Senior first baseman Kris Lee (Naperville, Ill., North HS) has 13 career home runs, a career batting average over .300 and is currently 12th all-time with 75 runs batted in at Illinois Wesleyan.
She was named to the 2010 NCAA Division III regional all-tournament team and in 2009 she was chosen as a first team all-conference player and second team all-region as she led the Titans with a .386 average.
An elementary education major with a Spanish minor at Illinois Wesleyan, Kris is the daughter of Linda and Dave Lee.
Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan: Good softball program, beautiful campus, and great academics
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: EDU 372-English Language Learners
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? General Chemistry sophomore year…it wasn’t good
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Sharks
Worst habit: Not getting enough sleep
Most expensive traffic ticket: I’ve only gotten one ticket in my life…a $15 ticket for parking on the street on an odd-numbered day
Language I’d like to learn: Italian
Your usual response to “What’s going on?”: “Not much, how about you?”
Favorite sports figure: Derrek Lee
My greatest moment in sports was: Upsetting Naperville Central at Regionals senior year
The best player I ever faced was: Michelle Batts who now bats cleanup at Northwestern
Worst dresser on my team: Erin Sweeney - Uggs and shorts don’t go
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Hot sauce
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Julia Roberts
Favorite food: Korean food
Vegetable I won’t eat: Cauliflower
Pepsi or Coke?: Diet Coke
Favorite TV show: "Sex and the City"
Favorite musical groups: Rascal Flatts and Katy Perry
Favorite movies: "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "Pretty Woman", and "Breakfast at Tiffany’s"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Sandra Bullock
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Gandhi
My dream job would be: Teaching abroad
Place I’d most like to live: California
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: My MacBook
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Recess and spelling tests