Jennifer Hamson

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Jennifer Hamson
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Personal information
Born (1992-01-23) January 23, 1992 (age 32)
Lindon, Utah
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Pleasant Grove
(Pleasant Grove, Utah)
College BYU (2010–2014)
WNBA draft 2014: 2nd round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career2015–2018
Position Center
Career history
2015 Los Angeles Sparks
2015–2016 BC Enisey
2016–2018 Sydney Uni Flames
2017 Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBL champion (2017)
  • AP Honorable mention All-American (2014)
  • WCC Player of the Year (2014)
  • WCC Defensive Player of the Year (2014)

Jennifer Hamson (born January 23, 1992) is an American professional volleyball player and former basketball player. [1] She was also an All-American player for the Brigham Young University Cougars volleyball team. [2]

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Early career

Hamson grew up in Lindon, Utah. She attended Pleasant Grove High School, where she was an all-state basketball selection and a member of the state championship volleyball team. She also played for the Utah Elite club volleyball team. [3] [2] Hamson was recruited to play volleyball by the University of Utah, Colorado State, Utah State, Long Beach State, University of Louisville, and UNLV.

College

Hamson was a dual sport athlete at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. [4] She led the Cougars to a sweet sixteen appearance in the 2014 NCAA tournament, only the third #12 seed to ever make it that far. As a senior, she averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds and led the nation with 147 blocked shots. She was named an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention recipient and was the WCC Player and Defensive Player of the Year, the first time in league history that the honor has gone to the same student-athlete. [5]

BYU statistics

Source [6]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2010-11BYU3023155.9%0.0%73.9%5.10.10.21.57.7
2011-12BYU3129557.9%0.0%75.3%5.70.50.52.59.5
2012-13BYU2629051.5%0.0%63.2%8.80.70.82.811.2
2013-14BYU3562156.6%0.0%71.5%11.51.00.54.217.7
Career122143755.5%0.0%71.2%7.90.60.52.811.8

WNBA career

Following her collegiate career, Hamson was selected 23rd overall (2nd round) in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks, despite telling teams that she would defer playing a year to complete her volleyball commitments. [4] Hamson signed with the Sparks on February 23, 2015 after sitting out the 2014 WNBA season. [7]

Volleyball career

Hamson chose to defer playing in the WNBA so she could attend the U.S. Collegiate National Volleyball Team camp during the summer of 2014. She completed her eligibility by competing with the BYU volleyball team for the fall 2014 season. [8] Hamson was named an All American for volleyball after the Cougars run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2013. [9]

After leaving basketball, Hamson returned to playing volleyball, by then also professionally. In November 2018, she was signed by German Women's Volleyball League (Frauen-Volleyball-Bundesliga) club VC Wiesbaden to replace compatriot Holly Toliver. She said, "My love for volleyball has never gone away and I worked hard for a successful start in this great sport. I am very happy and grateful that I will get the chance to prove this at VC Wiesbaden. Also, this is really a beautiful city." [10] Wiesbaden advanced to the DVV-Pokal Frauen (Women's German Cup) and Frauen-Bundesliga quarterfinals in the 2018–19 season but was swept in both by eventual league champions Allianz MTV Stuttgart, to which she signed for the succeeding season. [11] With Hanson, Stuttgart reached the 2020 DVV-Pokal final but lost to Dresdner SC women's volleyball team. At the time the 2019–20 Bundesliga season was curtailed before the playoffs, Stuttgart stood at second place in the table. She eventually parted ways with the club. [12]

Personal life

Hamson is a daughter of David and Tresa Spaulding Hamson, who played basketball at BYU.[ citation needed ]

Awards and honors

Basketball

Volleyball

Career statistics

Brigham Young University

Jennifer Hamson Basketball Statistics [3] at Brigham Young University
Year G MIN AVE FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A BLK S PF TO PTS AVG
2010–113045515.2901610.55951690.7391545.1445751272317.7
2011–123155317.81141970.57967890.7531785.717761752312959.5
2012–132665925.31212350.51548760.6322298.8187220675529011.2
2013–1435108431.02243960.5661732420.71540411.53414716888862117.7
Totals122275122.55499890.5553394760.7129657.97334060258201143711.8

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  3. 1 2 "Jennifer Hamson - Basketball Profile". BYU Cougars. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Hamson, Jennifer (April 14, 2014). "Are WNBA teams willing to wait on BYU's Hamson?". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ Lloyd, Jared (April 14, 2014). "LLOYD: Cougar senior Jennifer Hamson picked 23rd overall in WNBA draft by LA". The Daily Herald. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
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  12. ↑ "Perfekt: Volleyball-Star Krystal Rivers bleibt eine weitere Saison". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). April 2, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
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