Lee-Hammer was an All-League and All-State basketball player and cross country and track runner for Pagosa Springs High School. She scored 15 points in the title game to help her basketball team win a state championship and finish 26-0 her junior year. She averaged 13.7 points, 3.5 assist and 2.9 steals per game her senior season when the Pirates finished fifth in state and 25-1 overall. She is a kinesiology major with plans to become an athletic trainer.