Baylor

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country at Elk Rapids High School under head coach Chris Adams...Helped high school team to the Lake Michigan Conference title as a freshman and sophomore and runner-up finishes as a junior and senior...Team placed fourth at the state cross country meet her freshman season and ninth during her senior campaign...Earned all-state honors all four years in cross country and three years in track and field...Earned all-conference honors all four years in both sports...Named to the Elk Rapids honor roll all four years, as well as earning academic all-state honors five times...Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Amanda Joy Hammer...Born March 12, 1991 in St. Louis, Mo....Daughter of Ed and Martha Hammer...Undecided on a major.