11-year-old Entrepreneur with Autism receives full Ride to HBCU Florida Memorial University

With an education from an HBCU, 11-year-old golfer and entrepreneur Carter Bonas has ensured his future.

In accordance with Fox 4, while attending the HBCU Golf Classic on Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida, Bonas was awarded a full scholarship to Florida Memorial University.

The golf tournament, which is being hosted by Champion Charity Inc., is an initiative of the volunteer group with the aim of awarding scholarships to outstanding college students enrolling at South Florida’s only historically Black college and university.

Bonas founded his own company, Spectrum Golf, just a year ago. This game-changing scholarship will propel his business of providing quality golf apparel and custom gear.

The young business owner was diagnosed at about 10 months old with Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder, per Spectrum’s website.

Bonas began his entrepreneurial journey by inspiring others to embrace their differences in mind, as he did when he fell in love with golf. The non-contact sport helps him focus on his efforts positively.

“We allowed him to indulge in his obsessive fixations, high energy, and desire to play with others (yet still solo) by choosing sports where his actions alone controlled his outcome,” Bonas’ mom, Dr. Thelma Tennie, wrote on Spectrum’s website.

“We began to see positive change and him heal! The use of non-contact sports, 1-on-1 activities, traditional psychotherapy sessions, and non-traditional therapies proved to be [e]ffective in Carter’s social-emotional developmental progression..

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Homeless teen mom becomes High School valedictorian, gets $600K scholarshipsConsidering himself to be on the “high functioning side of the autism spectrum,” according to the company website, Bonas chose Spectrum for his apparel company.

Considering himself to be on the “high functioning side of the autism spectrum,” according to the company website, Bonas chose Spectrum for his apparel company.

He was tormented and teased in school, but now that he has his mother’s support and is receiving therapy, he is working hard to understand that he is “unique and different.”

According to the African American Golfers Digest, Bonas also inspires other young people by serving as a mentor and giving motivational speeches at Florida area schools. He offers any young people who want to learn golf free lessons.