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Overview - This junior transfer from UNLV will contend for a starting spot behind the plate...Could also see time as a designated hitter...Head coach Gary Adams said, "We are fortunate to have Ryan join our team. I liked the way he performed this fall."
1999 (Summer) -- Played catcher for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League...Hit four home runs and pitched four scoreless innings in which he no-hit the opposition.
1999 (As A Sophomore At UNLV) - Hit .324 with 11 doubles, eight home runs and 41 RBI in 45 games...Compiled 17 multiple-hit games...Slugged a career high three home runs and seven RBI against No. 12 Clemson on Feb. 26...His third home run of the game tied the score at 11-11 in the bottom of the tenth.
1998 (As A Freshman At UNLV) - Selected as a Freshman All-American honorable mention by Collegiate Baseball...Also earned team Freshman of the Year honors...Tied the UNLV freshman home run record with 16, set by Ryan Ludwick...Hit .338 and was the team leader in slugging percentage (.752)...Compiled a seven game hitting streak March 8-20...Batted .360 with men in scoring position and .317 with men on base.
Chaminade College Preparatory HS (West Hills, CA) - Lettered four years in baseall for coaches Denny Barrett and Scott Drootin...Named L.A. Times Player of the Year...Also was an all-state selection, all-state Medium School Player of the Year, All-Area Daily News team member, Bernie Milligan all-star team member...Selected to the All-California Interscholastic Federation first-team...Three-time All-Mission League honoree...Earned Mission League Player of the Year honors...Team MVP...Won the Bishop Gorman Home Run contest...As a senior, tied the state record with 16 homeruns...Also batted .480 with 13 doubles and 33 RBI...Team compiled a 29-3 record and won the division, and finished the year as a CIF semifinalist and third in the state...As a sophomore, hit .370 with five home runs and 12 doubles...Hit .348 as a freshman.
Personal - Also recruited by Pepperdine, Rice, Arkansas, UC Santa Barbara and Arizona...Favorite MLB team is the New York Mets ... Favorite player is Jim Thome ... If not playing baseball at UCLA, he would play rugby ... His parents are Jim and Pat Hamill...Has an older brother James, 25...Full name is Ryan Stefano Hamill...Born on Oct. 3, 1978, in Panarama City, Calif.
CAREER STATISTICS (AT UNLV)
| YR | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | HBP | BB | SO | OB% | SH | SF | SB-SBA | PO | A | E | FLD% |
| 1998 | .338 | 44-35 | 145 | 38 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 46 | 109 | .752 | 3 | 12 | 24 | .398 | 2 | 1 | 2-3 | 153 | 18 | 3 | .983 |
| 1999 | .324 | 45-41 | 170 | 35 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 90 | .529 | 5 | 14 | 16 | .379 | 0 | 6 | 0-1 | 171 | 20 | 3 | .985 |
| Totals | .330 | 89-76 | 315 | 74 | 104 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 87 | 199 | .641 | 8 | 26 | 40 | .389 | 2 | 7 | 2-4 | 324 | 38 | 6 | .984 |
