- Becky learned to drive when she was 7 and got pulled over for driving by herself. The cop had let her go but has asked for her father when he saw the stack of pillows she was sitting on.

- Becky was named Gatorade South Dakota Player of the Year in 1995 and South Dakota Ms. Basketball in 1994

- Becky once appeared as the guest weather girl on the ESPN morning TV program 'Cold Pizza'.

- Becky played on behalf of American Red Cross and helped raise $60,349 for Hurricane Katrina victims on 'Wheel of Fortune's NBA Week'.

- Becky had a shark encounter while scuba diving in Mexico... she thought it was cool.

- Becky does a mean Tina Turner impression of 'Private Dancer'.

- While growing up in SD, Becky has learned to be creative with her (circus) shots to avoid hitting the pole under her house court's basket.

- Becky has a knack for bad lyric songs; she has All-4-One's "(She's Got) Skillz" and Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" lyrics down pat.

- Becky is the first Silver Stars player to be named the San Antonio Express-News Sportswoman of the Year.

- Becky got a scar on her chin after trying to ride the family dog like he was a horse.

- Becky convinced her parents to let her take a duck brain for show and tell because she thought it was cool.

- In the Western Conference Finals in 2008, Becky scored 35 points, had 7 rebounds, 4 assist, 2 blocks, and 1 steal.

- The National Anthem is Becky's favorite moment before each game, “it helps me put things into perspective, basketball and life in general”.

- Becky has a group of loyal fans who call themselves “Hammonites”.

- Becky spent the 2006 off-season as an NBA sideline reporter for ESPN.

- Becky has a sandwich named after her at New York’s famous Carnegie Deli called The Hammon, Egg and Cheese.

- Becky caught her first shark when she was 12 with her hands, it was a baby one, and roaming around in the shallows in a Maine harbor, so she grabbed it and made a live well for it to swim in...but then quickly scrambled out of the water realizing..."uh -oh where's its mom?"

- Becky killed, cooked, and ate Rattlesnake while camping as a kid. Claims it tastes “just like chicken.”

- In Becky's first week in San Antonio, woke up to find a scorpion on her bed, which she killed and bagged, then brought to practice and showed her teammates.

- Becky brings her Bible with her everywhere.

- Becky loves American Idol and is a big fan of karaoke.

- Becky has a Golden Retriever named Cody.

- Becky holds the Guinness World Record for Most Free Throws made in a minute by a woman after swishing 38 of 42 attempts in 60 seconds on Feb. 16, 2008.

 

 
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