Emma Hamm ’07

Emma Hamm, a member of the 13-year club, attended Baldwin from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Starting as a shy, quiet kindergartener, she emerged from her shell once she walked onto the sports fields. Emma played varsity soccer and basketball in 8th grade and varsity lacrosse in 9th grade, and Emma earned honorable mentions on the Main-Line and All Inter-Ac teams in 8th grade. During middle school, Emma helped the team to an impressive 14-3-1 record on the soccer field, one of the best in school history. She set the single-game scoring record of 37 in her 8th-grade year and eventually became the all-time leading basketball scorer with 1,492 points.

On the lacrosse field, she was first-team All-Inter-Ac and All-Main Line as a freshman, then won MVP from sophomore year through senior year, collecting additional Inter-Ac and Main Line accolades. She also received All-American High School First Team honors from sophomore through senior year. At the time, she was the season record holder for goals, assists, ground balls, draw controls and interceptions. Also, the career record holder in goals, assists, ground balls and draw controls. 

Emma was a leader and stellar athlete for years, and helped the team to its best basketball record in 10 years and was elected MVP for five consecutive years. Two-time Pat West Award Winner, by senior year, she also won the Aimee Willard Award, now called the Inter-Ac League Athletic Directors' Award, Margot Cunningham Sports Commitment Award, Main Line Times Athlete of the Year, Ruth Davidon Elite Athlete and Baldwin’s White Blazer Award. 

Following graduation in the summer of 2007, Emma competed as a United States Under-19 Lacrosse team member and won a gold medal in Canada. Emma took home the Player of the Match award in the pool game against Australia and was named to the All-World team after the championships.

 

She chose to continue her academic and athletic career at Duke University, where she was the ACC and National Rookie of the Year. Eventually, after deciding to study psychology and business, Emma spent her fifth year getting her master's in management studies at the Fuqua School of Business. 

Co-captain in 2011 and 2012, she was one of five finalists for the 2011 Tewaaraton Award, National Player of the Year. She led the team to two Final Fours at Duke as a three-time All-American and All-ACC selection. 

Emma spent some time coaching lacrosse after graduation but has since paused coaching to pursue a career in marketing, going from Tierney Communications to Subaru of America and now to JPMorgan Chase. She remains active, playing racket sports and the occasional indoor soccer or volleyball league when friends or colleagues need subs. She was recently convinced to try a sprint triathlon, which may occur regularly.