helped move the university from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to the university's current conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2006. Hammond was also instrumental in creating the softball program in 1999, and both men's and women's soccer in 2011. Hammond retired from Fort Hays State on June 30, 2014. References Presidents of Fort Hays State University University of Louisville faculty Seton Hall University faculty Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty University of Missouri alumni Emporia State University alumni Living people People from McAllen, Texas 1944 births