Simone Lee
{{short description|American volleyball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name = Simone Lee
| image = Simone Lee (volleyball player).jpeg
| image_size =
| caption = Lee in 2022
| fullname = Simone Alexandria Lee
| nickname =
| nationality = {{flag|United States}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|07|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
| height = {{cvt|1.86|m|order=flip}}
| weight =
| spike = {{cvt|305|cm|order=flip}}
| block = {{cvt|305|cm|order=flip}}
| college = Penn State University
| position = Outside hitter
| currentclub = {{flagicon|ITA}} Megabox Vallefoglia
| currentnumber = 22
| years1 = 2014–2017
| team1 = {{flagicon|USA}} Penn State
| years2 = 2017–2018
| team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Imoco Volley Conegliano
| years3 = 2018–2019
| team3 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Beylikdüzü Vİ
| years4 = 2019–2020
| team4 = {{flagicon|GER}} Allianz MTV Stuttgart
| years5 = 2019–2021
| team5 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kurobe AquaFairies
| years6 = 2022–2023
| team6 = {{flagicon|GER}} Allianz MTV Stuttgart
| years7 = 2023-2024
| team7 = {{flagicon|TUR}} Sarıyer Belediyesi
| years8 = 2023-2024
| team8 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Volleyball Casalmaggiore
| years9 = 2024-
| team9 = {{flagicon|ITA}} Megabox Vallefoglia
| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam1 = {{flagicon|USA}} United States U18 team
| nationalyears2 = 2018
| nationalteam2 = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
| medaltemplates-title = Medal record
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry |the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan-American Cup}}
{{MedalGold| 2018 Santo Domingo|}}
{{MedalBronze| 2023 Ponce|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Cup Final Six}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Santo Domingo|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIVB U18 World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver| 2013 Nakhon Ratchasima|}}
{{MedalCompetition|NORCECA U18 Championship}}
{{MedalGold| 2012 Tijuana|}}
}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Simone Lee - Allianz MTV Stuttgart |url=https://www.stuttgarts-schoenster-sport.de/team/spielerinnen/11-aussenangriff/48-simone-lee |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.stuttgarts-schoenster-sport.de}}
Career
=College=
Simone Lee played for Penn State University from 2014 to 2017,{{Cite web |title=Simone Lee - Women's Volleyball |url=https://gopsusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/simone-lee/8354 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Penn State University Athletics |language=en}} taking the national title during her freshman year, reaching another Final 4 during her senior year.{{Cite web |last=Collegian |first=Madison Ridge {{!}} The Daily |title=How 3 former Penn State women’s volleyball players were guided by Russ Rose before turning pro |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sports/women_volleyball/how-3-former-penn-state-women-s-volleyball-players-were-guided-by-russ-rose-before/article_ef15094a-514b-11eb-8659-1f9bee1bec4d.html |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=The Daily Collegian |language=en}}
=U.S. national team=
She made her debut in the United States senior national team at the 2018 Pan American Volleyball Cup, where she won the gold medal,{{Cite web |title=2018 Senior Women´s NORCECA Panamerican Cup |url=https://www.norceca.net/2018%20Events/XVII%20Women%20PanCup-2018/Calendar-P-2-3/Bulletins/Bulletin-8-WPANC18.pdf |website=norceca.net}}{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Mark |title=Former Falls star Simone Lee played a key role in helping Team USA win Pan-American Cup gold |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/high-schools/2018/07/16/simone-lee-wins-volleyball-gold-team-usa-pan-american-cup/789694002/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}} and in 2019 at the FIVB Volleyball Nations League.{{Cite web |title=SIMONE LEE VOLLEYBALL |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/simone-lee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925020209/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Simone-Lee |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |website=teamusa.org}}
=Professional=
In 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,{{Cite web |title=Simone Lee Begins Second Pro Season In Japan – DigNittanyVolleyball.com |url=https://dignittanyvolleyball.com/simone-lee-begins-second-pro-season-in-japan/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |language=en-US}} while in the 2021-22 season she plays again for Stuttgart.{{Cite web |title=US-amerikanische Rückkehrerin für Allianz MTV Stuttgart - Allianz MTV Stuttgart |url=https://www.stuttgarts-schoenster-sport.de/news/2-1-bundesliga/587-us-amerikanische-rueckkehrerin-fuer-allianz-mtv-stuttgart |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.stuttgarts-schoenster-sport.de}}
References
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External links
- {{CEV player}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=simone-lee|old_id=Simone-Lee|sport=usa-volleyball|archive=20230530122642}}
- {{Instagram}}
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Category:American women's volleyball players
Category:Sportspeople from Milwaukee
Category:Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball players
Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Germany
Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Japan