Beth Lee

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Loudon, Tenn.
HS:
Loudon HS

Academic Honors
Earned Dean’s List recognition all six semesters (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015) ... Named to the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Tiger Academic 30, which recognizes the top grade-point average from each sport ... Earned Tiger 3.0 Club honors all six semesters (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015).

Honors

Two-time Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2013-14 and 2014-15 ... 2013-14 All-GARC honorable mention (air rifle).
2014-15 (Junior)

Competed in both disciplines in 13 of the 14 matches ... Did not shoot in air rifle at the NCAA Sectional ... Recorded averages of 573.4 in smallbore and 586.2 in air rifle ... Also had an aggregate score average of 1160.1 ... Her smallbore and aggregate score averages were career bests ... Her air rifle average was tied for first on the team, and aggregate score average was second on the squad ... Posted aggregate scores of 1160 or higher eight times ... Had a season-best aggregate score of 1174 at the Gamecock Invitational ... Finished third in aggregate score at the Gamecock Invitational ... Also placed in the top-five in smallbore (4th; 582) and air rifle (2nd; 592) at the Gamecock Invitational ... Tied career high in air rifle with a 593 vs. Army ... Highest smallbore finish was first (583) vs. Navy.

2013-14 (Sophomore)

Member of the Tigers squad that placed fourth at the NCAA Championships, the program’s highest finish at the event ... Competed in both disciplines in all 15 matches ... Had team’s second-highest aggregate score average at 1159.5 ... Also posted the squad’s second-best average in air rifle (586.5) ... Averaged 573.0 in smallbore ... Increased her aggregate average by nearly 20 points the second half of the season from 1148.7 (first six matches) to 1167.0 (last nine matches) ... Shot a career-best aggregate score of 1177 at the NCAA Championships ... Placed in the top-10 in both smallbore (5th; 585) and air rifle (T6th; 592) in helping the Tigers to their fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... Her 585 smallbore score at the NCAA Championships was a career best ... Posted aggregate scores of 1170 or better on three other occasions against Jacksonville State and Navy and at the NCAA Qualifier ... Recorded her career high in air rifle (593) three times against West Virginia, Jacksonville State and Ole Miss ... Tied for fifth in air rifle (592) at the NCAA Qualifier ... Tied for eighth in air rifle (587) in the season-opening Tiger Open ... Tied for top honors in air rifle (593; tied career best) in a win over Jacksonville State.

2012-13 (Freshman)

Made 13 appearances in air rifle and one in smallbore … Posted averages of 577.6 in air rifle and 538.0 in smallbore ... Competed in both disciplines in her collegiate debut at the Tiger Open ... Shot a 1113 (538-575) at the Tiger Open ... Shot a season-best 586 in air rifle against West Virginia … Tied for fifth in air rifle (584) at the Gamecock Invitational … Took 10th in air rifle (566) at the Skyhawk Invitational.

Prior to Memphis

Attended Loudon High School ... Member of the Knoxville, Tenn., Blue Dragons rifle team for five years ... Served as team captain from 2011-12 ... Won the 2012 Tennessee State Championships smallbore title ... Also was the 2012 National Rifle Association (NRA) Open Sectional International Air Rifle Champion ... A National Junior Olympics participant for five-consecutive years ... National Honor Society member ... Graduated 11th in her senior class ... Member of Mu Alpha Theta (Math Club).

Personal

Daughter of Billy and Wendy Lee ... Birthday is June 11 ... Her sister, Kaitlynn, shot for the Tigers from 2008-12.