Biography
Career Highs:
Kills: 7, 3x, last vs. Dartmouth, Oct. 21, 2023
Attacks: 15, vs. Holy Cross, Sept. 2, 2023
Attack Pct (6+ kills): .778, at Cleveland State, Sept. 8, 2023
Service Aces: 4, 2x, last vs. Cornell, Oct. 27, 2023
Solo Blocks: 2, 2x, last vs. Dartmouth, Oct. 21, 2023
Total Blocks: 15, vs. Dartmouth, Oct. 21, 2023
Digs: 4, 2x, last vs. Dartmouth, Oct. 21, 2023
2023 (First Year)
• Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the weeks of Sept. 11, Oct. 9 and Oct. 23.
• Added a kill, an assists and 5 digs in the sweep over Brown then 3 kills, a solo block and 3 block assists against Yale. (11/3-4/23)
• Added 8 more kills, 2 aces and 2 block assists for 11 points against Columbia in three sets. (10/28/23)
• Scored 13 points for the Crimson against Cornell with 7 kills, 4 service aces and 4 block assists. (10/27/23)
• Posted multiple season highs in scoring 19.5 points against Dartmouth, where she made 15 total blocks, 7 kills and 4 aces. (10/21/23)
• Added 3 kills and 3 block assists at Brown. (10/14/23)
• Hit .429 on 7 kills and made 3 service aces to lead the team at Yale. (10/13/23)
• Had a 7 block assists and added 6 kills against Penn. (10/7/23)
• Made a season high 9 block assists and led the team in aces with 3, also adding 2 kills against Princeton. (10/6/23)
• Made 4 kills, a solo block and a block assist at Cornell. (9/30/23)
• Scored 7.5 points off 2 solo blocks, 5 block assists and 3 kills in the sweep of Columbia. (9/29/23)
• Had 6 kills, 2 aces, a solo block and 6 block assists for 12 points at Dartmouth. (9/22/23)
• Added 2 aces, 4 block assists and 3 kills for 7 points against Providene. (9/16/23)
• Added 4 block assists, 3 kills and 2 digs at Boston College. (9/15/23)
• Made 4 kills off 5 attacks and 5 block assists against Merrimack. (9/14/23)
• Hit .778 with 7 kills against CSU and .667 with 6 kills against Bucknell to be named to the CSU Invite All-Tournament team. (9/8-9/23)
• Made 5 kills, 3 digs and 2 aces at Akron. (9/8/23)
• Finished the opening weekend with 4 digs and 2 kills against Holy Cross. (9/2/23)
• Made 4 kills, and 6 block assists to help score 8 points against UNH. (9/2/23)
• Made her Crimson debut against Stonehill with 1 kill, 1 ace, 3 block assists and a dig. (9/1/23)
Before Harvard
Patterson was named to the 2021 Redondo All-Tournament team, was a CIF Champion, earned first-team CIF honors and led her high school team in kills and blocks, which named her the MVP in 2022. Her team was the 2021 and 2022 CIF Open Division Champions as well as the 2022 California Open Division State Champions.
Outside of volleyball, Patterson served as a co-founder of the first Black Student Union at Torrey Pines, a leader of Cathedral Catholic's Black Student Union, and the treasurer and foundation chair of Jack and Jill of America.
Her father, Bruce Wayne Patterson hails from the University of North Carolina Charlotte, where he played basketball and graduated in 1996 before playing professionally in Europe for four years.
