Missouri boy, 14, gets full ride to HBCU after walking six miles to 8th grade graduation

Administrators at Harris-Stowe State University were so inspired by Xavier Jones’ tenacity, they gave him a full-ride scholarship when he graduates from high school in four years.

A St. Louis teen can spend the next four years not stressing over how he’ll pay for college after a six-mile walk to receive his middle-school diploma moved administrators at one today!

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