Mykaela Hammer

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Mykaela Hammer, Baily Permann vs. Eastern Washington - 10/11/18

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Mykaela Hammer, Capri Richardson, Lia Gaogao

Year:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
OH
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Oro Valley, Ariz.

2018 (Junior): First-team All-Big Sky Conference selection... Voted team's Most Valuable Player... One-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week... Named to the Borderland Invitational and Montana Invitational all-tournament teams... Academic All-Big Sky Conference.... Started all 31 matches and played in all 114 sets on the season… Led the team for kills (3.26 per set) and points (3.75 per set)… Ranked second for blocks (0.64 pet set), third for digs (2.36 per set)… third for serve-receive percentage and fifth for service aces (16)… Her 3.26 kills-per-set average ranked seventh in the Big Sky Conference… She increased that number to 3.78 during league play, which ranked fifth, becoming Montana's first All-Big Sky Conference honoree since 2015… Led Montana for kills on 19 occasions and hitting percentage nine times (both team highs)… Also led the Griz for blocking seven times… Was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week on Sept. 24, after averaging a double-double with 4.88 kills per set on .443 hitting, plus 10.0 digs per set, across wins over Sacramento State and Portland State… The victories were part of a four-game winning streak for the Griz, helping them start Big Sky play 3-0 for the first time since 2006… In the win over Sacramento State (Sept. 20), she had 23 kills on .409 hitting, eclipsing her previous high for kills on her final swing of the match… She had 16 kills on .500 hitting, in addition to three service aces, two nights later vs. Portland State (Sept. 22)… Facing No. 22 Utah (Aug. 31), she recorded nine kills without making an error, hitting at a .391 clip (9-0-23)… Recorded 20 kills, 10 digs, six blocks and one service ace at New Mexico State (Sept. 7) – a 2018 NCAA tournament team – including eight kills and one block in the second set alone… Broke a 24-24 tie in Set 3 at UTEP with a block, helping the Grizzlies sweep the Miners (Sept. 8)… Had a season-most seven blocks in a five-set win over South Dakota (Sept. 15), including one on the final point of the match, which capped a 5-0 run to erase a 13-10 Set-5 deficit… Trailing Montana State 24-23 in Set 4 (Sept. 25), she had two kills and a block over the final three points to send the match to a fifth set, which the Grizzlies won… Totaled 21 kills in a win at Southern Utah, including eight in the fifth set alone… On the season, she averaged 2.86 kills per set in the fifth frame, despite only being played to 15 points… Reached double figures for kills in six consecutive matches from Oct. 18-Nov. 3, and 19 times overall… Recorded 18 kills at Montana State (Oct. 23), the third-most by a Big Sky player during a three-set match in 2018… In a win at Idaho State to clinch a spot in the Big Sky tournament (Nov. 17), Montana faced set point in the third frame, before back-to-back Hammer kills gave Montana the win… Playing in her first postseason match, and the final contest of her career, recorded 16 kills on .353 hitting against Idaho in the Big Sky tournament (Nov. 22)... Became the eighth player in school history to record 900 career kills, 600 digs, 200 blocks and 50 service aces… She played in 108 matches, starting 88 of them, including the final 35 and 71 of the final 72.

2017 (Junior): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Voted to all-tournament teams at North Texas, Drake and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville tournaments... Played in all 29 matches, earning 28 starts... Was the team's only player to be on the court for each of the season’s 107 sets... Led Montana for kills (3.22 per set), 83 more than any other player... Had the team’s best hitting percentage for an outside hitter (.189), second best among all players... Led the Griz for service aces (19), ranked second for digs (2.36 per set) and third for blocks (0.63 per set)... Put down 10 or more kills in 19 of 29 matches... Four times had 20 or more kills, with 22 on .312 hitting in a five-set victory over Southeast Missouri and 22 on .364 hitting in a loss to Illinois-Chicago... Had 20 kills in a five-set home win over Southern Utah, 20 more in a five-set home loss to Idaho... Ten times hit .250 or better in a match... Averaged 3.67 kills on .375 hitting, with eight blocks and six service aces, as Montana opened the season with wins over UTEP and Tulsa at North Texas’s tournament... Had 11 kills-digs double-doubles... Totaled a season-high seven blocks against North Texas... Finished with 18 kills and a season-high 22 digs in a home loss to Montana State.

2016 (Sophomore): Voted to all-tournament team at SMU Invitational... Played in all 26 matches, earning 24 starts... Was on the floor for all but one of the team’s 90 sets played... Started the season at outside hitter, before playing the final 19 matches at middle blocker... Led the team with 52 blocks (0.58 per set)... Ranked fourth for kills (1.61 per set) and service aces (14)... Finished the season with a .142 hitting percentage... Had 18 kills and 13 digs, both season highs, in a five-set win over Arkansas-Little Rock... Moved to middle blocker prior to the Morehead State Invitational... Had 11 kills on .400 hitting with six blocks against Morehead State, in her third match at the new position... Two matches later, she had eight kills on .412 hitting with four blocks in a five-set home win over Idaho... Totaled eight kills on .333 hitting with a season-high eight blocks vs. Idaho State... Had 21 kills on .395 hitting over the season’s final three matches, including seven kills on .455 hitting in a 3-0 home sweep of Montana State.

2015 (Freshman): Played in 22 of 28 matches... Made five starts at outside hitter... Totaled 79 kills and 17 blocks... Had a season-high 16 kills on .276 hitting in a 3-2 home loss to Idaho... Also had two service aces and six digs against the Vandals, both season highs... Hit a season-best .545 at Sacramento State, with six kills and no errors on 11 swings... Had a season-high three blocks against Duquesne and at home versus Eastern Washington.

2014: Redshirted during her first season at Montana.

Career Highs
Kills: 23, vs. Sacramento State (Sept. 20, 2018)
Attacks: 56, vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Aug. 26, 2016)
Hitting pct.: .545 (6-0-11), at Sacramento State (Oct. 24, 2015)
Assists: 5, vs. Omaha (Sept. 8, 2017)
Service aces: 3, three times
Digs: 22, vs Montana State (Nov. 5, 2017)
Blocks: 8, vs. Idaho State (Oct. 6, 2016)
Points: 25.0, three times

Personal: Is a 2014 graduate of Ironwood Ridge High School in Arizona... Parents are Michael and LeDesa Hammer... Has two older brothers, Zach and Josh... Graduated in December 2017 as a double major, with degrees in business marketing and management.