Hannah, winner of this honorary award in 2011, is a freshman at Ithaca College. She is currently studying to be an English Education major with the high hopes of one day becoming an elementary school teacher. Her on-campus hobbies include tap dancing, acting and singing as a member of Standing Room Only Performing Arts Company, actively participating in the Protestant and Catholic communities, and learning the art of performing sign language. When she is not running around between classes during the day and extracurricular activities in the evening, you are likely to find Hannah running red faced on the treadmill or dancing in her dorm by the light of the disco ball given to her for her birthday.

Hannah comes from a tiny town in New Hampshire, indeed she lives very nearly in the middle of nowhere on a farm with a variety of misfit, though dearly loved animals. Her parents are both veterinarians, an occupation that Hannah has pretty firmly decided is not for her. She shall be leaving that line of work leaving her younger sister, her best friend in the whole world, to take over the practice in the future.
She attended school in the next town over due to the simple fact that there are no schools within her own town. She feels that despite the drawbacks of living in a rural environment, she has benefited greatly from growing up in a close-knit community. The close friends and intimate family relationships have really shaped Hannah's friendly and faith-based personality.

Should you have the privilege of knowing Hannah personally, it is needless to say that she is a family-orientated person. As she will readily admit, leaving home to go to college was a bit of a struggle for her. Although she is proud to say that she adjusted quite well to the college living environment she still, on occasion, has a difficult time being seven hours away from home. But overall, Hannah has enjoyed this new and challenging experience.