University of South Carolina Upstate

2012: Played in 23games with 17 starts for the Spartans as junior… Saw actionat designated hitter and catcher… hit .265 with two doubles,two triples and 14 runs batted in… Tallied sevenwalks… Recorded a season-high three hits at North Florida(March 25), going three-for-five with three runs scored…Committed three errors in 113 chances for a .973 fieldingpercentage… Threw out five of 16 base stealers.

Before USCUpstate: Served as the catcher for two seasons at theState College of Florida… Earned First-Team All-Conferencehonors as a sophomore after batting .308 with 30 runs and 27RBI… Committed just three errors in the field and finishedwith a .994 fielding percentage, a new program record… As arookie he finished with a .293 average, 15 runs and 13 RBI…Squad won the 2010 Florida Junior College State Championship.

High School: Was afour-year letterwinner at Auburndale High School in Auburndale,Fla… As a senior posted a .433 batting average and earnedthe Silver Slugger award… Earned All-County honors andcompeted in the County All-Star Game… Led squad to firstdistrict championship in 10 years… Earned team’sOffensive Player of the Year award as a junior.

Personal: Born onMay 27, 1991 in Winter Haven, Fla… Son of NancyPatterson… Has one brother… Majoring in CriminalJustice… Favorite food is steak… Favorite season iswinter… Favorite actor is Denzel Washington… FavoriteTV show is “Two and a Half Men”… Favorite sportsfigure is Chipper Jones… Hero growing up was hisgrandfather… Lists grandfather, mother and brother as peoplehe most admires… Hobbies include hunting and fishing…Aspires to be a fishing guide… Brother, Brian, playedbaseball at Lake City Community College.