Damion Lee

LOUISVILLE V NORTH CAROLINA | DAMION LEE, CELEBRATION

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NCAA Basketball: Louisville at Notre Dame

LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL V NORTH CAROLINA | DAMION LEE

NCAA Basketball: Louisville at Virginia Tech

Louisville @ Kentucky | Damion Lee, Donovan Mitchell

LOUISVILLE V ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN | DAMION LEE

Marks Feed Store Red-White Scrimmage 2 | Damion Lee

Damion Lee | Louisville v Puerto Rico National Team | Photo By: Brady Klein

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-6
Weight:
210
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.
Prev School:
Drexel University
High School:
St. Thomas More

Collegiate Career

Graduate transfer from Drexel, where he was the nation’s fourth-leading scorer last season as a junior while averaging 21.4 points per game.
Enrolled in graduate school at UofL after completing his general humanities and social science degree at Drexel in June.
Top scorer for Louisville during the Cardinals’ trip to Puerto Rico in August, averaging 23.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and connecting on 15-of-38 three-pointers (.395), with a high game of 36 points against the Puerto Rico National Team.
Member of the 2015 All-Colonial Athletic Association five-person first team and an NABC All-District 10 first team selection.
Ranked among the CAA top 10 in rebounding (6.1 seventh), defensive rebounding (5.2, second), steals (1.5, fourth), field goal percentage (.438, ninth), three-point percentage (.385, ninth), free throw percentage (.887, second; 14th in the NCAA) and three-pointers per game (2.4, fifth).
Led the CAA and was eighth nationally in minutes played, averaging 38.1 minutes per game. The Dragons finished last season with an 11-19 record and were sixth in the CAA.
Topped 20 points in 14 of his 27 games last season, including five perfomances with 30 or more points.
Scored a season-high 33 points against conference-leader Northeastern on Jan. 28.
Fractured his right hand early in a game against Northeastern on Feb. 21, 2015 and finished the game with 30 points, missing the team’s final three games of the season.
Named to the 2015 CAA All-Defensive Team and All-Academic Team.
His 1,538 career points in three seasons ranks 10th on the Dragons’ all-time scoring list, he is the Drexel career leader in free throw percentage (.842) and is third in career three-pointers (196).
Made over 60 threes in each of his three complete seasons. He connected on 38 of his last 39 free throw attempts.
As a freshman, Lee averaged 12.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists and scored in double digits on 22 occasions in earning CAA Rookie of the Year honors.
Led Drexel and was third in the CAA averaging 17.1 points as a sophomore and was an All-CAA second team selection. He scored in double figures in 23 games, including a career-high 34 points against Old Dominion. His 2013-14 season was cut short after just five games when he suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Chose to attend Louisville for his final collegiate season after narrowing his choices to also include Arizona, Gonzaga, Marquette and Maryland.

High School

First-team All-New England Preparatory School Athletic Council selection in 2011 when he averaged 17 points, six rebounds and five assists in helping St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Conn. to a 30-7 record and the National Prep School Championship.
First-team All-Baltimore Catholic League selection as a senior at Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore, also earning second team Baltimore Sun All-Metro honors. He was an all-league selection as a junior.

Personal

Born Oct. 21, 1992 ... Son of Michelle Riddick ... Earned a general humanities and social science degree at Drexel in June ... Major at UofL is special education, with a concentration in assistive technology
Personal goal to “win a national championship and become part of a family.”
Best moment of his athletic career to date was scoring 30 points in a game with a broken hand.
Enjoys hanging with friends, listening to music and playing video games in his spare time.
Chose to attend UofL because of “the family atmosphere and a part of something special in a special and embracing community.”
His mom has had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
Best basketball advice given to him was to “stay humble. As quick as you rise is as quick as you can fall.”
Most proud of his mom not having to pay for his college.
Few people know that “I write music and plan on dropping a mixtape in 2016. I do the Hunger Games salute after I hit a three-pointer.”
When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Allan Houston.
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is his TV.
Chose to wear No. 0 because nobody believed in him and he was always doubted.
Feels Michael Ealy would be the best actor to play him in a movie.
Among reality shows, he feels he would fare best on Dancing with the Stars.
Best thing about being a Cardinal is “playing for something bigger than me and finishing my career as a Cardinal.”
What impresses him the most about Coach Pitino: his experience, his constant drive to be great and for everyone he is associated with to be great.
Would most like to meet J Cole and Kendrick Lamar.