Patrick Patterson Class: Sophomore Hometown: Huntington, W.Va. High School: Huntington Height / Weight: 6-9 / 235 Experience: 1L

2007-08:
Suffered season ending stress fracture in left ankle, missing final five games ... Named SEC Co-Freshman of the Year by league coaches ... Also named second-team All-SEC ... Second-team all-district by NABC ... Was on pace to become first league freshman in 10 years to rank among the SEC's top 10 in both scoring and rebounding ... Second on the team in points (16.4, 9th in SEC) and led club in rebounds (7.7, 6th in SEC) ... Finished year 54 points shy of Rex Chapman's UK freshman scoring record (464) ... Made 57 percent of his field goal attempts (5th in SEC) ... Ninth in the SEC in free throw percentage (.731) ... Started 25 games, reaching double figures in 22 of those ... Missed Houston game with a bad ankle ... Nine 20-point games . .. Had six double-doubles, the most for a UK freshman since Jamal Mashburn had six in 1990-91 ... Has been named SEC Freshman of the Week three times ... Had 20 points/8 rebounds/3 blocks in win over No. 3 Tennessee ... Had 23 points and 12 rebounds while playing 50 minutes of UK's double-OT win over Vanderbilt ... Recorded 19 points and nine rebounds against North Carolina ... Became the first UK freshman since 2001 to score 20 points and grab 10 rebounds in the same game

High School
2007 McDonald's All-American ... Rated the No. 2 power forward and No. 15 prospect overall in the Class of 2007 by Rivals.com ... Named to the 2007 USA Basketball Junior National Select Team ... 2007 Mountain State Athletic Conference Player of the Year, 2007 All-MSAC first team selection ... Runner-up for the 2007 Bill Evans West Virginia Player of the Year ... 2007 Nike Brand All-America Team and selected to play in the 2007 Jordan Classic ... As a senior at Huntington High, averaged 17.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game ... 2006 Bill Evans West Virginia Player of the Year ... 2006 West Virginia Gatorade State Player of the Year ... 2006 3A State Player of the Year ... 2006 All-state and All- Mountain State Athletic Conference (MSAC) first team selection ... 2006, 2005 and 2004 3A All-State Tournament Team ... MVP of the 2006 National Basketball Players Association Top 100 Camp ... 2005 all-state and All-MSAC first team selection ... 2004 all-state second team and All-MSAC first team as a freshman ... Coached in high school by Lloyd McGuffin

Personal
Born on March 14, 1989 ... Parents are Buster Jr. and Tywanna Patterson ... Chose Kentucky over Duke, Florida, Virginia, Wake Forest and West Virginia

Career Highs