Hampton led the school team, the Blue Hose, to three consecutive South Atlantic Conference women's tennis tournament titles.

She served two years in South Korea, and also in Afghanistan as part of the United States forces in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Hampton was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Liberty, North Carolina before becoming the commander of Delta Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment prior to the unit's deployment to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom in September 2003.

Captain Hampton was the first female military pilot in United States history to be shot down and killed as a result of hostile fire.

[3][4] Captain Hampton's resting place is located in the cemetery section just east of the bell tower at Robinson Memorial Gardens on Powdersville Road near her hometown of Easley, South Carolina.