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2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

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Erica Lee

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Arcadia, Calif.
  • High School Arcadia
  • Instagram ericaa.leeee

Biography

Career Bests

Best Finish: T-9th -- Landfall Tradition (Oct. 27-29, 2023)
Low Round: 70 (-2) -- Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 2-3, 2023)
Low 54-Hole Score: 211 (-5) -- Landfall Tradition (Oct. 27-29, 2023)

Sophomore 2024-25

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played 15 rounds in three events with a 75.33 scoring average.
  • Fired a season low 73 (+1) two times...third round at the Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah on Oct. 8...first round at the Spring Break Shootout on March 17.
  • Finished a season-best tied for 11th on March 21-23 at the Florida State Match Up...her 54-hole score of 222 (+6) was a also a season-low mark.

Freshman 2023-24

  • WGCA All-American Scholar
  • Played 33 rounds in 11 events with a 74.39 scoring average in her debut season.
  • Set a new career low with a 70 (-2) in the opening round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 2.
  • Matched her career low of 70 (-2) in the first two rounds of the Landfall Tradition on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28...would go on to finish tied for ninth in the event, her best finish of the season and the first top 10 finish of her career.
  • Recorded a career-best 65th-place finish at the Nexus Collegiate from Feb. 12-14.

High School

  • 2019 Pacific League CIF Southern Section MVP and 2022 Pacific League CIF Southern Section MVP.
  • 2021 CIF Southern Section Division 2 Champions and 2022 CIF Southern Section Division 1 Champions.
  • First place at Toyota Tour Cup at Redhawk Golf Club in Temecula, Calif...also placed third in the 2019 edition of the tournament.
  • First place at Toyota Tour Cup Max Homa Invitational at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, Calif.
  • Third place at 2021 FCG National Tour Fallbrook Junior at Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook, Calif. 
  • First place at 2021 SCPGA Jr. Tour Toyota Tour Cup at Olivas Links in Ventura, Calif.
  • First place at the 2021 FCG National Tour Spring Challenge at Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, Calif.
  • Second place at the 2021 AJGA Thunderbird Junior All-Star at Papago Golf Club in Phoenix, Ariz. 
  • First place at the 2021 AJGA Cameron McCormick Junior All-Star in Lubbock, Texas.
  • First place at the 2021 AJGA Junior All-Star at Urbana in Urbana, Ill. 
  • First place at the 2021 AJGA UHY Detroit Junior in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 
  • 2021 AJGA Junior All-Star Team Member.
  • First place at the 2021 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational presented by Adidas Golf in Bend, Ore. 
  • Second place at SCGA SoCal Girls Junior Am at Morongo Golf Club in Beaumont, Calif.
  • 2021 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American: Second Team.
  • Third place at the 2022 SCPGA Jr. Tour Toyota Tour Cup at Mission Hills, Calif.
  • Second place at the 2022 SCPGA Jr. Tour Toyota Tour Cup at Rancho, Calif.
  • 2022 Southern California Girls Junior Americas Cup Team Member.

Personal

  • Born on Nov. 22, 2005.
  • Daughter of Michael and Jung Ah Lee.
  • Has one sister, Jessica.
  • Chose Illinois because, "I felt a genuine connection with the campus, facility, people, and overall environment of the school. I was amazed by the support provided for student-athletes, and I could see myself growing as a person and a golfer."
  • Also a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. 
  • Majoring in advertising.

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2023-24 11 33 2,455 74.39 70 (-2) 211 (-5)
2024-25 5 15 1,130 75.33 73 (+1) 222 (+6)
Totals 16 48 3,585 74.69 70 (-2) 211 (-5)

Individual Results

2023-24 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 11-12 Cougar Classic 71-70-75 = 216 (+3) T-56th
Sept. 23-25 Schooner Fall Classic 72-75-70 = 217 (+7) T-51st
Oct. 2-3 Windy City Collegiate Classic 70-71-75 = 216 (E) T-41st
Oct. 9-10 Illini Women's Invitational 77-74-72 = 223 (+7) T-55th
Oct. 27-29 Landfall Tradition 70-70-71 = 211 (-5) T-9th
Feb. 12-14 Nexus Collegiate 83-75-73 = 231 (+15) T-45th
Feb. 26-27 The Chevron Collegiate 72-72-72 = 216 (E) T-37th
March 11-12 Briar's Creek Invitational 74-75-73 = 222 (+6) T-34th
March 29-30 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 73-83-77 = 233 (+17) T-65th
April 13-14 Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational 79-78-77 = 234 (+18) T-55th
April 19-21 Big Ten Championships 82-78-76 = 236 (+20) T-72nd
2024-25 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Classic 80-76-75 = 231 (+15) T-51st
Oct. 7-8 Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah 77-78-73 = 228 (+12) T-75th
March 17-18 Spring Break Shootout 73-76-75 = 224 (+11) T-20th
March 21-23 Florida State Match Up 73-75-74 = 222 (+6) T-11th
April 6-7 Boilermaker Spring Classic 74-74-77 = 225 (+9) T-28th

^ Led the team

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior