Santa Clara University

First Team All-WCC (2025-26)
First Team NABC All-District (2025-26)
WCC Commissioner's Roll "Bronze" Honors (2024-25)

AT SANTA CLARA: Made 53 appearances with 36 starts over three seasons, including a redshirt year in 2024-25 ... Averaged 11.4 points on 47.6 percent shooting ... First Team All-WCC and NABC All-District in 2025-26 ... 27 games in double-figure scoring with 10 games of at least 20 points ... Career-high scoring effort was 27 points vs. Nevada (11/15/25). 

2025-26: Started 34-of-35 games ... Led the team and was fifth in the WCC in scoring (15.6) ... First Team All-WCC and NABC All-District - first Bronco to earn first team all-district honors since Brandin Podziemski in 2022-23 ... Led team with 27 games in double-figure scoring, including 10 games with 20 or more points ... Finished the year with 532 points - 24th-most in program history ... Named WCC Player of the Week for week of Jan.19 ... Averaged 15 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in the WCC Championship ...  Season/Career high of 27 points (11-of-17 FG) vs. Nevada (11/15) ... Dropped 25 points in regular-season home win over Saint Mary's (1/17) ... 24 points in WCC Championship title game vs. Gonzaga (3/10) ... 25 points vs. Loyola Chicago (12/20) ... Had three-game stretch of 20-point scoring - 20 vs. Minnesota (11/28), 22 at New Mexico (12/6) and 22 vs. Arizona State (12/13) ... Also had 20-point efforts at home against Pepperdine (20), San Diego (21) and San Francisco (21) ... Posted career-highs in rebounds (9) and steals (5) to go with 13 points in season-opener vs. Cal Poly Humboldt (11/4) ... Career-high five assists to go with 14 points in road win at Portland (12/30). 

2024-25: Redshirted in his second season with the Broncos.

2023-24: Made 19 appearances and two starts as a true freshman ... Averaged 3.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists ... Made first collegiate start in win over Pacific (2/15); finished with five points and a season-high six rebounds ... Started the next game on the road against San Diego (2/17) ... Finished the season on a high note with a season-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting and tied season-high of three assists in the WCC Tournament Semifinal vs. Saint Mary's (3/11) ... Posted seven points vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/20), Menlo (11/29) and New Mexico (12/9). 

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a second team all-conference selection as a sophomore at Cherry Creek High in Greenwood Village, Colo. ... Transferred to Colorado Prep for his junior season in which he averaged 20 points per game while shooting 50 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point range ... Played his senior season at Dream City Christian in Glendale, Ariz. ... Also played football where he was a three-time state champion ... Participated at the Adidas All-American Camp where he was among the top performers for the class of 2023, which included an impressive 39-point outing ... A three-star prospect who signed with the Broncos over offers from Denver, TCU, UC Santa Barbara and Washington State. 

GET TO KNOW CHRISTIAN: Comes from a basketball family with his parents, grandfather and brother all playing at the collegiate level ... His father, Julian Hammond II, played collegiate for LMU and professionally in Australia ... His mother, Ruby, played for Cal Poly ... Grandfather, Julian Sr., played in the ABA for the Denver Rockets (1967-72) ... Brother, Julian, is currently a senior guard at the University of Colorado ... Enjoys playing video games, going on walks and swimming in his free time.