Louisiana Teen Graduates High School & College In Same Day

Azariya McClendon is 17 years old. She just graduated from college, and will graduate from high school this evening.

McClendon received her associates degree from Bossier Parish Community College at 2pm, and will graduate from Ringgold High School tonight at 6:30.

Azariya is the first person to ever do this in their school district, according to the superintendent for the Bienville Parish school system.

She started taking classes from BPCC her freshman year of high school. Her counselor, Timothy Williams, said that it was the plan from the beginning to have her associates degree in the four years of high school. Turns out, McClendon finished her high school curriculum her sophomore year of high school.

"I played basketball, softball and I was a cheerleader. So when I wasn't doing any of that, I was studying," said McClendon.

She plans on coming to UL to major in biology with hopes to go to medical school at LSU-S to become an OBGYN.

Other students at the school plan to follow in her footsteps of graduating high school with an associates degree.