Introduction

Hi everyone,

My name is Ben Lee, and I am here blogging to you from the University of Arizona, specifically the study rooms in McKale Center. In this first blog post, I would like to just introduce myself and give a brief background as to where I am from and what has led me to currently be at the U of A. I’ll try not to be too boring :P

I am from New Canaan, CT. It’s a small town of roughly 20,000 people lying 30-45 minutes outside of New York City (depending on if you’re an aggressive or defensive driver- I take 30). Unlike most people from my town, I do not come from an ultra-rich household, I don’t live in a seven bedroom 25,000 sq./ft. home, and neither of my parents are CEO’s of some hedge fund the way my classmates at New Canaan High School might have grown up. My family lives comfortably in New Canaan, in a quaint house on the east side of town near Norwalk, CT, sitting tucked into some forest on a few acres.

I graduated from high school in 2010 and got recruited by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on a tennis scholarship. I really loved Lafayette- awesome people, incredible food, and an awesome college town atmosphere. But unfortunately, the coach that recruited me ended up being a real jerk meanie (keeping things PG).  So I decided to transfer.

In August of 2012, I transferred to the University of Arizona where I am currently attending school, where I can proudly say that I play tennis for the Arizona Wildcats!