The SULS Class of 2023, Valedictorian is Kelsie Tillage. Kelsie is the daughter of Mr. Keith (C/O 87') & Ann Tillage. Kelsie has been with the Lab family since her 4th grade year and has maintained her honor roll status since. Kelsie is a member of the Senior Beta club and is involved in several volunteering ventures such as tutoring, reading and creating book logs for children, providing digital content for non-profit organizations, and spearheaded the Queen's Book Drive from her literacy platform, with over 1700 books donated and counting. She has participated in Varsity and Club Volleyball, Youth & Government, the Student Government Association, serving as Secretary, Vice President, Parliamentarian, and the Centennial Miss Southern High.

Kelsie has accomplished an outstanding achievement by earning $1.2 million in merit scholarships for college and has been accepted into 20 top tier 1 universities such as Spelman College,Howard University, and more. She will be attending Spelman College this fall.

In addition to maintaining a 4.25 grade point average while dually enrolled at Southern University, Kelsie has accumulated 33 college credit hours, the highest number of dual enrollment credits earned by a Southern Lab student. She is also in Honors and Advanced Placement courses, a published author and was a Regional Teen Officer for Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, the Regional Zone 8 Student of the Year, Second Place Regional Scholastic Achievement Award, and the prestigious Young Heroes Award.