Caeleb Lee-Wen '24 Recruiting Profile

I revolve my life around the following; “Success is not final: failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” - Winston S. Churchill. 

From the beginning of my life, athletics had always been an abundant aspect of my life. From the football fields to basketball courts to looking up at the tall net before me, my life transformed from sport to sport. I began my journey of volleyball in the summer of 2020. Initially, I had taught myself how to play based on personal interest, and didn’t join a team until fall of 2021, where I joined Austin Junior Volleyball. Previously, I played a variety of sports such as football, basketball, archery, and motocross. Ever since 2020, I have been actively striving to further fulfill my passion within volleyball. To fully commit towards volleyball, I dropped other sports I had participated in. I played with Austin Junior Volleyball as an outside hitter in 2021-2022. Towards the end of my first season, I was told by coaches that switching to a libero would benefit me for the future. Thus, in the 2022 offseason, I transitioned into the libero position under the coaching of former USA National Team Practice Player Nick Hunt. In July, 2022, I was granted the opportunity to play as a libero overseas in Barcelona, Spain. After a great deal of training, I pursued the option of playing volleyball overseas in Spain, where I was until January of 2023. I played for one of the top teams in Catalonia; Club Voleibol Mundet Barcelona as the starting Libero. Currently, I play above my age group for AJV 18 Molten. Alongside the game of volleyball, I own a TikTok account centered around volleyball, which has amassed over 100,000 followers and over 4.5 million likes. 

As a player, I love and thrive on the intense training and experiences brought by volleyball. I would describe myself as a player who has an unwavering hunger in order to become the best and influence those around me.I love and live the game, and am willing to work as hard as possible to fly the highest. I consider myself to be an intelligent, hardworking, and dedicated individual in both athletics and academics. I am extremely competitive and willing to push myself and my team to the highest level achievable. 

It has been my Dream is to perform at the NCAA level where I can learn under talented coaches and players, to then move to the professional stage. I am willing to put in any means necessary to strengthen myself as a person intellectually and physically.