Addison Trail alumna Mekalah Haywood (class of 2024, pictured above) was recently named as a recipient of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Foundation Girls in Football Scholarship.
The program is “designed to benefit graduating female high school football players pursuing a career in sports.” Haywood was one of four honorees, and she received a personalized jersey and football, Buccaneers merchandise and a $5,000 scholarship. To view an Instagram post from the Buccaneers celebrating the winners, click on the video above (or go to https://tinyurl.com/BuccaneersInstagram).
Haywood is a freshman at The Ohio State University, where she is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in computer science. Haywood later plans to take classes online to earn her master’s degree in video game development. To read more about Haywood’s accomplishments as a Blazer at Addison Trail, go to https://www.dupage88.net/site/page/15993.