Cornell University Athletics

• NCAA Qualifier (2007, 2009) 
• EIWA Finalist (2007)
• All-Ivy First Team (2007)
• Team Captain (2007)

At Cornell:
2007-08: Hammond posted an 18-7 overall record, before being sidelined due to an injury. He opened his season on a 10-match winstreak that saw him win titles at the Brute Binghamton Open and Body Bar Invitational. Hammond then went on to place sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions, before taking fourth at the Southern Scuffle. The heavyweight helped Cornell mount a come from behind victory over Hofstra in a dual match on Feb. 2 by pinning Tom Daddino in 6:44. Hammond also notched a 14-4 record in tournaments.

2006-07: Hammond served as one of the Big Red’s team captains for the 2006-07 season. He posted a 5-0 record in Ivy competition to earn All-Ivy first-team honors. Hammond opened the season with eight wins to take the titles at the UB Open and Body Bar Invitational. The only heavyweight to wrestle in dual matches for the Big Red, Hammond went 10-3 and was third on the team in wins with a 26-12 overall record. He placed second at the EIWA tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Hammond was named the team’s most improved wrestler.

2005-06: During his sophomore season, he went 8-8 overall. He wrestled in eight dual matches for the Big Red, picking up wins against Lock Haven, Columbia, Penn and Rider. He also went 3-2 at the EIWA championships to take fifth place. 

2004-05: As a freshman, Hammond went 8-4 in his first varsity season, including a fourth-place finish at the Body Bar Invitational that included a win over teammate Matt Bogumil and No. 3 seed Payam Zaminpour of Sacred Heart.

At Absegami HS and Blair Academy
Hammond spent last year training as a post-grad at national powerhouse Blair Academy after graduating from Absegami High School in 2003. Competing with Blair[apos]s college team, Hammond captured second place at 235 pounds at the NCWA national championships and defeated the reigning high school national champion, Adam Cooney. Hammond was a third-place finisher for Absegami at the 2003 New Jersey state championships after earning sixth place the previous year.

Personal
Zachary Isaac Hammond is the son of Barry and Sharon Hammond, and he is studying policy analysis and management in Cornell's School of Human Ecology. His younger brother, Dillon, wrestles for West Virginia. 

 Hammond's Career Statistics