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Baton Rouge 11-year-old Elijah Precciely receives full scholarship to Southern University

11-year-old Elijah Precciely has received a full scholarship to Southern University, according to The Advocate. Elijah has proven himself to be quite accomplished kid, before he begins classes this fall he will have already published a book and submitted five patents for his inventions, the Advocate reported.

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Elijah has always been a curious kid asking, asking his mother about all the bones in a human body and how taxes work by the time he was 3 years old. Then at just 5 years old, he preached his first sermon and was a guest on a local radio station WTQT 106.1 FM where he now has his own weekly show according to The Advocate.

Elijah started taking classes at Southern when he was 8 years old and was offered the J.S. Clark Presidential Scholar award. After being awarded the scholarship Elijah quickly made his way to the microphone and gave a speech. According to The Advocate, he explained “how grateful he was by discussing the concept of legacies, acknowledging not only that he is a “legacy” of his parents and teachers, but also of Southern University’s first president, for whom his scholarship is named.”

“When I reflect on this Joseph S. Clark Presidential Scholars Award it means absolute legacy, nothing but legacy to me,” Elijah said. “Those that have paved the way, I want to thank you for paving the way in my education, and I will absolutely pave the way for others to do the impossible. I am elated.”

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Elijah started creating his own inventions at a young age, when his mother Pamela Precciely, a Southern University alumna, reached out a professor in the university’s Physic’s Department about finding some lab space on the campus. Dr. Diola Bagayoko, suggested Elijah to join his classes. Elijah went on to take biology, physics and business classes at Southern University.

“I appreciate that the staff never turned him away with his questions,” his mother said. “Sometimes he would want to teach the class and that’s okay because they understood that that’s the highest form of testing and Elijah has done research on that.”

Elijah Precciely plans to study physics and mechanical engineering he will begin as a sophomore and plans to spend four years at the university to finish a five-year program.

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