Joshua Owens, an incoming freshman at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville, earned an award at the National Junior Beta Club conference. His area of expertise was social studies.

ATLANTA—Rising high school freshman Joshua Owens earned an award at the National Junior Beta Convention.

Owens, who will be attending Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville, competed in social studies at the convention in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned third place on the national stage. In an earlier Georgia contest, he placed second in the same category. Owens attends St. Anthony of Padua Church, Atlanta.

The National Beta Club is the largest independent, nonprofit, educational youth organization in America, according to its website.