Omaha Athletics

2001-02 Season (Junior):
Team’s top rebounder, she started every game and 41 of the past 52... led the team in rebounds 18 times... recorded 6 double-doubles...scored in double figures 18 times and had a stretch of 8 straight, all in NCC play in January-February...averaged 16.3 during that stretch...has led the team in rebounding two straight seasons...earned all-NCC honorable mention a second straight season...finished 7th in rebounding in the NCC.

2000-01 Season (Sophomore):
Earned all-NCC honorable mention last year...led the team in rebounding last year with a 7.7 per game norm and was the team’s second-leading scorer at 11.0 points per game...shot 50.4 percent from the field...had seven double-figure scoring-rebound games, with the best a 26-point, 18-rebound effort against Southwest State in last year’s opening game...had five double-doubles against NCC teams...despite playing inside and being the team’s main rebounder, she fouled out just twice, in back-to-back games in mid-season...had a career-best 27 points vs. Morningside and twice had 18 rebounds, her career-best...connected on seven of eight shots vs. Northern Colorado.

1999-2000 Season (Freshman):
Saw action in 11 games during her freshman campaign...averaged 7.5 minutes per game...registered a season-high seven points and sev­en re­bounds in the Mav­er­icks’ 92-47 victory over Minnesota-Morris on 11-26-99...re­cord­ed five points, six rebounds, and two blocks in UNO’s 72-46 win over Morningside on 2-5-00.

High School:
A 1999 graduate of Iowa City High School...earned first-team Iowa Class-4A all-state hon­ors in 1999, while lead­ing her team to a 17-4 record and the Mis­sis­sip­pi Val­ley Con­fer­ence championship...a three-time all-con­fer­ence honoree...averaged 15.0 points, 9.8 re­bounds, and 3.1 blocks per game her se­nior sea­son.

Personal:
Full name is Tanya Leigh Hammes...birthdate is Sep­tem­ber 29, 1980... parents are Tim and Rita Hammes...major is marketing.

Quoting Carlsen:
“Tanya will have to pick up where she left off last year. She is going to have to be our consistent scorer inside and she is a good shot-blocker..”