All About Mia Hamm

Facts

• Birthday: March 17, 1972
• Born in Selma, Alabama
• Married Nomar Garciaparra
• Has three children-Garrett, Grace, and Ava
• Full name: Mariel Margaret Hamm

Hamm's Education

• Lake Braddock Secondary School
• Nortre Dame Catholic High School
• Attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Soccer Facts

• Competed on the U.S. women's national team for 17 years.
• Won the women's world cup in 1991, and 1999.
• Considered the best female soccer player in history.

Records

• Held the record for "most international goals scored"
• Broken by a fellow teammate in 2013.

Awards

• Named FIFA's "World Player of the Year" in 2001 and 2002.
• USA's "Female Athlete of the Year" (1994-1998)
• MVP of the World Cup (1995)
• Three ESPY Awards including "Soccer Player of the Year" and "Female Athlete of the Year" categories
• Named on the FIFA list of the "125 Greatest Living Soccer Players"

Life Off The Field

• Married to Nomar Garciaparra- professional baseball player
• Hamm retired in 2004 to start a family.
• In 1999, the Mia Hamm Foundation was founded.

What is the Mia Hamm Foundation?

• dedicated to bone marrow research after Hamm's brother had passed.

Debuts

• Was in an HBO documentary "Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team"
• Wrote a book- "Go for the Goal: A Champions Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life."

Famous Hamm quote

• "I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.