 Gee grew up in Columbia, Maryland where he was an outstanding high school soccer player for the Oakland Mills High School boys team.He scored 52 goals in 31 games during his junior and senior seasons at Oakland Mills, and was named to the 1980 Baltimore Sun High School Athlete of the Year, attracting the attention of scouts from the North American Soccer League.After finishing high school, Gee played for the U.S. Olympic soccer team which qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics.