Kutztown Rotary Club honors January Students of the Month

Members of the Kutztown Rotary Club honored Colin Hamm and Samantha Defrain as January Students of the Month during a Jan. 3 ceremony.

Each month throughout the school year, Kutztown Area High School and Brandywine Heights Area High School school administrators each select one student for this award based collectively on academic achievement, school participation, and community contributions.

The students addressed the club members at the Student of the Month ceremony where they demonstrated qualities of exemplary students. The ceremony occurs during the Kutztown Rotary meeting on the first Wednesday of the month at the Kutztown Tavern, where the weekly meetings for the club generally take place.

Colin Hamm

The son of Dale and Dawn Hamm of Kutztown, Colin is a senior at Kutztown Area High School. A leader and mentor throughout high school, he served as a Berks Career & Technology Center Student Ambassador 2022-2024, KAHS Senior Class Mentor 2023-2024, National Technical Honor Society 20222024 and this year as the Senior Class President. He has a member of the high school golf and baseball teams since 2021. He also is a junior volunteer firefighter at the Topton Fire Company.

Colin works at the Moselem Springs Golf Course and works with a small company in Kutztown doing home improvements.

In his free time, he enjoys golfing and working on wood projects.

After graduation Colin plans to go to the Pennsylvania College of Technology. He aspires to become a project manager.

Samantha Defrain

The daughter of Jennifer and Jason Defrain

of Macungie, Samantha is a senior at Brandywine Heights High School. She has stayed involved in Jazz Band and the Marching Band throughout high school. Over the years she has been an active participant in Girl Scouts and the

past year became a volunteer leader. One of her special interests is juggling. She has been an officer for the high school Juggling Club since 2021.

Samantha works at Bear Creek Mountain Resort, performing a variety of responsibilities

from working in the Mountain Eatery to serving guests at the Snow Sports Desk.

After graduation, Samantha plans to attend Kutztown University for a 4+1 master’s program for computer science.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KUTZTOWN ROTARY CLUB Samantha Defrain was named a Kutztown Rotary Club January Student of the Month.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KUTZTOWN ROTARY CLUB Colin Hamm has been named a Kutztown Rotary Club January Student of the Month.