St. Paul, Minnesota (Fox 9) – For at least an hour a day, at least five days a week, Dia Lee practices throwing beanbags at a hole in a wooden board.

But the 38-year-old mother of four also knows how to throw her hat into the ring to become world champion.

“It makes me proud. It makes me happy, and the success is not just my own. It’s my husband’s. My kids’. My sponsors’,” Lee told FOX 9.

Lee says she started playing cornhole three years ago when she and her husband were introduced to the game at her sister’s friend’s house during the pandemic.

Since then, the couple has not only organized their own weekly cornhole tournament at the National Guard Armory in northeast Minneapolis.

They also travel on weekends to compete and win tournaments across the country.

“A lot of people think it’s easy. You just put it in the hole. But then when they try it, they think, ‘Oh my God! This is a lot harder than it seems,'” Lee said.

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, making her one of only a few other Minnesotans to turn professional.

“There are still days when it shocks me. Oh my God, did I really do that? Some days I think about it and think, I really did it,” Lee said.

Becoming a professional means participating in televised tournaments and possible sponsorship deals and cash prizes.

But when it comes to not having too high expectations, Lee says he has it under control.

“I’m just going to keep the door open and see what happens next. If I do it well, I’ll do it well,” Lee said.