Career
He is currently a professor at the University of Puget Sound. Hamel was selected for the United States. National U-17 team in 1977, touring Germany with the team As a teenager, he also was selected twice to play in the National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs.
In 1980, Hamel captained the Bishop Blanchet High School soccer team to the state championship.
Hamel was drafted by the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League in 1980, along with Brian Schmetzer. Hamel played with the team for three seasons, from 1980 to 1982, under coaches Alan Hinton and Bobby Howe.
He never cracked the first team during the outdoor seasons, but saw several games during two indoor seasons. In 1985, he played for the San Jose Earthquakes in the Western Alliance Challenge Series.
That year Hamel also earned his bachelor"s degree from the University of Santa Clara.
Hamel has two masters degrees from the University of Chicago. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from the University of Washington (Seattle) in 2000. He has coached several youth teams, including high school teams in Illinois and Washington State.