Like other students, Hannah Kamp learned a lot during her time at Salisbury High School. Like other student-athletes, a lot of what she learned came through playing varsity sports, which in Kamp’s case was on the soccer field and basketball court.

Some of that learning came during her junior season, her second as the starting goalkeeper for the Lady Falcons. The team struggled on the field and Kamp was constantly challenged by opponents who were able to fire one shot after another on goal. During the season, the team suffered a key loss when senior Quinn Wittman went down with an injury, leaving a void as a team leader. Kamp quickly stepped up and filled the hole in leadership.

“I just sort of took over as the team’s leader and I helped to push my teammates,” said Kamp. “I was tough on them at times, but they were great and responded really well. I tried to show them that we all had to work hard and pull together, and I was really proud of how we came together as a team.”

The leadership role continued for Kamp into her senior season, and she always stressed working hard and doing things the right way to her teammates. Kamp finished her high school career with over 740 saves in goal for Salisbury.

On the basketball court, Kamp again was in a leadership position and remembers not only making the team but being a starter in her freshman season. During her senior year, again she was the leader of a struggling team that relied on her for direction.

The again faced combination of being in a leadership position with a team that was struggling to win games.

“I learned a lot about leadership and how to get players to be a part of something. I always stressed cooperation and how important it was for the players to get along and play as a team,” said Kamp. “We tried to keep the positivity around the players and keep a good attitude going into games against bigger schools. We tried to do that both on and off the court.”

While she has played basketball since she was four years old, it took until the end of her sophomore year for Kamp to truly decide which sport she loved more and wanted to dedicate herself to playing both but stressing soccer, which became a favorite.

“I was on a travel team in both sports and that’s when I really knew that soccer was my favorite sport,” said Kamp.

In the classroom, Kamp was able to take more than just what she learned out of a book to heart and credits her English 12 teacher, Kelly Wetherhold with motivating her.

“I learned a lot about critical thinking and how to look at things in that class and it has meant a lot to me,” said Kamp, who will put her academic skills to work at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, where she will major in nursing.

Shenandoah was not on her initial radar of schools, but her father heard about the school and Kamp decided to take a look and found it to be everything she was looking for.

“College is going to be a whole new experience and Shenandoah turned out to be perfect,” said Kamp. “It is going to be my first time away from home. I have not only lived in the same area all my life, but in the same house, so this is going to be new, and it is sort of like a fresh start. Plus, it’s only three hours away and it’s an easy drive, so when I want to come home on weekends, it’s not going to be tough to do.”