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Get To Know Becky |
- 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,
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