2017
Second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection … Emerged as UTA's Saturday starter, appearing in 16 games with 15 starts, owning a 7-4 record and a 2.75 ERA … Worked a team-high 98.1 innings, allowing 90 hits and 22 walks, striking out 73 … Picked off two runners and allowed just eight steals on the year … In 10 Sun Belt starts, went 6-2 with a 2.59 ERA in 66 innings, allowing 57 hits and 16 walks, striking out 51 … Went 2-2 with a 3.22 ERA in home games and 5-1 with a 2.09 ERA in seven road starts … In UTA wins, pitched in nine games with eight starts, going 7-0 with a 2.67 ERA in 54 innings … Started seven games UTA lost, going 0-4 with a 2.84 ERA in 44.1 innings … Held opponents to a .217 average with runners on base and a .171 average with two outs … A ground-ball machine, owning 127 ground outs compared to 79 fly outs … UTA went 8-7 in his starts … Worked 7.1 innings at Stephen F. Austin in his UTA debut, allowing just a run on seven hits, striking out two … Took a hard-luck loss vs. Louisiana Tech, allowing one earned run in 5.2 innings … Worked 5.2 innings for his first win of the year, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Pitched 6. Innings in a no-decision vs. Milwaukee, allowing three runs on eight hits … Worked a hard-luck loss at Georgia State in UTA's second conference game of the year, allowing two runs on two hits in 7.1 innings … Earned his second win of the year on March 31 vs. Troy, allowing two runs on seven hits in seven innings … Won his second straight game with 6.2 innings at Appalachian State … Worked four innings vs. Little Rock, allowing five runs in his third loss … Worked a shutout inning in relief vs. No. 23 Texas A&M … Bounced back after loss vs. Little Rock to work eight shutout innings at ULM, allowing just four hits and two walks on 97 pitches … Tossed seven innings, allowing two runs in a win over No. 20 Louisiana … Worked six innings without allowing an earned run at Arkansas State to improve to 6-3 … Worked seven shutout innings vs. Coastal Carolina in a no-decision … Worked 6.1 innings, allowing four earned runs at Texas State in his final regular-season start … Made UTA's elimination game start vs. Arkansas State in the opener of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, allowing three runs in 6.1 innings.
Junior College (2015-16)
Made 14 appearances, including one start, posting a 4-2 record … Struck out 34 in 43.1 innings with three saves and a 3.95 ERA … Was a second team all-region selection … Helped lead Cisco to the championship game of the NJCAA World Series ... Played one season at North Central Texas College, under head coach Scott Harp … Hit .287 (39-for-136) with six doubles, one home run and 18 RBI in 45 games … Also stole six bases and scored 21 runs.
High School
Lettered two years, playing under Tracy Howard … Played shortstop and third base … Second team all-district as a junior in 2012 and first team all-district in 2013 … 2013 District 1-4A Co-Defensive Player of the Year … Hit .368 (39-for-106) with 11 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 26 RBIs in 2013 … Also pitched 54.2 innings as a senior, posting a 1.41 ERA … In 2012, he hit .339 (37-for-115) with 9 doubles, one triple, one home run and 24 RBIs … Also lettered two years in basketball.
Personal
Son of Brandi and Mike Patterson … Has two siblings, Cassidy and Cade … Major is biology … Wants to be a neurosurgeon.
