NYL	6	0	8.0	0.353	0.300	0.000	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.50	0.50	2.5
2002	NYL	8	0	22.9	0.537	0.424	0.875	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.0	0.6	0.0	1.38	1.50	9.9
2004	NYL	5	5	35.6	0.392	0.333	0.400	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.4	1.2	0.0	3.80	2.40	10.6
2005	NYL	2	2	38.0	0.450	0.286	1.000	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	5.00	4.00	11.5
2007	SAN	5	5	35.0	0.413	0.444	0.800	1.0	1.8	2.8	5.0	1.2	0.2	3.20	2.60	20.8
Career	–	39	19	23.5	0.424	0.369	0.843	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.2	0.7	0.0	2.10	1.60	9.0

Career Playoff Totals

Year	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	DEF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1999	NYL	6	0	50	2-12	2-9	6-6	0	1	1	5	0	0	6	3	12
2000	NYL	7	7	206	21-49	7-23	17-19	5	5	10	15	9	0	17	10	66
2001	NYL	6	0	48	6-17	3-10	0-0	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	15
2002	NYL	8	0	183	29-54	14-33	7-8	2	15	17	16	5	0	11	12	79
2004	NYL	5	5	178	20-51	11-33	2-5	3	10	13	17	6	0	19	12	53
2005	NYL	2	2	76	9-20	2-7	3-3	0	7	7	4	0	0	10	8	23
2007	SAN	5	5	175	38-92	20-45	8-10	5	9	14	25	6	1	16	13	104
Career	–	39	19	916	125-295	59-160	43-51	15	50	65	84	27	1	82	61	352

Ranks

Ranks #24 in the WNBA in Points Per Game(13.4)
Ranks #7 in the WNBA in Assists Per Game(4.6)
Ranks #3 in the WNBA in Free-Throw Percentage(0.947)
Ranks #14 in the WNBA in Minutes Per Game(33.2)
Ranks #10 in the WNBA in Minutes Played(299.0)
Ranks #20 in the WNBA in Field Goal Attempts(107.0)
Ranks #2 in the WNBA in Three-Point Field Goals Made(19.0)
Ranks #2 in the WNBA in Three-Point Field Goal Attempts(65.0)

Ranks #8 in the WNBA in Free Throws(36.0)
Ranks #5 in the WNBA in Assists(41.0)
Ranks #25 in the WNBA in Points(121.0)
Ranks #16 in the WNBA in Three-Point Field Goals Per 40 Minutes(2.54)
Ranks #14 in the WNBA in Assists Per 40 Minutes(5.5)
Ranks #3 in the WNBA in Total Turnovers(33.0)
Ranks #4 in the WNBA in Turnovers Per Game(3.67)
Ranks #15 in the WNBA in Turnovers Per 40 Minutes(4.41)

Season Highs/Career Highs

Points	20 3 Times	33 @ Minnesota 06/06/03
Field Goals Made	6 3 Times	12 @ Minnesota 06/06/03
Field Goals Attempted	19 @ Sacramento 05/17/08	20 vs. Phoenix 05/31/07
Three Point Field Goals Made	4 2 Times	6 3 Times
Three Point Field Goals Attempted	11 @ Sacramento 05/17/08	12 @ Sacramento 08/15/07
Free Throws Made	9 vs. Phoenix 05/20/08	11 2 Times
Free Throws Attempted	10 vs. Phoenix 05/20/08	12 2 Times
Offensive Rebounds	1 4 Times	3 2 Times
Defensive Rebounds	3 3 Times	8 vs. Los Angeles 08/10/05
Total Rebounds	4 2 Times	8 2 Times
Assists	7 @ Houston 06/03/08	10 2 Times
Steals	3 vs. Seattle 06/13/08	6 vs. Phoenix 06/18/05
Blocks	1 vs. Seattle 05/24/08	1 16 Times
Minutes Played	39 @ Houston 06/03/08	46 2 Times