St. Paul woman becomes cornhole champion
The 38-year-old mother of four became a world champion after winning the women's singles title at the American Cornhole League World Championships in South Carolina.
ST PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Dear Lee spends at least an hour a day, five days a week, practicing tossing a bean bag through a hole in a wooden board.
But the 38-year-old mother of four also knows how to tackle her quest to become world champion.
“I feel proud. I feel happy. This success is not just my success. It's my husband's success, my children's success, my sponsors' success,” Lee told FOX9.
Lee said she started playing cornhole three years ago after she and her husband were introduced to it at her sister's boyfriend's house during the pandemic.
Since then, the couple has not only hosted weekly cornhole tournaments at the National Guard Armory in northeast Minneapolis;
They travel on weekends to compete in tournaments around the country and even travel to win championships.
“A lot of people think it's very easy – you just stick it in the hole – but then they try and do it and they think, 'Oh my goodness! This is a lot harder than it looks,'” Lee says.
Earlier this month, Lee won the women's singles title at the American Cornhole League World Championships in South Carolina.
She also qualified to become a professional cornhole player, becoming one of just a few Minnesotans to go pro.
“There are still days when I'm shocked and I'm like, Oh, did I really do that? But then there are days when I look back and I think, I really did do that,” Lee said.
Going professional means competing in televised tournaments and potentially winning sponsorship deals and prize money.
But when it comes to not setting expectations for herself, Lee says she's OK with it.
“I'm just going to leave the door open and see what happens next, and hopefully, it'll be fine,” Lee said.
