Simone Alexandria Lee (born October 7, 1996) is an American volleyball player. She plays as an outside hitter for German professional team Allianz MTV Stuttgart.[1]
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| Full name | Simone Alexandria Lee | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 7, 1996 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | Penn State University | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Allianz MTV Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
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Career
editCollege
editSimone Lee played for Penn State University from 2014 to 2017,[2] taking the national title during her freshman year, reaching another Final 4 during her senior year.[3]
U.S. national team
editShe made her debut in the United States senior national team at the 2018 Pan American Volleyball Cup, where she won the gold medal,[4][5] and in 2019 at the FIVB Volleyball Nations League.[6]
Professional
editIn December 2017, she signed her first professional contract with Imoco Volley, where she played the remainder of the 2017-18 season, winning the Scudetto. In the following season she played in the Turkish Sultanlar Ligi with Beylikdüzü Vİ.
In the 2019-20 season, she went to Japan, where she participated in the V.League Division 1 with the Kurobe AquaFairies; at the end of the commitments with the Asian team, she played in Germany for the final of the 1. Bundesliga with MTV Stuttgart. In the following season she returned to the Kurobe club,[7] while in the 2021-22 season she plays again for Stuttgart.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Simone Lee - Allianz MTV Stuttgart". www.stuttgarts-schoenster-sport.de. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Simone Lee - Women's Volleyball". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ Collegian, Madison Ridge | The Daily. "How 3 former Penn State women's volleyball players were guided by Russ Rose before turning pro". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "2018 Senior Women´s NORCECA Panamerican Cup" (PDF). norceca.net.
- ^ Stewart, Mark. "Former Falls star Simone Lee played a key role in helping Team USA win Pan-American Cup gold". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "SIMONE LEE VOLLEYBALL". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018.
- ^ "Simone Lee Begins Second Pro Season In Japan – DigNittanyVolleyball.com". Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "US-amerikanische Rückkehrerin für Allianz MTV Stuttgart - Allianz MTV Stuttgart". www.stuttgarts-schoenster-sport.de. Retrieved October 25, 2022.