RIVERVIEW, FL: Hannah Hewett (16) was awarded BSA’s highest rank, Eagle Scout, on Saturday, January 7, 2023. Hannah was recognized as a leader and trailblazer being one of the first girls in the USA to join Cub Scouts in 2017 and then crossing over into a Scouts BSA Troop in February 2019. Hannah was honored by several distinguished visitors at her ceremony including the Greater Tampa Bay Area Council Chief Executive Officer, Mike Butler, and representatives from the American Legion, VFW, Marine Corps League, and Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce. In addition to Eagle Scout, Hannah was awarded several good citizenship awards and several certificates from the President of the United States, Governors, US Department Secretaries, US Senators and Congressmen.
Hannah was preceded in earning Eagle Scout by her brothers Nathan and Asher in 2020, her sister Lexi in 2022, and her dad Rick in 1991. In 2022, the Greater Tampa Bay Area Council boasted 216 Eagle Scouts of which 5 were females. Of those five females, two where FYRE’s Hannah and Alexis Hewett.
Hannah’s story was featured in the local paper (click here).
