titleWilliam Drake
William was only 10 years old when he received his first publishing deal with Nordberg Press.He wrote his first book, “The Warrior and the Golden Dragon and other stories followed by OscarThe Flea, which was turned into an animated feature children’s movie and went on to wintheGrand Prize for the Royal Starr Film Festival Award for High School Students, which included afull expenses paid visit to Paramount Studios, a new high technology studio for filmmaking andstorytelling along with funding and scholarships. William Drake Lee went on to receive a merit scholarship to study at Interlochen’s Screenwritingprogram, where his writing received the Best Screenplay Award garnering him a $10KScholarship to further his studies in Creative Writing at Interlochen. William has also been a published author in Blackberry Winter’s Shades of Blue, where he wasa Dual Enrollment Honors student balancing high school courses and college curriculumcourses at Rochester University. His creative writing was featured in the publication while still inhigh school. An avid golfer, William won the PGA Junior League Golf Tournaments at Sanctuary Lake andqualified to the Michigan State Championships in Alma, MI. Winning the Junior PGA tournamentqualified him to the IGTA Team USA Junior Golf Team for which he was the youngest memberto play against Team Canada and Team Scotland at The St. Andrew’s Golf Course in St.Andrews Links in Scotland northeast of Edinburgh, where his golf team trained and stayed atThe University of St. Andrews. William also placed 1st overall at the Michigan MACS GolfTournament for the BCS Golf Team, leading his golf team to the championships. William hasalso performed as Principal Cellist of the BCS Chamber Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony YouthOrchestra and was a member of the Audivi and Opera Modo Choir this last season appearingwith The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s performances at The Max. M. and Marjorie S. FisherMusic Center at Orchestra Hall performing Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 andHannah Lash’s “In Hopes of Finding the Sun” under Music Director Jader Bignamini. William won the Grand Prix awards at the Carnegie Hall Young Artists Competitions, where hesang as part of their recital series from 2016-2020. He was selected to also sing in the one-actRISE FOR FREEDOM: The John P. Parker Story, in the Spring of 2022. William is most proud ofvolunteering with the University of Michigan’s Men’s Glee Club, where he donated his time andresources in bringing literacy and teaching at the Milan Prison with his fellow Michigan studentsto bring workshops to the inmates. William has had his plays performed at The Walgreen Centerin Acting workshops at The University of Michigan, along with The Interlochen Center for theArts with collaborative actors and actresses. His literary works can be purchased throughAMAZON. William is currently in his Senior year at The University of Michigan as anundergraduate student where he is set to graduate this April 2023 with his Bachelor degree. William Drake Lee was recently inducted into the University of Michigan (UM Ann Arbor) NSCSChapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
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