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General Romanda Noble-Watson, SID

Claflin Athletics Spotlight Series

Each week, the Claflin University Department of Athletics will spotlight a member of its coaching and athletics staff. This week's spotlight is on Matisse Lee.
 
Lee is in her fifth year as the Assistant Athletics Director for Internal Operations/ Student-Athlete Affairs within the Claflin University athletics department.  This is Lee's 12th year with the department as she served seven seasons as the Head Coach of the Lady Panthers Softball Team and Student-Athlete Affairs Coordinator from 2009-2016.
 
Lee also serves as the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Advisor.
 
During the 2007-2008 season, Lee was a graduate assistant with the softball program and was promoted to assistant coach during the 2008-2009 season where she worked under the Legendary Claflin Coach Hampton Jordan.
 
Lee finished her tenure as the head coach of the Lady Panthers softball program with a 196-123 record (.614 percentage) and several conference and national awards.  Her team's best season was her final one (2016) when the team finished with a school-record 34 wins.
 
Under her tutelage, Lee's team earned three straight national statistical awards. In 2015 and 2016 the Lady Panthers earned the national award for stolen bases per game.  Claflin finished the 2014 season as the statistical champion in runs per game and doubles per game.  The team also posted back-to-back Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Eastern Division Titles and in 2015 Lee was named the Co-Coach of the Year in the SIAC.  Lee's success on the softball field was evident as a player as she was named the EIAC 2005 Pitcher of the Year.
 
A native of Eutawville, S.C., she is a graduate of the 2010 NCAA Women Coaches Academy.  Also, in 2010 she participated in the NCAA Leadership Conference as an administrator.  In 2011 and 2012, she served as a facilitator for the NCAA Division II Leadership Forum in Chicago, Illinois, and Dallas, Texas, respectively.
 
From July 2018-June 2019 Lee participated in the NCAA & Division II Athletic Directors Association Women & Minorities Mentoring Program.  In the summer of 2020, she was a participant in the first-ever virtual NCAA/Women Leaders in College Sports Leadership Enhancement Institute (LEI).
 
Lee received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Science from Claflin in 2008 and her Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University in Irvine, Calif., in December 2017.
 
She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Women Leaders in College Sports, and the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) where she is a member of the Student-Athlete Development Committee. 
 
Lee has one daughter, Raleigh, who is 11 years old.
 
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