Wayne State senior guard Kylie Hammer collected another postseason honor as the Wayne native was named to the 2021-22 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Women’s Basketball Central Region First Team.
The honor is voted on by sports information directors within the Central Region and with her First Team designation now advances to the D2CCA All-American ballot.
Hammer was named the NSIC South Division Player of the Year and First Team All-NSIC after leading the league in scoring this season at 20.1 points per game. She is the just third player (fourth time) in school history to average more than 20 points per game in a season, joining Linda Schnitzler (26.2 ppg. in 1988-89) and Connie Kunzmann (20.4 in 1976-77 and 20.1 in 1975-76) as the only other players to achieve the feat.
Hammer led the NSIC in free throws made (124) and free throws attempted (162), ranking 11th nationally in free throws made and tied for sixth in free throws attempted.
She scored season-highs of 31 points at Sioux Falls (Dec. 4) and at Winona State (Dec. 17), and had a streak of five straight games over 20 points from Jan. 21-Feb. 5. Hammer scored double figures in 21 of 23 games this season and had 20 or more points in 12 games. She was named NSIC South Division Player of the Week Dec. 6 after averaging 28.5 points per game vs. Southwest Minnesota State and Sioux Falls.
This season, Hammer became the 23rd player in school history to score 1,000 career points and ended her Wildcat career ranked 22nd with 1,087 points, helping the Wildcats to a 9-15 record this season.
