CHICAGO – The Metal Construction Association (MCA) is excited to announce that Laiklyn Squyres of Heflin is among the first group of students to be awarded MCA scholarships.

She is one of five outstanding students affiliated with MCA member companies who were chosen as the first recipients of the association’s new scholarship program. Laiklyn is the daughter of an employee of McElroy Metal. The company is a member of MCA.

Having just graduated from Lakeside Junior-Senior High School in Sibley, Laiklyn is an outstanding student athlete who plans to seek a physical therapy degree at the University of Louisiana.

A teacher describes the varsity athlete as “driven, organized, and a leader in the classroom, and on the softball field.”

Laiklyn wrote her essay about the gratitude she has for adversity that helped her “become the person I am today and have the family and resources I have.”

Learn more at metalconstruction.org/membership.