“He could’ve given her five minutes,” Elizabeth said. “He could’ve said, ‘Bring her by practice and I’ll step away for a minute and say, ‘Hi.’ But for him to do this for a 14-year-old girl he’d never met, and for it to be his idea … I couldn’t be more impressed.”
Good Character
As successful as he’s been on the court and in the community, Patterson has been equally impressive in the classroom, where he’s on the verge of achieving a feat that’s almost unheard of for a college athlete.
If everything goes as scheduled, Patterson, a junior, will graduate in May after only three years of college.
Intelligent
Patrick said he was one of the only members of his senior class to have a curfew. Frustrating as the situation became, it kept Patrick from running with the wrong crowd both at Huntington High – where he earned McDonald’s All-American honors after leading his team to three state titles – and at Kentucky.
Disciplined
“I’m going to do everything I can to help take us to the top,” Patterson said. “I feel like I still have a lot to prove. I want to be one of the top-10 players who ever played here. I want to be someone that fans always remember.”
Determined
In Morey We Trust
. He'll be a solid backup for scola , hopefully.
