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Jeehae Lee
orn in Seoul, South Korea, Jeehae Lee moved with her family to the United States at age 12. A four-year starter on the PA golf team, she was the only female to compete at that time. In 1999, Lee won the Massachusetts Independent School Girl’s Championship, defeating the two-time defending champ. Lower year, she advanced to the #2 position, helping the team earn a 10–1–1 record and win the Lovell Cup and Witherspoon Bowl. Co-captain her senior year, Lee was awarded the Kazickas Golf Trophy for being the season’s low medalist and was named a Boston Globe High School All-Star. Lee joined Yale’s varsity golf team as a freshman; the team won the Ivy League Championship that spring. After a two-and-a-halfyear hiatus from golf to explore other opportunities—including a semester abroad in Beijing—Lee resumed golf as a senior and the team won yet another Ivy League Championship. She graduated with a BA in economics.
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A player on the Futures Tour in 2007 and 2008, Lee qualified for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 2009 and tied for 55th place in that year’s LPGA Tour Championship. Focusing on the Ladies European Tour in 2010, she played in 17 events with four top-10 finishes and two top-5 finishes. In 2011, her final year as a professional golfer, Lee competed on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tour. In 2012, she began working at the talent management company IMG, representing her friend, professional golfer Michelle Wie West. After earning an MBA at The Wharton School in 2015, Lee worked at Topgolf Entertainment Group for five years, leading business strategy and new business development for various divisions. Currently co-founder and CEO of Sportsbox AI—where she reunited with Yale teammate Stephanie Wei—Lee develops products using AI-enabled 3D motion analysis technology to help sports and fitness enthusiasts learn proper technique and improve their skills.
2002 golf team: Lee is back row, fifth from left. 9