Hamm spent her childhood on Air Force bases with her parents Bill and Stephanie Hamm and her five siblings. She played organized sports from a very young age, and at age 15 she joined the U.S. National Team, becoming the youngest ever to play for them.

She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she helped the Tar Heels to four NCAA women's championships in five years Read more...

In 1991, when the women's national team won the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time, Hamm became the youngest American woman to win a World Cup championship at the age of nineteen.

In 1993, she was a member of the U.S. women's national college team that played in the 1993 Summer Universiade and lost to China, obtaining the silver medal. She was the leading scorer with six goals. She Read more...

Mia Hamm (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama) is a former American soccer player. Playing for many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team, she scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female, in the history of the sport (158).

Hamm eventually became one of the most famous women athletes in the world, Read more...