Ryan Lee '23 Recruiting Profile

Swimming is a big part of my life. I have been swimming for 10 years. I even tried other sports but could never get rid of swimming. During my freshman year of high school I made states and when we arrived the officials came to us and told us they were not going to finish hosting our state championship because of COVID. No one knew what the next 18 months was going to be like but this is how I spent my time. Until I was able to get back into the water I would  lift, run, ride my bike, hike, boat, and enjoy active family time. As a team we also did online home workouts. I worked through a difficult time by not giving up on my swimming even when we didn’t know what was going to happen next. Then school was virtual for the next year.   I learned to discipline myself with school and swimming while not letting all the changes from the pandemic take my dream of swimming away. I plan on using all the life lessons that I learned from this experience to reach my goal of becoming a student athlete in college.