Stefhon L. Hannah (born June 14, 1985) is an American former professional

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player. He played

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for

Chipola College Chipola College is a public college in Marianna, Florida, United States. It is part of the Florida College System. History The school was founded in 1947 as Chipola Junior College; its name was changed in 2003 after the college developed sever ...

and

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High school career

Hannah went to

Hyde Park Career Academy Hyde Park Academy High School (formerly known as Hyde Park High School and Hyde Park Career Academy) is a public four-year high school located in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1863, H ...

where he averaged 23.1 points, 7.8 assists and 4.3 boards, leading the Indians to the Chicago Public League Red-East and Regional championships as a senior while earning first team All-Public League first team All-Area honors and All-State recognition from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune. He also led Hyde Park to the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Holiday Tournament title and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

College career

Hannah began his college career at Chipola CC where he averaged 14.5 points, 6.5 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 steals as a sophomore to earn first team All-Panhandle Conference honors and Panhandle Player of the Year recognition. He also led the Indians with an incredible 2.1-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and ranked among the Top 10 junior college guards nationally by JUCO Junction.com and the No. 25 JUCO player overall by the same service. After two years at Chipola, Hannah transferred to

where he averaged 15.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4,8 assists and 2.2 steals, earning Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year by the Big 12 Coaches, Big 12 Media, Associated Press, Kansas City Star and Austin American-Statesman, Big 12 All-Rookie / Newcomer teams by the Big 12 Coaches and Kansas City Star and a Second Team All-Big 12 pick by the Kansas City Star and a Third Team choice by the Big 12 Coaches. Hannah was involved in a nightclub fracas on January 27, 2008, that left him with a broken jaw. Following the incident, Hannah missed two weeks of classes and was subsequently dismissed from the team for failing to meet academic requirements. Hannah was charged with third-degree misdemeanor assault for his involvement in the nightclub events and eventually pled guilty to peace disturbance by fighting.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Hannah signed with

APOEL B.C. APOEL Basketball Club, also known as APOEL PERESTROIKA for sponsorship reasons and better known simply as APOEL, is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in the city of Nicosia. It is a part of the APOEL multi-sport club. APOEL is one o ...

of Cyprus for the 2008–09 season. In October 2008, he left APOEL after three league games and two EuroChallenge games. In January 2009, he signed with

BC Šiauliai BC Šiauliai () is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League. It has won the 3rd place award (behind Lithuanian basketball giants BC Lietuvos Rytas, Lietuvos Rytas and BC Žalgi ...

of Lithuania for the rest of the season. In May 2010, Hannah joined the Marietta Storm for the 2010 WBA season. He went on to earn All-WBA first team honors. On October 30, 2010, Hannah was acquired by the

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. However, he was later waived by the Energy on November 17, 2010. On December 17, 2010, he was reacquired by the Energy. In June 2011, he signed with

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for the 2011 PBA Governors' Cup. In October 2011, Hannah signed with

AZS Koszalin AZS Koszalin is a Polish basketball team, based in Koszalin. AZS currently plays in the I Liga, the second tier Polish basketball league. History The AZS Koszalin sports club was founded on 8 October 1968. The founding fathers participating in th ...

of Poland for the 2011–12 season. In January 2012, he left Koszalin and joined the

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for the rest of the season. He went on to win the NBA Development League Defensive Player of the Year Award. In July 2012, Hannah joined the

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for the 2012

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. On October 1, 2012, he signed with the

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 i ...

. However, he was later waived by the Warriors on October 13, 2012. In November 2012, he was acquired by the

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. He went on to win the D-League's Defensive Player of the Year Award for the second straight year. In May 2013, Hannah joined

Marinos de Anzoátegui Marinos B.B.C., also referred to as Marinos de Oriente, is a professional basketball club based in the city of Maturín, located in the Venezuelan Monagas State. The team currently plays in Venezuela's Liga Profesional de Baloncesto. Marinos BBC wo ...

of the

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. In July 2013, Hannah joined the NBA D-League Select Team for the

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. On August 4, 2013, he signed with

Juvecaserta Basket Sporting Club JuveCaserta (sometimes spelled Juve Caserta), also known as Decò Caserta after its title sponsor, is an Italian professional basketball team based in Caserta, Campania. The team currently plays in the Serie B1, the third tier of Ita ...

of Italy for the 2013–14 season. In February 2014, he parted ways with Juvecaserta. On April 3, 2014, he was reacquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors. On September 3, 2014, Hannah was acquired by the

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in the NBA D-League expansion draft. Later that month, he joined

Guerreros de Bogotá Guerreros de Bogota is a professional basketball club based in Bogotá, Colombia. The team currently plays in Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga ...

of the

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia. The championship was established in ...

. After nine games, he returned to the United States. On October 31, 2014, Hannah's rights were traded by Westchester to the

Reno Bighorns Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River v ...

, along with a first-round pick, in exchange for

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. He officially joined the Bighorns on November 2, 2014. On January 28, 2015, after being waived by Reno, Hannah was acquired by the

Grand Rapids Drive The Grand Rapids Gold are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Denver Nuggets. The Gold play their home games at Van Andel Arena. They began play as the Anahe ...

. On October 1, 2015, Hannah signed with the

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. However, he was later waived by the Bulls on October 13 after appearing in one preseason game. On October 31, he returned to the Grand Rapids Drive. On January 1, 2016, he was waived by the Drive. On January 24, he signed with AZS Koszalin, returning to the club for a second stint.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannah, Stefhon 1985 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Colombia American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela American men's 3x3 basketball players American men's basketball players APOEL B.C. players AZS Koszalin players Basketball players from Chicago BC Šiauliai players Chipola Indians men's basketball players Dakota Wizards players Delaware 87ers players Grand Rapids Drive players Iowa Energy players Juvecaserta Basket players Magnolia Hotshots players Marinos B.B.C. players Missouri Tigers men's basketball players Philippine Basketball Association imports Point guards Reno Bighorns players Santa Cruz Warriors players Windy City Bulls players 21st-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen Big3 players