Huskies Scholarship Award Recipients – Fort McMurray Minor Hockey

Huskies Female Excellence Scholarship Recipients

Kaylee Hynes

Kaylee Hynes

2022-2023 Recipient

Kaylee Hynes, born in Brampton Ontario has been a Fort McMurray resident since 2018, and has been a member of the Fort McMurray Minor Hockey Association since then. Kaylee has been recognized as an individual that knows what she wants in life and puts everything she has into achieving that. She is always willing to learn and grow no matter what situation she is put in and is there to lend a helping hand where needed.

This past year being her last, with the possibility of there not being enough for a roster for the U18 team to play, Kaylee spent a lot of her time helping with the younger divisions within the Huskies for U13, U15 as well as the Royals Inclusive Program. She believes that much like herself at that young age, she is now a role model for them and finds joy in being able to help those do better.

“Kaylee is looked up to by her teammates for her work ethic, positive attitude, and inclusivity. For these qualities when selecting our leadership team Kaylee was appointed to be the captain of our hockey team.” – Brent Upshall, U18 Aurora Huskies Head Coach

Kaylee will be attending the University of Lethbridge this coming year working towards a bachelor’s degree in arts for Psychology in hopes of becoming an Animal Assisted Therapist. During this time, she hopes to continue her hockey career by playing for the Lethbridge Eagles in the AJFHL.

Kendra Metz

Female Scholarship Award 2022 Recipient

Kendra Metz

Kendra Metz has been part of the FMMHA organization for 12 years and was born and raised right here in Fort McMurray. Kendra describes her experience with FMMHA as being a positive one that taught her valuable lessons such as leadership, responsibility and how to work well with those around her. Throughout her seasons, Kendra volunteered much of her time within the organization with the Fort McMurray Royals hockey team as well as being a mentor within the school system.

” Kendra is a sincerely kind soul who helps others because she wants to, and not for any sort of recognition. In conversations around pursuing post-secondary opportunities, Kendra approached me about mentoring other students. In this volunteerism capacity, Kendra not only provided appropriate behavioral modeling, and also supported the student through some academic work and skills such as organization, time management and responsibility.” – Father Mercredi High school Vice Principal Kirsten McConnell

Kendra is now a high school graduate and plans to attend Keyano College to obtain her master’s in social work so she can continue to help kids within the community.