Hall of Fame
Mariella Fasce Lee was a two-year starting setter on the UNA volleyball team from 1997-98. She was a two-time All- American, being named second-team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 1997 and first-team in 1998. UNA went 77-11 in her two seasons at the school, winning two Gulf South Conference championships, making two NCAA Tournament appearances and winning one NCAA South Central Regional crown. She had 3,264 assists in two seasons and averaged 12.1 assists per game.
She was first-team All- GSC in 1997 and 1998 and was GSC Most Valuable Player as a senior. She was also two-time All-GSC Tournament and Tournament MVP as a senior. Fasce won two GSC Player of the Week honors, was first-team AVCA All-South Central Region as a junior and senior and a 1998 All-South Central Region Tournament pick. She finished second in the NCAA Division II in assists per game in 1998 at 13.06. (1,776 in 136 games). UNA went 39-5 in 1997 and 38-6 in 1998 - making the school’s first trip to the Division II Elite Eight.
A native of Boca Raton, Fla., she is married to former Lion baseball player Sam Lee, who is also being inducted in this year’s class. She received her BSED degree in 2000 from UNA and works as a third grade teacher. The Lee’s reside in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.
