Alyssa Hammond Class: RS Junior Hometown: Oak Hill, Ohio High School: Oak Hill Height: 6-1 Position: G/F

2006-07 (Freshman):
Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team...ranked second on team in field goal percentage (42.1) and fourth in scoring (7.3 ppg, 8th among C-USA freshmen)...sank 37.5 percent of her 3-point field goal attempts (21-of-56), tying Kristina Behnfeldt (1995-96) for the sixth-highest percentage in Marshall single-season history...3-point field goal total (21) ranked second on team...attempted a team season-high 17 field goals vs. Robert Morris on Nov. 18 (8-for-17) en route to a game-high 16 points in championship game of Fifth Third MU Classic...scored team-high 12 points with career-high three assists in loss to Monmouth on Nov. 23...in second career start, scored a career-high 23 points in only 18 minutes on Dec. 21 at Niagara...point total at NU was the third highest single-game outing on team in 2006-07 and the fourth highest among C-USA freshmen...went 6-for-11 from the floor at NU, including 3-for-5 from 3-point range, along with an 8-for-8 mark from the free-throw line...started next game, at Richmond on Dec. 28, and scored 12 points in 14 minutes on 3-of-5 shooting and 2-of-3 from beyond the arc...nailed a 3-pointer with 1:02 left in overtime at UR to set up a Marshall win at the buzzer...hit three 3-pointers in a game (tied for team season-high) on two occasions...shot a team-best 57.9 percent from the floor in the last five minutes of games...hit a 3-pointer in six straight games from Jan. 18-Feb. 3, going 9-for-16 (56.3 percent) from distance in that span...scored 12 points in 12 minutes off bench in Jan. 28, nationally-televised game vs. eventual C-USA champion East Carolina...went 4-for-6 from floor and 3-for-4 from 3-point range vs. the Pirates...netted nine points in 14 minutes in first round C-USA Championship loss to Houston.

2005-06:
Missed season due to knee injury suffered in pre-season workouts...received medical redshirt.

High School:
A two-time All-State performer at Oak Hill HS...averaged 28.1 points and 8.0 rebounds per game her senior year...named the Ohio Div. III Player of the Year, Southern Ohio Conference and District Player of the Year after junior and senior campaigns...Oak Hill's all-time leading scorer with 1,897 points...set the Oak Hill single-game scoring mark with 52 points...led team to the Ohio state semifinals as a junior...ranked the 48th best guard/forward by the All-Star Girls Report, a national scouting service...sidelined for most of her sophomore season due to knee injury...played AAU ball with fellow Herd freshman Kari James for the West Virginia Thunder, averaging 23 points, seven rebounds per game.

Personal:
Born on March 23, 1987...daughter of Hayden Leon and Mae Hammond...has two brothers, Luke (12) and Chase (6), and a sister, Shae (8)...lists Lance Armstrong as her biggest role model...inducted into National Honor Society...career ambition is to become a physician...biology/pre-med major.