Haley Lee
Biography
Personal: Lee earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management from Texas A&M, with a minor in recreational, park, and tourism sciences. She lists current Texas Tech Head Softball Coach Craig Snider as a person who has made a significant difference in her life. Her hobbies include playing Fortnite, solving puzzles, coloring books, and going for walks with her dogs. She also enjoys riding motorcycles and wears No. 45 in honor of former Houston Astros baseball player Carlos Lee.
2024 AUX Season: Lee finished in 16th place during her Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball debut after earning 960 leaderboard points, including 800 win points and 160 stat points. She accumulated 100 or more leaderboard points in a game five times and earned a start in 9 out of 10 games. Lee posted a .276 batting average with eight hits, including two doubles and a home run. She drove in three runs while scoring four times and hit safely in eight of the final 11 games, including five of the last six outings. Lee belted her first Athletes Unlimited home run against Team Clark on June 16 and collected a season-high of 140 leaderboard points with a double against Team Alo on June 19. Additionally, she had 130 leaderboard points against Team Mazon to begin Series Three.
2023 Championship Season: Lee was one of 14 players selected in the Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball College Draft in 2023.
Other Professional Experience: Lee was selected by the Oklahoma City Spark with the No. 13 overall selection in the 2023 Women’s Professional Fastpitch Draft. She was an All-WPF Team honoree, posting a .287 batting average with five home runs and 19 runs batted in over 33 regular-season games. As a rookie, she also collected four doubles and posted six multi-hit efforts, including a season-high three hits against the USSSA Pride on June 24, 2023.
At Oklahoma: Lee was a four-year letter winner at Texas A&M before transferring to Oklahoma for the 2023 campaign. She started 249 of 254 career games and finished with a .366 batting average, collecting 61 home runs and 181 runs batted in. She ended her college career by leading Oklahoma to the 2023 NCAA Division I title. In her lone season with the Sooners, she was a First-Team All-Big 12 selection and received NFCA All-Central Region Second Team distinction. She was also named a Second-Team All-American by D1Softball and garnered Third-Team All-America accolades from Softball America. Lee earned Most Outstanding Player accolades at the Big 12 Conference Tournament after going 4-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored.
At Texas A&M: While at Texas A&M, Lee was a Third-Team NFCA All-America selection in 2021 and a two-time NFCA All-South Region Second-Team honoree. She earned First-Team All-Southeastern Conference notice as a senior and was recognized as Softball America’s NCAA Most Improved Player in 2021. Over her four years at Texas A&M, she posted a .365 batting average with 47 home runs and 130 runs batted in. Lee hit .300 or better in each of her final three seasons with the Aggies, including a .422 mark as a junior in 2021. As a senior, she started all 59 games, splitting time between catcher and first base, and led the Aggies with 22 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI outings. She established Texas A&M single-season records with 25 home runs and a .955 slugging percentage in 2021, leading the SEC and tying for third in NCAA Division I in home runs. During the COVID-shortened sophomore season, she started all 26 games and began her college career by starting 49 of 52 games in 2019, belting two home runs with 15 runs batted in and 11 runs scored.