In High School: played for coach Craig Gregory at Pattonville High School. A four- year starter on the basketball court for the Pirates, Hanna also was a four-year varsity starter on the softball team. She was an All-Conference selection in both 2009-10 and 2010-11, as well as being named to the Rockwood Summit Holiday All-Tournament team last year. She helped her team to District Titles in 2008-09 and 2009-10, as well as the Rockwood Summit Holiday Tournament Championship last year. On the softball field, Hanna was a first-team All-Conference pick in each of the last two seasons, and helped to lead the Pirates to a district championship in 2010. 

Personal: The daughter of Chad and Stacia Hanna, Kristen plans to major in communications at Southern. Her father played football at Jackson State and her brother (Colin) is a junior linebacker at Central Missouri.