Featured Alumni
This area is dedicated to HOBY’s OUTSTANDING alumni and the accomplishments they have made. Whether through doing community service, realizing personal and professional dreams, or starting their own non-profits, HOBY alumni are changing the world for the better.
Do you know of a notable alumna/us or have news of your own to share? E-mail us at alumni@hoby.org.
Allyson Brown - 2005, HOBY FL
High School: Holy Trinity
Age: 21
Inspired by HOBY, Allyson organized a school dance and donated the proceeds to Malaria No More. Malaria No More made her idea an international fundraising campaign named STAYIN ALIVE which is now in 250 schools, in 44 states and 5 countries. This is their Flagship Program. Allyson's grass roots effort continues to motivate teens around the world and has saved more than 10,000 lives to date. President George W. Bush awarded her the Dragonfly Award in April, 2008.
Isabel Calo, 2011 HOBY NJ
High School: West Morris Mendham High School
Age: 16
Adopting a global perspective, Isabel is passionate about service to women and children. She is an AIDS advocate and social entrepreneur with Mothers 2 Mothers and volunteer fundraiser for the Jersey Battered Women in Morris County. She also served the needy in Appalachia during the summer. As the captain of her soccer team Isabel led the efforts to collect over 400 soccer uniforms which she sent to 13 schools and orphanages in South Africa, Tanzania, Vietnam, Colombia, and Kenya.
Nate Noss, 2011, HOBY MO, WLC
High School: Whitfield School
Age: 16
Shortly after attending 2011 World Leadership Congress, Nate saw a need in his community and pursued it. He founded his own non-profit, "Saint Louis Food Rescue." with the express mission to collect and deliver perishables that would have been discarded by local food retailers and deliver it to homeless shelters and food pantries. Nate and his volunteers routinely collect over 3,000lbs of food each weekend.
James "Sean" Hancox - 2011, HOBY LA
High School: Carencro High School
Age: 16
Sean Hancox arrived at his foster family's home at age 12, anemic, in poor health and carrying everything he owned in a garbage bag. His mother abandoned him at age two and he lived in a mobile home and storage rooms in a junkyard, frequently without electricity. Food was scarce. He had little to no self-esteem at all. When he attended HOBY his entire outlook changed. This year he is making straight-A's for the first time. His experiences at HOBY are responsible for his improvement. HOBY provided him with the ability to believe in himself. Sean is now a leader in the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office Explorer Program and volunteers with the Beta club focusing on feeding the hungry.
25 Semi-Finalists for the HOBY Outstanding Young Alumni Award
All nominations are still eligible for the next round of the HOBY Outstanding Young Alumni Award, which will be announced later this Spring. We are still accepting nominations through March 30, 2012. Thank you to everyone who submitted or nominated such Outstanding Alumni. We are so proud and honored by the Outstanding leadership, service and character shown by our HOBY Alumni.
Allyson Brown, Indialantic, FL, Alumni Year 2005 Florida
Niko Arigopolis, Woodbine, MD, Alumni Year 2011 Maryland
Juan Aristzabal, Columbia, WLC
Cara Austin, Whiteland, IN, Alumni Year 2010 Indiana
Marta Belcher, Berkeley, CA, Alumni Year 2006 California Los Angeles
Catherine Buck, Burlington, NJ, Alumni Year 2008 New Jersey
Isabel Calo, Mendham, NJ, Alumni Year 2010 New Jersey
Connor Cass, Tulsa, OK, Alumni Year 2011 Oklahoma
Kaitlyn Chana, Altamonte Springs, FL, Alumni Year 2007 Florida
Joshua Ford, Chapel Hill, NC, Alumni Year 2005 New York West
Claire Gillespie, McHenry, IL, Alumni Year 2010 Illinois North
Josephine Grant, Taneytown, MD, Alumni Year 2010 Maryland
Sean Hancock, Carencro, LA, Alumni Year 2011 LA
Matt Hockney, Danville, PA, Alumni Year 2009 Pennsylvania
Kaylen Larson, East Grant Forks, MN, Alumni Year 2010 Minnesota
Corinna Lin, Orangeburg, NY, Alumni Year 2010 New York Metro
Jessica Magro, West Kingston, RI, Alumni Year 2011 Rhode Island
Claire McCallan, Groton, MA, Alumni Year 2011 Massachusetts
Erik Muckey, Corsica, SD, Alumni Year 2008 South Dakota
Virginia Newsome, Lexington, KY, Alumni Year 2011 Kentucky
Nate Noss, Wildwood, MO, Alumni Year 2011 Missouri
Morgan Reeves, Louisville, KY, Alumni Year 2008 Kentucky
Micaela Siminsky, Malvern, PA, Alumni Year 2011 Pennsylvania
Michael Young, Scottsdale, AZ, Alumni Year 2009 Arizona
Laura Zebib, Palm City, FL, Alumni Year 2010 Florida South