Tulane University Athletics

2022 (Sophomore): Started in all 60 games this season... Closed the year with five home runs and 92 RBI to go along with a .398 slugging percentage... His 14 doubles ranked second on the team... Opened the year on a high note, as went two for three with a double and a walk against UMass-Lowell (2/18)... Collected his first home run of the year in the comeback win over Mississippi State (3/5)... Collected three hits in three different games…Collected his first of two triples on the year in the second game of the series win over Louisiana Tech (2/27) … Had two three-RBI games in the 2022 season… Collected a pair of doubles in Tulane’s conference win in Houston (4/15) … Putout a season high 15 batters at the AAC tournament against Cincinnati (5/27). 

2021 (Freshman): Established himself as one of the top freshman in collegiate baseball... Was tabbed American Athletic Conference Newcomer Position Player of the Year, AAC First Team, Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America, Second Team NCBWA Freshman All-America, Second Team American Baseball Coaches Association South All-Region and was named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) College Baseball Team... Finished the year as the team leader in batting average (.440) and slugging percentage (.600)... Collected four home runs, 28 RBI and posted an incredible .527 on-base percentage... Posted a 19-game hitting streak during the year, reached base safely in the final 27 games he played... Opened the year with a three-hit game against Louisiana-Lafayette (2/21)... Collected three RBI, drilled a his first collegiate home run and had a pair of hits against WKU (3/7)... Had two hits in the series finale against nationally-ranked Louisiana Tech (3/21)... Drove in a season-high four runs against Jackson State (3/30)... Collected a season-high four hits at Memphis (4/23)... Opened the series against nationally-ranked ECU with three hits (5/7)... Had a pair of hits against ECU in the Green Wave's win over the nationally-ranked Pirates (5/8)... His two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth against UCF (5/14, game one) helped propel Tulane to a come-from-behind wni over the Knights... Missed the final series at Cincinnati and did not play in the AAC Tournament due to an injury.

Prior to Tulane: Lee comes to New Orleans from Tampa, Florida, where he was a four-year letterwinner on Tampa Jesuit High School’s baseball team…Was part of a Tigers team that ranked No. 1 in the nation in 2020 (9-0) and that won the state championship in 2019 (27-5)…Also helped his team become a state runner-up in 2017 (25-7) and a regional semifinalist in 2018 (19-10)…Named to the All-District and All-County teams in 2018 and 2019, also named to the All-State team in 2019…Named a Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American as a senior…Batted .442 in 2019, adding three home runs and two doubles and seven triples to lead the county…Major currently is undecided…Father, Ben Lee, played baseball at UNC Chapel Hill and older brother, Everett Lee, currently plays baseball at Wesleyan University.

BENNETT'S NOLA STORY
How do you define what it means to be NOLA Built?
Fully embodying the lively and resilient culture that characterizes New Orleans

Favorite memory living in New Orleans?
Longboarding on McAlister with the boys

Favorite spot to hang out in New Orleans?
Butler floor 2