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

Season Update
Posted double-double at #1 North Carolina with 19 points and game-high 11 rebounds ... Posted 28 points on 12-of-15 shooting with 12 rebounds, six assists and four blocks vs. Longwood ... Recorded his second straight double-double with 14 points and 10 rebonds vs. Kansas State ... Earned his fourth double-double of the season and third straight with 15 points and 10 rebounds vs. West Virginia ... Named to Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament team ... Scored a career-high 31 points on 11-of-12 shooting combined with 9-of-11 from the free throw line ... Scored 19 points with a career-high 16 rebounds in 40 minutes vs. Miami ... Notched his sixth double-double of the season against Mississippi Valley State with 21 points and 10 rebounds ... Posted a career-high 33 points (on 15-of-17 shooting) and 11 boards against Tennessee State ... Coupled with Jodie Meeks to form the first UK duo since 1970 to score 30 points or more in a game ... In 40 minutes, totaled 27 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks vs. FAU ... Posted his ninth double-double of the season, totaling 22 points and 15 rebounds at Louisville in 40 minutes ... Grabbed a team-high 12 boards at Tennessee ... Posted his 10th double-double of the season with 21 points and a career-high 18 rebounds in 39 minutes vs. Auburn ... Led UK with 24 points and seven rebounds at Ole Miss ... Posted a career-high in SEC play with 28 points vs. South Carolina ... Notched his sixth straight game with two or more blocks vs. Mississippi State ... Sprained his right ankle vs Florida, missing the Arkansas and Vanderbilt games ... Led Kentucky with 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting vs. Tennessee ... Posted his 11th double-double of the season with 28 points and 12 rebounds (nine offensive) at South Carolina ... Scored 28 points for the second straight game, grabbing nine rebounds vs. LSU ... Posted a careerhigh eight blcoks vs. Georgia ... Averaging 22.3 ppg since his return from an ankle injury

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