AUSTIN, Texas – Vanguard designated hitter Isaiah Lee (SR/Santa Ana, CA) was named to the 2022 Academic All-America® baseball team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Wednesday morning.

A member of the Academic All-America® First Team, Lee becomes the 10th Vanguard student-athlete to receive the prestigious honor – and the first since Amber Alexander in women's basketball in 2018.

Lee, who earlier was named CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 4, graduated in May with a 3.95 GPA in Business Administration. He was a three-time member of the GSAC Scholar-Athlete Team.

He is the second Lion baseball player to garner the national honor, joining Brandon Young, who was named first team in 2012.

Lee, from Santa Ana, Calif., started 47 of 51 games played for the Blue and Gold in 2022. He hit .300 with 44 runs scored, 11 doubles, three home runs and 37 RBI. He ranked fifth on the team in runs, tied for third in doubles, and tied for fifth in RBI.

He had 10 multi-hit and multi-RBI games as a key member of the squad that finished 44-15 overall and qualified for the Opening Round of the NAIA Championship.

Hitting safely in 19 of the first 20 games of the year, he started the campaign on a 10-game hit streak which ended up tying for the team lead.

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