*Last year, 11-year-old Elijah Preccieley a homeschooled child prodigy from Baton Rouge, was awarded a full scholarship at Southern University.
Preccieley enrolled as a physics and mechanical engineer major and was also admitted into the Honors College. Elijah reportedly began taking college level classes in biology, physics, and business through Southern at the age of 8-years-old. Because of those credits, he started his college career as a sophomore.
The gifted young man said at the time that his path to Southern began when a professor encouraged him to try to take classes there, per news4jax.com.
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“He starts talking to me and he says, ‘We need you in classes now,'” Preccieley said. “Then I go over to take some classes and through the months, through the semesters and through the years, that kind of had a snowball effect.”
Elijah’s mother said she knew her son was special from a very young age.
“I knew at a certain point that I did not understand some of the vernacular he was talking about. And I said, ‘I gotta get him some help,'” Pamela Precciely said.
The kid’s father, Stephen, added: “Find that child’s genius… What they like and nurture that,” he said. “If you have to seek outside help, then that’s what you do, and that’s what we did.”
Southern also honored Elijah with the prestigious J.S. Clark Presidential Scholar Award.
“God has given me the ability to soar with excellence and to never forget where I come from,” he said.
Preccieley has also published a book, applied for several patents, and hosts a weekly radio show.
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