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Hannah Allen Senior-of-the-Year at Mount Pulaski High School

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[May 14, 2011]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Hannah Allen has been named Senior-of-the-Year at Mount Pulaski High School. Hannah is the daughter of Ralph and Lori Allen of Mount Pulaski.

Hannah has been active in the Mount Pulaski High School FFA, where she served last year as chapter reporter. She is currently co-president of National Honor Society and vice president of student council. She has participated on the WYSE team, the Science Olympiad team and has served as president of Spanish Club. Hannah is also a member of Drama Club and Spirit Squad. She was a three-year member of the Toppers volleyball team.

Hannah earned her State FFA Degree in June of 2010. She was an SAE program record book section winner in sheep production in 2009 and 2010. She has served as secretary and vice president of her 4-H club and was a 4-H record book county medal award winner in animal science.

In June of 2010, Hannah was selected as a delegate to Illini Girls State and as a delegate to the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives Youth Day. She participated in group work camp for two years and was involved through her church as worship band keyboardist and vocalist. She also volunteered as assistant volleyball coach at Zion Lutheran School in Mount Pulaski.

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Hannah has been a straight-A student throughout high school. She plans to attend the University of Illinois in the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences to pursue a career in food science. She has been awarded a Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholarship at the University of Illinois and has been selected as a Monsanto Commitment to Agriculture Scholarship winner. She was awarded the Farm Credit Services Scholarship, the DAR Good Citizen Award, the Senior Science Award, a Mount Pulaski Rotary Scholarship, an FFA Alumni Scholarship and the Shelter Insurance Scholarship. Hannah is an Illinois State Scholar and has been named a Prairie State Achievement Scholar in mathematics. She is one of the "Top Ten" students in the Class of 2011.

The Senior-of-the-Year receives a $1,000 award, courtesy of Johnson's Food Center of Mount Pulaski and Mount Pulaski Pharmacy.

[Text from file received from Mount Pulaski High School]

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