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  Joanne Lee
Joanne Lee

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
San Carlos, Calif.

High School:
Carlmont HS

Last College:
USC

Height:
5-3

Experience:
1V

Career Stats

As a Redshirt SOPHOMORE in 2009-10, was named the Bear's MVP after leading the squad with a 73.6 stroke average...tied the Cal record for low round (five-under, 67) in the opening round of the Pac-10 Championships...honorable mention NGCA All-American...All-Pac-10 Second Team selection...was Cal's top finisher in six of 11 tournaments during the season...posted four top-10 finishes, six rounds under par, and one round at even par...did not finish out of the top-25 among individuals in a regular season tournament...finished the season ranked No. 26 among individuals in the Golfweek rankings...ranked as high as No. 23 during the season (4/4/10)...finished in a tie for fourth at the Edean Ihlanfeldt with a seven-over 223...followed up a one-under 70 in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate with a three-under 68, finishing the tournament at one-over, tied for 13th place...shot a one-under 71 in the second round of the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate...closed out the Peg Barnard Invitational with a one-under 70 in the final round, tying her for medalist honors with a +2 overall...finished in fourth place at the Juli Inkster with a final round even-par 72 (+5, 221 overall)...opened the PING/ASU invitational with a two-under 70, finishing in a tie for 22nd at one-over for the tournament...opened the Pac-10 Championships with a five-under 67, tying the Cal record for the lowest score in a single round...finished the Pac-10 Championships in a tie for eighth place at four-over (220).

As a SOPHOMORE in 2008-09, sat out the season after transferring from USC as a redshirt...came within a stroke of qualifying for the 2009 US Open, shooting a +7 (76-75) at the par-72 Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif. at an Open sectional qualifier...as a FRESHMAN at USC... played 17 rounds in six tournaments with a stroke average of 74.53 and a national ranking of 50...best finish was a tie for third place at the Kent Youel Invitational with a score of 218...lowest round was a 70 at the Wildcat Invitational....tied for 11th (218) at the PING/ASU Invitational while playing as an individual in the spring... honorable mention All-Pac-10.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended High School at Carlmont High in San Carlos, Calif... In the summer of 2007, competed as an amateur at the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, but did not make the cut with her first round a 3-over 75, qualifying for it by posting a 151 at Lake Merced C.C. in Daly City, Calif...represented the West at the Canon Cup and competed in the U.S. Women's Amateur...as a h.s. senior, competed in the 2006 U.S. Women's Open and after graduating she played in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open...during her high school career, she competed in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championships five straight years (2003-07) and in the U.S. Girls' Junior Championships four straight years (2003-06)... was the leader in the clubhouse after the first stroke play round at the 2006 U.S. Girls', firing a 3-under 69 in a field of 156 players and was a semi-finalist the previous year...won the 2006 AJGA Fidelity Investments Junior Open at Ruby Hill and has been a consistent top finisher in her 10 2006 AJGA events, earning Rolex Junior All-American honorable mention recognition...broke the course record at Malvern C.C. in Pennsylvania, firing a 67 during her second round of the AJGA McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls' Championship...2005 NCGA Junior Girls' and the 2004 California State High School Girls' Champion and she won the Girls' High School Central Coast Sectionals three years in a row (2003-2005)...recipient of the High School Sports Focus "Driven to make a difference" award...2005 and 2006 Carlmont High Female Athlete of the Year, 2005 JGANC Player of the Year and three-time San Jose Mercury News Golfer of the Year.

PERSONAL: Lee was born on April 29, 1989 ... She is the daughter of Sung J. Lee and Boo Y. Lee...Interdisciplinary Studies major.

"Playing golf for Cal is an amazing experience. I am making so many unforgettable memories."

Up Close with Joanne

Top 5 songs on my iPod: Pink: "So What, Akon: "Beautiful", Flo Rida: "Right Round", Ne-Yo: "Mad", The Starting line: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"

Place in the world I want to travel: Korea

Weird fact not many people know about me: I am missing two knuckles

Pet Peeves: Clothes that don't match, people who eat with their mouths open and dirty white shoes

Favorite movie from this past year: The Dark Knight

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