Hassell Wilkinson, a seventh-grade student at Oxford Middle School, has been invited to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference this summer in Washington D.C.

Students from around the country will participate in simulations confronting the challenges faced by leaders from our nation’s past.

The son of Hassell and Taylor Wilkinson, he is a member of the National Junior Beta Society, Duke TIP, and Oxford Middle School Student Council. He is a member of the OMS football and tennis teams and peer tutor. He is also a member of First Presbyterian Church.