Ryan Lee Season 2018-19

Career: Played in nine rounds in three events with a 73.56 career stroke average…Three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
 
2021-22 | Senior Season
Awards: Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for third-straight year.
 
Season: Did not compete in any events.

2020-21 | Junior Season
Awards: Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for second-straight year…Collected Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades.
 
Season: Played in Rutherford Intercollegiate as an individual.

Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/17-18): Finished tied for 39th while playing as an individual, finshing with a +9 222.

2019-20 | Sophomore Season
Summer 2020: Tied for fourth place in the 119th New Jersey Amateur Championship at Arcola Country Club with a 2-under 286 (74-71-72-69)...Shared  low score in final round with his 3-under 69.
 
Awards: Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.
 
Season: Played in one fall tournament, Bearcat Invitational, as an individual...Earned second letter...Season shortened and no championships held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
at Bearcat Invitational (9/30-10/1): Competed as an individual and logged back-to-back rounds of 72 for career-best 217 total (73-72-72, 4-over)…Earned highest career finish with a tie for 29th…Made four birdies in first round.
 
2018-19 | Freshman Season
Season: Made collegiate debut in Rutherford Intercollegiate…Posted career-low round 70 (1-under) in second round…Tied for 37th with 223 (10-over) total as an individual competitor...Received first letter.
 
Rutherford Intercollegiate (4/13-14): Competed as an individual…Made four birdies in second round to for a career-low 70…Tied for 37th with 10-over 223.
 
Before Penn State
Played for coach Tom Quinn at North Valley Regional...Helped lead Knights to three-straight New Jersey School Intercollegiate Athletics Association (NJSIAAA) Group 3 team titles...Took fourth place in the Group 3 boys golf 2018 Tournament of Champions...Earned All-Bergen County and All-North Jersey honors sophomore and junior years...Qualified for both the PGA Junior National Championship and the USGA Junior Amateur Championship as a senior in 2017...Ranked as No. 2 player in New Jersey for 2018...Captured first place at the U.S. Challenge Cup Northeast Junior Classic in summer 2017...Finished fourth at the American Junior Golf Association tournament held at the Penn State Blue Course and tied for sixth at the Northern Junior Championship at the New Haven Country Club.

Personal
Parents are Alex Lee and Jennifer Kim...Earned a 3.5 grade-point average in spring 2019 for Penn State Dean’s List honors…Majoring in English.
 
Why Penn State?
“I had an English teacher in high school who graduated from Penn State and hearing all the experiences he had made me want to enroll as well. His experiences showed me that at such a big school the opportunities one has to learn something new are nearly endless.”