Preston Gregg of Chesterfield County has been accepted to Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, for the 2008-09 academic year.

The 11-year-old, who hopes to become a pilot in the military, attends Jacobs Road Elementary School. He loves fishing, planes and baseball, say his parents, Robert and Amy Gregg.

Preston's great-great grandfather was Hall of Fame baseball player Walter "The Big Train" Johnson, who played for the Washington Senators.