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Born to parents Martin and Beverly, Hammon s father was in the United States Coast Guard. Hammon played high school basketball at Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota. During her high school career, she was South Dakota Miss Basketball as a junior and South Dakota Player of the Year as a senior. After her standout career there, she attended Colorado State University. 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 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. Undrafted during her rookie season, Hammon was signed to the WNBA on May 12, 1999 and joined the New York Liberty. While given limited minutes off the bench as a backup to star Teresa Weatherspoon, her aggressive play quickly got her noticed by the fans and coaching staff and she would land a starting role with the team in 2000.