University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
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Lee Applewhite
- Title:
- Senior Associate Athletic Director for Development
- Email:
- Phone:
- 266-4906
Lee Applewhite serves as Southern Miss' Assistant Athletics Director for Development.
Applewhite's responsibilities include major-gift fundraising, Circle of Champions membership, oversight of the courtesy car program and being the point-of-contact for all premium seating areas at baseball games, including the suites, Right Field Roost and Bullpen Club.
Before Southern Miss, Applewhite worked as a traction manager in orthopedics at Forrest General Hospital and Supertalk Mississippi as an account manager.
He earned his degree in exercise physiology from Southern Miss in 2007. A native of Sumrall, Miss., he is married to Brittany Applewhite, and they have two children: Halee and Hayden.
Applewhite's responsibilities include major-gift fundraising, Circle of Champions membership, oversight of the courtesy car program and being the point-of-contact for all premium seating areas at baseball games, including the suites, Right Field Roost and Bullpen Club.
Before Southern Miss, Applewhite worked as a traction manager in orthopedics at Forrest General Hospital and Supertalk Mississippi as an account manager.
He earned his degree in exercise physiology from Southern Miss in 2007. A native of Sumrall, Miss., he is married to Brittany Applewhite, and they have two children: Halee and Hayden.
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