William Lee is all about seeking perfection.
As the N.C. State football team’s long snapper from 2004-06, only one of his 347 extra-point, field-goal and punt deliveries did not arrive successfully at the holder or kicker.
His 4.0 grade-point average in mechanical engineering earned Lee valedictorian honors at N.C. State’s Spring 2006 commencement. Then he was perfect in the classroom while earning a pair of master’s degrees and a doctorate from N.C. State in mechanical engineering. His doctoral thesis was titled “Modeling and Experimental Characterization of the Interfacial Behavior of High Strength Aluminum Alloys.”
Now, for the sixth year running, the 32-year-old Lee aims daily to produce the perfect ride for the Stewart-Haas Racing team as primary race engineer for Danica Patrick’s car.