WILLIAM

DRAKE

About

 William

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 Oscar The Flea, which

 was turned into an animated

 feature children’s movie and went

on to win the Grand Prize for the

Royal Starr Film Festival Award

for High School Students, which

 included a full expenses paid

visit to Paramount Studios, a new

 high technology studio for film

making and story telling along

with funding and scholarships.

 

William Drake Lee went on to

receive a merit scholarship to study

 at Interlochen’s Screen writing

program, where his writing

 received the Best Screenplay

Award garnering him a $10K

Scholarship 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 was a Dual

Enrollment Honors student

balancing high school courses and

 college curriculum courses at

 Rochester University. His creative

 writing was featured in the

publication while still in high

 school.

 

An avid golfer, William won the

PGA Junior League Golf Tournaments

 at Sanctuary Lake and qualified to

 the Michigan State Championships

 in Alma, MI. Winning the Junior

PGA tournament qualified him to

the IGTA Team USA Junior Golf Team

 for which he was the youngest

member to 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 at

The University of St. Andrews.

William also placed 1st overall

at the Michigan MACS Golf

 Tournament for the BCS Golf Team,

 leading his golf team to the

 championships. William has also

 performed as Principal Cellist of

 the BCS Chamber Orchestra, the

 Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra

 and was a member of the Audivi and

 Opera Modo Choir this last season

 appearing with The Detroit

Symphony Orchestra’s

performances at The Max. M. and

Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center at

 Orchestra Hall performing

Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Symphony

No. 9 and Hannah 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 he

 sang as part of their recital series

from 2016-2020. He was selected to

 also sing in the one-act RISE FOR

 FREEDOM: The John P. Parker

 Story, in the Spring of 2022.

William is most proud of

 volunteering with the University

of Michigan’s Men’s Glee Club,

where he donated his time and

resources in bringing literacy and

 teaching at the Milan Prison with

 his fellow Michigan students to

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

 the Arts with collaborative

actors and actresses. His literary

works can be purchased through

 AMAZON. William is currently

in his Senior year at The

University of Michigan as an

 undergraduate 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) NSCS

Chapter of the National Society

of Collegiate Scholars.

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