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BEFORE UNCP: Played two seasons at Southeastern Community College … 2019 NJCAA All-American and Region 10 Player of the Year selection … Played in 45 games as a sophomore … Hit .431 (69-for-160) with 29 extra-base hits (11 HR), 48 RBI and 50 runs scored … Also drew 30 walks … Registered a .762 slugging percentage and a .531 on-base percentage … Turned in 25 multiple-hit and 15 multiple-RBI games … Also scored two or more runs in 13 contests … Clubbed a pair of homers against both Pitt and Brunswick … Earned the first of two-straight first team all-region awards as a freshman … Saw action in 43 games … Hit .381 (59-for-155) with 29 extra-base hits (12 HR), 46 RBI and 45 runs scored … Compiled a .735 slugging percentage and a .449 on-base percentage … Also drew 18 walks and stole four bases … Tallied 19 multiple-hit and a dozen multiple-RBI games … Also scored two or more runs in 14 outings … Hit a pair of home runs against both Wake Tech and Guilford Tech.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at West Columbus High School for coach Jason Jones … Earned all-conference laurels, as well as his third-straight all-county honor, as a senior after hitting .385 with 10 home runs, 18 RBI and 23 runs scored … Compiled a .430 on-base and a 1.135 slugging percentage on the season … Hit .353 as a junior with two home runs, 17 RBI and 25 runs scored … Tallied a .450 on-base percentage and a .944 slugging percentage.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Kim and Derrell Hammonds … Has a younger brother, Dawson … Maintained a 3.3 cumulative grade point average at West Columbus High School … Lists hobbies as hunting, fishing and playing golf … Names his father as his hero … Favorite movie is Rio Bravo and his favorite sports team is the New York Yankees … Favorite food is fish … A criminal justice major at UNCP.

 

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 5/10/2022)
At-Bats	6, five times - last vs. Barton (5/7/22)
Runs	4, twice - last vs. Barton (5/7/22)
Hits	5 vs. Barton (5/7/22)
Walks	3, three times - last vs. Catawba (4/12/22)
RBI	5 at Belmont Abbey (3/26/22)
Doubles	2, four times - last vs. Wingate (4/19/22)
Triples	1, twice - last vs. Wingate (4/19/22)
Home Runs	2, twice - last vs. Clarion (3/5/22)
Stolen Bases	1, seven times - last vs. Barton (5/5/22)
Sac Hits	None
Sac Flies	1 at USC Aiken (2/5/22)
Hitting Streak	14 games