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Becky Hammon Becky Hammon shooting a basketball during her visit to Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, February 2002. Position Guard Nickname Big Shot Becky Hammontime Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight 136 pounds (61.7 kg) Team San Antonio Silver Stars CSKA Moscow Nationality United States Russia Born March Rapid City, South Dakota High school Stevens High School College Colorado State Draft Undrafted Pro career 1999–present Former teams NWBL's Tennessee Fury (2003), NWBL's Colorado Chill (2004-2006), WNBA's New York Liberty (1999-2006) Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon (Russian: ??????? ???? ??????; born March 11, 1977) is a professional basketball player currently under contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 College career 3 Professional career 4 References 5 External links // Early life Hammon grew up as the youngest of three children[1] and 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. College career 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 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. Professional career Undrafted during her rookie season, Hammon was signed to the WNBA on May 12, 1999 and joined the New York Liberty. She had a surprisingly solid rookie season statistically, backing up starting point guard Teresa Weatherspoon. Her aggressive play at both ends of the court made her a favorite among Liberty fans. After the 2003 season, Hammon took over for Teresa Weatherspoon as the Liberty's starting point guard and along with Vickie Johnson and Crystal Robinson, became one of the team's co-captains in 2004. In her first season in 2003 with the Tennessee Fury of the NWBL (National Women's Basketball League), Hammon led the league in scoring, averaging 20.6 points per game. In 2004, Hammon signed with the Colorado Chill, a new team to the NWBL, but played in only 2 games because of a knee injury she sustained in the 2003 season when playing for the New York | ||||
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