Background
He was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and attended Crestview High School in Crestview, Florida.
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Tom Hammonds
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Education
Crestview High School.
Career
Foreign American sportscaster, see Tom Hammond. After graduating in 1989, he was selected by the Washington Bullets in the first round (ninth overall) in the 1989 National Basketball Association Draft. He played 12 National Basketball Association seasons for the Bullets, Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves, averaging 5.3 points per game in his career.
He scored a career-high 31 points for the Bullets against the New York Knicks, on January 29, 1992.
While enrolled at Georgia Technical, Hammonds played for the United States national team in the 1986 International Basketball Federation World Championship, winning the gold medal. While playing for the Nuggets, Hammonds became involved in drag racing.
He qualified in the 1996 Mopar Parts Mile High Nationals, only to lose to Kurt Johnson. He owns his own NHRA team, racing in the NHRA"s Pro Stock class since 1996.
Hammonds also opened a car dealership in Darlington, South Carolina.
