Honors & Awards
Honorable Mention AVCA All-Region: 2020-21
Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American: 2021
Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-American: 2020-21
Senior CLASS Award Candidate: 2021
MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: 2021
MVC Freshman of the Year: 2018
CoSIDA Academic All-District V: 2021, 2020 & 2019
First-Team All-MVC: 2021, 2020-21, 2019
Second-Team All-MVC: 2018
MVC All-Freshman Team: 2018
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2021, 2020-21, 2019
MVC All-Tournament Team: 2021 & 2020-21
MVC Player of the Week: 02-23-21, 11-04-19
MVC Defensive Player of the Week: 11-08-21
MVC Freshman of the Week: 10-29-18, 10-22-18, 10-15-18, 09-24-18 & 09-04-18
Golden Grizzlies Invitational All-Tournament Team: 2021
CEFCU Invitational All-Tournament Team: 2019 & 2018
Eagle Challenge All-Tournament Team: 2018
Bradley Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 09-14-21, 02-24-21 & 09-18-19
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2021, 2020
MVC Honor Roll: 2021, 2020 & 2019
Bradley AD Honor Roll: Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
2021 (Senior)
Voted a Second-Team CoSIDA Academic-All-American after earning third-team honors in 2020-21 … Was the 10th two-time Academic All-American in school history and just the second female Brave to earn the honor twice … 2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year … One of 30 national candidates for the Senior Class Award … Third individual in school history to earn CoSIDA Academic-All-District honors three times … Joined Lindsay Stalzer as the only three-time First-Team All-MVC selections in program history … Only player in the nation in 2021 with 350 kills and at least 475 digs … Wrapped up her time at Bradley as BU’s all-time digs leader (1,902), which ranked 18th in MVC history at the time of her graduation … Second player in MVC history to collect 1,300 career kills and 1,900 digs and was the first player in the nation to reach both marks since 2003 … Closed her time sixth in career kills at Bradley with 1,377 … Owns Bradley’s career record with 78 double-doubles … Played in 48 regular-season MVC victories during her career, the most in program history in a four-year stretch … Earned a spot on the MVC All-Tournament team after collecting seven kills, one ace and 20 digs against Indiana State … Turned in 20 double-doubles on the year, including back-to-back double-doubles in the NIVC as she highlighted a first-round victory with 11 kills and 27 digs against Chicago State and followed it up with 10 kills and 12 digs against Evansville … Ranked eighth in the MVC in digs per set (3.87) … Averaged a team-best 2.96 kills per set to rank ninth in the Valley.
2020-21 (Junior)
First Bradley player to earn AVCA All-Region honors, earning honorable mention distinction … Also selected as a Third-Team Academic All-American (first in program history) ... Voted First-Team All-MVC for the second straight year, making her the eighth two-time, first-team all-conference honoree for the Braves … Also took home First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete recognition for the second consecutive year … Named to the MVC All-Tournament Team after collecting 17 kills and 14 digs in a semifinal matchup against eventual champion Illinois State … Only player to rank in the top 10 in the MVC in both kills (8th - 3.51) and digs per set (6th - 4.91) … Was 48th nationally in total digs and 104th in total kills, ranking 53rd in digs per set and 139th in kills per set … Only player in the country to average at least 3.50 kills and 4.90 digs per set … Her 4.91 digs-per-set average is fourth among Bradley season marks and the best average by a non-libero in program history … Posted 14 double-doubles in her 19 contests … Notched her 1,000th career kill in the MVC Tournament semifinal matchup with Illinois State, becoming the 15th Brave to reach the mark … one of just four juniors to reach 1,000 career kills in program history … Named MVC Player of the Week after averaging 4.71 kills and 5.29 digs per set in a series sweep of Evansville ... Paced the team in kills 15 times and had a team-high digs in 17 of 19 outings.
2019 (Sophomore)
Named a CoSIDA Academic All-District V selection … Was third sophomore in program history to earn First-Team All-MVC honors, joining Lindsay Stalzer (2003) and Laura Benzing (1999) … First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete pick … Earned all-tournament honors at the CEFCU Invitational … Only player in the MVC to rank in the top 10 in both kills and digs per set, finishing the year seventh in both categories … Named MVC Player of the Week after helping the Braves to their first road win at I-74 rival Illinois State since 2002, finishing with a season-high 19 kills and 23 digs … Posted a school-record 24 double-doubles, breaking the previous record of 23 double-doubles by Jenny Pavlas (1997) … Only player in the nation with at least 380 kills and 550 or more digs … Joined Illinois State’s Chris Rehor (1985 & 1988) as the only players in MVC history with 350 kills and 500 or more digs in two different seasons … Third sophomore in program history to reach 700 career kills … Her 551 digs rank fourth among Bradley season marks and she joined Yavianliz Rosado as only players in school history to have two seasons with 500 or more digs … Ninth player in program history with 700 career kills and 1,000 or more digs, she is the first to reach the marks since Stephanie Behrns in 2002 … Had a school record streak of 15 consecutive double-doubles, topping the previous mark of 12 by Samantha Hardwick (2000) … Owns two of the three seasons in Bradley history with 380 kills and 525 or more digs … Tallied a career-high 32 digs in the match at Drake for the highest dig total by a Brave other than a libero since 2005 and best in the MVC by a player other than a libero dating back to a 32-dig effort by Missouri State’s Lily Johnson against Drake on Oct. 13, 2017 … Led the team in kills 17 times and paced the Braves in digs in 14 contests … Had 10 or more kills 25 times and posted 10 or more digs in 29 of 30 outings … Collected 20 or more digs in 14 matches
2018 (Freshman)
MVC Freshman of the Year, joining Lindsay Stalzer (2002) as the only individuals in program history to earn the honor … Also earned Second-Team All-MVC honors … Five-time MVC Freshman of the Week honoree, becoming the fifth in league history … Named to the all-tournament teams at the CEFCU Invitational and Eagle Challenge … Invited to the USA Volleyball National Team Open tryouts in Feb. 2019 … Was first Bradley freshman to earn all-conference honors since 1993 … Second on the team in kills (3.02 per set) and digs (4.16) … Posted 20 double-doubles for the fifth most in Bradley history … Only freshman and one of just two players in the nation in 2018 to collect 380 kills and 525 or more digs … Her 383 kills and 528 digs are both Bradley freshman records, with her dig total ranking as the seventh-best mark in school history while her dig total was the most by a Brave other than a libero since 1985 … Was ninth in the MVC in digs per set … Averaged 3.04 kills and 4.29 digs per set in MVC play … Was 87th in the country in total digs & 135th in total kills … Reached double figures in kills 24 times and had 10 or more digs in 27 of 33 outings … In fact, reached double figures in either kills or digs in all but two matches … Tallied a season-best 24 kills in the home win against Indiana State … Seven performances with 20 or more digs, including a season-best 29 digs to go with 16 kills vs. Western Illinois in the first home match of her career … Ranked third on the team with 21 aces ... Invited to tryouts for USA Volleyball in February 2019 in addition to helping Team BIP reach the championship of the 2019 Global Challenge which was held in Pula, Croatia in July 2019.
High School: Averaged 6.4 kills per set as a senior, while boasting a .398 hitting percentage … All-time career leader in both kills and digs at Pekin High School … Hit .371 during her prep career and was a three-time First-Team Mid-Illini All-Conference selection … Helped the Dragons to a 30-8 record and IHSA Class 4A Regional title as a senior … Named to the Under Armour preseason All-American Watch List prior to her senior year … Two-time Peoria Journal All-Area honoree … First-Team All-State selection by the Champaign News Gazette as a senior … Special mention all-state as a junior … Also lettered in basketball, earning second-team all-conference honors as a freshman
Personal: The daughter of Yvonne and Chris Thompson, Hannah was born in Pekin, Ill. … Has two younger siblings: Gavin and Ian … Majored in health science … Her mother played volleyball at Illinois Central College and SIU Edwardsville ... Her aunt Priscilla Welch was a 1997 NFCA Third-Team All-American in softball at Illinois State in addition to being selected to the MVC's All-Centennial Softball Team
