Daniel Lee named first head men’s lacrosse coach

BOSTON, Mass. – Today Wheelock College Director of Athletics Diana Cutaia announced that Daniel Lee will head the College’s inaugural men’s lacrosse team, which is set to begin intercollegiate play in the spring of 2011.

“We are excited to have an individual of Daniel’s caliber as our first men’s lacrosse head coach,” said Athletic Director Diana Cutaia. “Daniel is very knowledgeable about the sport of lacrosse, and we believe that he has the skills and drive to build a successful program here at Wheelock.”

Lee, a native of Sudbury, Mass., will begin the process of building Wheelock’s program this spring as he recruits for 2011.

“I’m excited about the opportunity to start a program in Boston,” said Lee. “The Wheelock athletic department is headed in the right direction, and adding lacrosse to the lineup will be beneficial to the student body and the Wheelock experience.”

Lee graduated with a Masters in Sport Management from the University of Connecticut in the spring of 2009 where he was a student assistant with the football and men’s basketball teams.

Lee is well-versed in lacrosse in many different capacities, both as an athlete at Division I College of the Holy Cross and most recently, as an operations intern for Major League Lacrosse. At Holy Cross, Lee received MVP honors (1998), Rookie of the Year honors (1998), and was the leading scorer two consecutive years (1998, 1999). During his freshman campaign, Lee was ranked third in all of Division I in shooting percentage, finishing over 50%.

The 2010-2011 academic year will be the fourth-consecutive year in which Wheelock has added a men’s sport. Since 2007, Wheelock has added men’s basketball, tennis, cross country, and soccer in addition to women’s cross country, soccer, basketball, field hockey, and softball. In addition to the men’s program, Wheelock will add a women’s lacrosse team in 2011.