Ella Beam of Lawndale, North Carolina, is a four-time North Carolina high school state champion for Burns High School and was ranked sixth at 180 pounds in the National Girls High School Rankings for March.

The daughter of Luke and Kathy Beam, she was 20-0 in her prep career against girls and 85-65 overall, while also lettering in soccer and swimming.

Beam was a finalist at Preseason Nationals and Folkstyle Nationals in 2021 and did not place in 2022 due to illness.

She earned all-conference honors for boys wrestling while also earning all-conference honors in girls soccer.

Beam received the wrestling team’s “Before Self” award in 2019 while sharing team MVP honors in 2020 and being named Outstanding Wrestler in 2021. She earned the swimming team’s “Most Improved” award and was also the recipient of the KTC Broadcasting McDonald’s Athlete Award.

Class president as a senior and class marshal as a junior, Beam was a member of Air Force Junior ROTC, Students Leading A Change and FFA while also serving as school mascot and being a member of the marching band. She served as AFJROTC Corp Commander in 2021 and received the AFJROTC AMVETS National award, the National Sojourners award and the Air Force Association National award after being named Cadet of the Year in 2019.

Beam volunteered with the Pleasant City Church Kids Ministry, the PCC Next Level Team, on JROTC community service projects, filling bird feeders at nursing homes, and participated in Mission Serve missions stateside and internationally.

She has a GPA of 4.44 and plans to wrestle for Presbyterian College.