Contributed photo. Pictured from left – Tera Pickens, Kierstan Peck, Joey Beam, Amy Schneider and Angela Fritz.

The Kirkwood Washington Regional Center has selected its outstanding student. Joey Beam of Washington, a 2013 graduate of Washington High School, received the honor. Criteria for the selection include a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 and completion of at least 30 semester hours.

Beam is majoring in Liberal Arts at the Washington Center and plans to transfer to the University of Iowa to earn an accounting degree. Beam is a member of the Kirkwood Community College Concert Band.