2015-16: Northeast-10 All Conference Honorable Mention...Became the 42nd player at Merrimack to score 1,000 career points… 26th all time in scoring at Merrimack (1,312)... Graduates with the highest career free-throw percentage (88.3%) and the highest career three-point field goal percentage (43.2%, 205-475)...One of two players to play and start every game for the Warriors… Led the team in three-point field goal percentage on the season at 42.7%... Also was the Warriors best free-throw shooter at 89.9%, ranking second in conference and among the top-ten nationwide... Second on the team in three- pointers made(67) … Second on the Warriors in points per game with 17.6 and minutes per game with 36.3
2014-15: One of Merrimack’s most important players in his junior campaign, emerging as the teams’ top shooter and one of its most reliable players … Led the team and was second in the NE-10 with 37.2 minutes per game … Led the conference and ranked sixth nationwide with a 91.2 free-throw percentage … Finished second on the Warriors with 16.3 ppg … Paced the Warriors by shooting over 44 percent from beyond the arc … Poured in at least 10 points in 22 of 28 games, including a double-digit scoring streak of 14 consecutive games … Scored at least 20 points in 10 games, with a career-high 29 against Bloomfield (12/21) … One of three players to start every game
2013-14: Appeared in 24 games and started in 24 games as a sophomore … Leads the team and ranks fourth in the NE-10 in 3-point percentage (45.0 %) … Second on the team in free throw percentage and steals (28) … Ranks fourth in field goal percentage (42.2%) …. Third on the team in assists … Finished the year averaging 10.7 points per game …. Tallied a career-high 20 points against Adelphi (1/25) … Posted a career-high six rebounds against Saint Rose (1/14) and American Int’l (1/22) … Posted a career-game six assists, four steals and a block against Bentley (2/11).
2012-13: Appeared in 18 games while averaging 23.4 minutes off the bench and making one start in his rookie season ... Represented the team's top free throw shooter, boasting a side-best 86.2 percent clip from the line on the year ... Posted 13 points while going a perfect 11-11 in free throws, against Southern New Hampshire (12/8) … Garnered a career-best five rebounds at home vs. Saint Michael’s (12/4) ... Dropped a career-best 15 pointswith four boards in a win over UMass Lowell (2/16).
Before Merrimack: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Valencia high school ... Led his team to a 58-24 overall record in three seasons ... Named to the Canyen All-Tournament team as a sophomore and senior ... Named Second-Team All-Foothill League as a junior ... Named first-team all-league as a senior ... Semi Valley Tournament Most Valuable Player as a senior ... Scored a school-record 45 points in a game as a senior ... Named team's Most Outstanding Player as a senior ... Won the school's Student Athlete Award as a senior.
Personal: Born November 7, 1993 ... Son of Brian and Moira Hammel ... Nephew of head coach Bert Hammel ... Has two siblings, Ryan and Kristina ... Sports Management major at Merrimack.
CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 33, at Saint Michael's College -- 12/02/15
Rebounds: 8, at Assumption -- 12/6/14; at Saint Michael's College -- 12/02/15
Assists: 6, at Bentley University -- 02/11/14
Steals: 5, at Bridgeport -- 11/29/15
Blocks: 1, at Bentley University -- 02/11/14; Adelphi -- 01/23/16
FG made: 12, Saint Michael's College -- 12/02/15
FG attempts: 19, 4 times
3FG made: 6, Saint Michael's College -- 02/03/16
3FG attempts: 15, Saint Michael's College -- 02/03/16
FT made: 12, Southern NH -- 1/3/15; Holy Family -- 11/22/15
FT attempts: 14, Southern NH -- 1/3/15; Holy Family -- 11/22/15
