Biography
As a Senior (2019): Named all-Pac-12 honorable mention for the second straight season … Finished fifth in the league, averaging 9.84 assists/set; completing the trio of finishing top-five in the Pac-12 in assists in all three seasons as Arizona’s starting setter … One of five Power 5 Conference players (and the first of those to accomplish it) to post a triple-double this season when she posted 46 assists, 13 digs and 10 kills at Utah (11/13) – the first triple-double by a Wildcat in at least a decade … Finished third in the Pac-12 with 16 double-doubles after leading the league with 20 as a junior … Finished as the top attacking setter in the Pac-12, averaging 1.22 kills/set, the most by a UA setter since 2001 (Dana Burkholder – 1.53) … At California (10/13), became the seventh player in Arizona history to record 3,000 career assists and finished her career with 3,539 career assists, sixth most in Arizona history … Was the only setter in the Pac-12 to average 9.00 assists, 1.00 kills and 2.00 digs per set … Among setters in the Pac-12, ranked first kills/set (1.22), third in digs/set (2.56) and fifth in assists/set (9.84) … Her 143 kills rank fourth most by a setter in school history and most since Dana Burkholder’s 159 in 2001 … Named to the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.
As a Junior (2018): Named all-Pac-12 honorable mention after a terrific junior campaign … Led the Pac-12 in double-doubles (20) after averaging 10.74 assists and 2.86 digs/set … Finished fourth in the Pac-12 and 44th in the NCAA with 10.74 assists/set … Posted 1,343 assists, three shy of cracking the UA top 10 in a season … In just her second season as UA’s starting setter, became the ninth player in Arizona history to reach 2,000 career assists and enters her senior season ninth in school history with 2,388 … Was the only player to play in all 125 sets the Wildcats played in on the season, tied for seventh most in UA history … Named Pac-12 all-Academic honorable mention for the second straight season … Had double-doubles in 12 of UA’s final 13 matches and 16 of the final 19 after having just four over Arizona’s first 14 … Named to the all-tournament team in all four of UA’s nonconference tournaments … Finished second on the team in digs/set (2.32) and aces/set (0.21) … Led the team in aces in 13 and digs in eight of UA’s 33 matches, both the second most on the team … Set a career-high with 62 career assists vs. Utah State (8/24/18), the second most in match by any player in the Pac-12 in 2018 … Averaged a career-high 0.78 kills/set, including a career-most seven vs. California (11/21) … Averaged a career-high 0.21 aces/set, including a career-most three at Sacramento State (8/25) … Averaged a career-high 2.86 digs/set, including a career-most-tying 18 at Washington (11/4) and vs. Oregon State (10/26) … Averaged a career-high 0.48 blocks/set, including a career-most five vs. UC Davis (9/15) … Also set career highs in assists/set (10.74).
As a Sophomore (2017): Excelled in her first season as the Wildcats’ starting setter … Finished fifth in the Pac-12, averaging 10.14 assists/set … Led the team with 12 double-doubles, tied for ninth in the Pac-12 … Named Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention … Saw action in 99 sets, only missing 10 sets late in the season due to a foot injury … Totaled 235 digs (2.37/set) for the year, third on the team … Posted 59 kills (0.60/set) on .301 hitting for the season … Had 11 aces (0.11/set), fourth most on the team … Was in on 31 blocks on the year (0.31/set), including four solo blocks … Named to the LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team when she collected 111 assists (10.09/set) and 31 digs (2.82/set) in her first three career starts to open the season (8/26-27) … Had three matches with at least 50 assists, including a career-high 58 at California (10/1), a match in which she also tied a career high with two aces … Set a career high with five kills in two matches (Colorado, 10/15; California, 10/27) … Had a career-high 18 digs vs. New Mexico State to go along with 47 assists.
As a Freshman (2016): Saw action in 39 sets backing up Pac-12 Setter of the Year Penina Snuka … Totaled 41 assists (1.05/set) … Had 12 digs (0.31/set) and three aces (.08/set) … Had a season high 11 assists vs. Texas A&M (9/9).
Prep: A three-year letterwinner at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California under head coach Dave Huber … No. 67 recruit in the country (PrepVolleyball.com) … Press Telegram Player of the Year and CIF Los Alamitos Unified School District Female Athlete of the Year as a senior … Named to Press Telegram Dream Team as a sophomore and junior … Team captain and MVP as a senior … Notched 892 assists, 234 digs, 61 blocks, 120 kills, 48 aces as a senior when she led the team to a 19-13 record … Won the CIF SS Championship and state runner-up as a sophomore … Competed for Seal Beach Volleyball Club in Seal Beach, California under Melody Nua … Received the Principals Award all four years (4.0)
Personal: Daughter of Tom and Jo Patterson … Born December 11, 1997 in Long Beach, California … Has two brothers (Andrew and Greg) … Cousin Haden Gregory played football at Arizona (2012-15) and grandfather Marvin Gregory played football at Santa Clara … In her free time, enjoys going to the beach and hanging with friends … Plans to major in business finance … Chose Arizona over Loyola Marymount and Cal State Fullerton because “I wanted to play at an elite level with experienced coaches while earning a good degree.”
Career Awards
2019
All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2018
Pac-12 Double-Doubles Leader (20)
All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team
Borderland Invitational All-Tournament Team
Cactus Classic All-Tournament Team
Hornet Invitational All-Tournament Team
2017
Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)
LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team
Arizona Record Book
Career
Assists: 6th (3,539)
Assists Per Game: 8th (9.31)
Season
Sets Played: t7th (125 – 2018)
