Brionna Patterson

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Sandusky
Hometown:
Sandusky, Ohio

as a Junior (2008): Started 28 matches playingin 103 games, the most of any returning player ... was fourth inthe Mid-American Conference in kills per game averaging 3.38totaling a team-high 348 on the year, the third year in a row shehas led the Zips in the category ... has accumulated 1,110 careerkills which is eighth on the Zips all-time list ... her .253hitting percentage also was a team-high ... tied for third on thesquad in blocks with 70 including 12 solo (.68 B/G) ... recorded 93digs (.90 D/G) ... posted a team-high 393.0 points averaging 3.82P/G which is tenth on the Zips single-season list ... now holding1,260 in her career moves into second on the all-time list ... wasnamed to three all-tournament teams throughout the year includingthe Northern Arizona Invitational (Aug. 29-30), Smoothie KingInvitational (Sept. 5-6) and Red Flash Invitational (Sept. 19-20)... tallied double-digit kills in eight of the ten tournamentcontests ... grabbed a combined 45 kills in the NAU tournament, 70in the Smoothie King Invitational and 35 at the Red FlashInvitational ... also posted an astounding 25 blocks throughout tentournament matches ... set a new career high posting a individualgame hitting percentage of .538 vs. Saint Francis (Sept. 19) andtwo solo blocks against Toledo (Oct. 4) ... had a season-high 24kills vs. Montana State (Sept. 6) ... tallied 21 kills in the Zips3-2 victory over Eastern Michigan (Oct. 24) ... recorded 17 killsand six block assists vs. Ball State (Nov. 9) ... grabbed onedouble-double against Northern Arizona (Aug. 29) when she posted 16kills and 10 digs.

as a Sophomore (2007): Appeared in all 30matches, making 27 starts ... led the team for the second straightyear with 383 kills for an average of 3.68 per game (ranked sixthin the MAC) ... has recorded 762 kills in her standout two-yearcareer at UA ... also eclipsed the 200-dig mark (216) for the firsttime in her career ... paced the club with 425.5 points ... namedto the all-tournament teams at the Temple Invitational (Aug. 24-25)and at the Sheraton Hilton Invitational (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) ...recorded 59 kills (4.5/game) and 40 digs (3.1/game) as the Zipsswept Rider, La Salle, Lehigh and Temple in 13 combined games ...improved with 55 kills (4.6) and 39 digs (3.3) in 12 combined gamesagainst Wright State, Ole Miss and Syracuse ... set a personal bestwith 25 kills in a five-game win against Dartmouth (Sept. 7) ...registered eight double-doubles on the season and reacheddouble-digit kills in all but nine matches ... recorded a 20-20performance with 20 kills and 23 digs versus Wright State (Aug. 31)... notched nine straight double-figure kill contests from Aug.24-Sept. 8.

as a Freshman (2006): Recorded one of the most prolificfreshman campaigns in school history, earning team Offensive Playerof the Year and Co-MVP awards ... led the team with 379 kills andfinished second with 56 blocks (15 solo) ... kills-per-game averageof 3.68 was top on the team and eighth in the conference ... postedthe fifth-highest points total in single-season, school history(441.5) ... points-per-game average (4.29) was eighth-highest inthe league ... her 27 service aces were second most on the team ...excelled in conference play with a team high of 132 kills (4.71 pergame) ... posted double-figure kills in 24 of 31 matches whileplaying in all 103 games ... recorded first double-double (13kills, 10 digs) against Youngstown State (Sept. 5), thenaccomplished the feat again the following match against Idaho State(Sept. 8) ... registered third double-double of the season with 16kills and 11 digs against IPFW (Oct. 11) ... tallied 13 kills and alofty .393 hitting percentage with just two errors in 28 attacksversus Oakland (Aug. 26) ... posted 18 kills or better five times,including a season-high 20 versus Kent State (Sept. 21) ... set apersonal best with 11 digs versus Idaho State (Sept. 8) and matchedthat mark against IPFW (Oct. 11) ... dominated the net againstWyoming (Sept. 9) with 16 kills and 10 blocks (all assisted).

at Sandusky High School: Four-year letterwinnerin volleyball ... was named first team all-district andall-conference in 2003, 2004 and 2005 ... named team offensive MVPin all four seasons ... owns school record for kills in a career... as a two-sport athlete she was all-district and all-conferencein track and field ... in 2005 she was a member of the 4x100 teamthat finished fourth in the state championships ... was a scholarathlete and member of the honor roll all four years and earned anhonors diploma ... member of student council, a class officer andnational honor society.

Personal: Daughter of Carmen Patterson ...mother is a registered nurse ... has a younger brother, Spencer anda younger sister, Brittany ... born in Cincinnati but moved toSandusky when she was four ... was named a 2007-08 and 2008-09Scholar-Baller ... majoring in speech language pathology andaudiology.