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Kris Lee

Kris Lee

  • Award
    Featured Titan
  • Week Of
    5/3/2011
  • Sport
    Softball
  • Bio
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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



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Date Athlete Sport
3/23/2016 Matthew Mardis Baseball
3/9/2016 Nia Joiner Women's Track and Field
2/24/2016 Miles Ebell Men's Lacrosse
2/10/2016 Derek Andersen Men's Track and Field
1/20/2016 Kevin Weisling Men's Swimming and Diving
1/6/2016 Brian Nelms Men's Basketball
12/18/2015 Kirsten Slaughter Women's Swimming and Diving
12/2/2015 Samantha Ellsworth Women's Basketball
11/18/2015 Mary Kate Schmidt Women's Soccer
11/4/2015 Kevin Slawkowski Football
10/21/2015 Michael Kelley Football
10/7/2015 Eric Gilbert Men's Soccer
9/23/2015 Tess Bottorff Women's Soccer
9/9/2015 Karson Taphorn Women's Golf
8/26/2015 Mary Rankin Women's Volleyball
8/12/2015 Artie Checchin Football
7/21/2015 Dennie Bridges Alumni
6/22/2015 Chloe Montgomery Softball
6/4/2015 Kenny Wienckowski Men's Golf
5/20/2015 Kelli Herlitz Women's Track and Field
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