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Academic Notes: Majoring in marketing…Two time Big Sky All-Academic selection...Three time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete award recipient.
Career Notes: Third player in program history to be a three-time All-Big Sky selection...Enters senior season ranked third in program history with 1,438 career points, second with 16.5 points per game...Also second with 1.76 three pointers made per game, third with 536 career field goals, third with 153 career three-pointers, fifth with 598 career rebounds, ninth with 156 career steals...Has recorded three of the ten highest scoring seasons in program history.
2011-12 (Junior): All-Big Sky second team...Played in all 29 games with 20 starts...Led the team and ranked fifth in the Big Sky with 14.6 points per game...Also led the team with 6.5 rebounds per game, 2.6 assist per game, 71 free throws made, and 57 steals and was second with 37 three-pointers and 13 blocks...Ranked eighth in the Big Sky with 2.0 steals per game and sixth with 5.3 defensive rebounds per game...Scored in double figures in 24 of 29 games...Totaled nine games with 20 or more points and 24 games with 10 or more points...Led the team with three double-doubles...Narrowly missed a triple-double with 23 points, season-high 14 rebounds, and career-high eight assists at Sacramento State...Scored a season-high 28 points at Weber State...Shot 11-of-12 from the field for 27 points vs Eastern Washington...Led team in scoring in 16 games...Totaled four games with double-digit rebounds...Had at least one assist in 27 of 29 games and at least one steal in 28 of 29 games with season-high four steals in two games...Made season-high four three-pointers in two games...Shot .740 from the free-throw line, .413 from the field, .325 from three-point range...Named College Sports Madness Big Sky Player of the Week Dec. 1...Led the team with 28.9 minutes per game with career-high 46 minutes played at Sacramento State, tied for the second-most minutes played in a game in program history.
2010-11 (Sophomore): All-Big Sky second team...Led Big Sky in scoring and was 80th in NCAA Division-I with 16.4 points per game...Fourth in the Big Sky with 2.0 steals per game, seventh with 1.8 3-pointers per game, 13th with 5.5 rebounds per game...Led team in minutes (29.8/game), points (477), field goals (172), 3-point field goals (51), free throws (82), free throw percentage (.774), rebounds (160) and steals (55)...Scored 26% of team's season points...Recorded four double-doubles...Scored in double-digits 24 times...Scored 20 or more points in 11 games...Scored season high 29 points in season finale at Sacramento State...Grabbed season best 12 rebounds against Portland State...Third on the team with 54 assists, with season high six assists against North Dakota State...Had at least one steal in 28 of 29 games, with four steals in three different games...Played season high 41 minutes against Utah State.
2009-10 (Freshman): Unanimous selection for Big Sky Freshman of the Year…All-Big Sky second team…Led Big Sky Conference in rebounding, double-doubles, most 30 or more scoring performances, and 10 or more rebounding performances … Only freshman and first non-post player in Big Sky history to lead league in those statistical categories … During Big Sky Conference play led league in scoring at 20.3 ppg and rebounding with 9.9 rpg … Broke 23 year old (1986-87) single season scoring record with 539 points … Broke 25 year old (1984-85) NAU record for made field goals in a season eclipsing 182 field goals made and finishing with 207 … Top single game scoring performance with 35 points against Sacramento State … Only non-upperclassmen to receive All-Big Sky honors … Ranked 24th in NCAA Division I in points per game … Fourth best in scoring in NCAA Division I among freshman … Ranked 73rd in NCAA Division I in rebounding … Tied for 27th in Division I with 13 double-doubles … Tied for first in Big Sky with 12 consecutive double digit scoring performances … Selected Big Sky Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 4) … Selected to All-Tournament Team at the NAU Thanksgiving Classic … Nominated Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) State Farm Coaches’ All-America.
High School: Four-year starter and letter winner and one-year team captain for coach Eric Magana at McClintock HS … Named the Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior … Two-time Desert Sky Region Player of the Year … Named Player of the Year by the Arizona Republic as a senior … Named Player of the Year by the East Valley Tribune as a junior … Four-time first team all-region selection … Four-time All-Republic first team selection … Four-time Team MVP … Southeast Valley Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Three-time All-City Team selection … Nominated as McDonald’s High School All-American her senior year … Named to the Nike Tournament of Champions All-Tournament Team as a senior … Named to the Arizona Informant Fab 5 Team … The team went 20-12 her freshman year and made it to the playoffs for the first time in a decade … Led team to its first-ever state final her senior year where they lost by four … The team went 96-30 over her four-year career, after going 23-71 in the four years prior to her arrival … Averaged 31 points, 14 rebounds, three steals and two assists per game as a senior … Has her jersey hanging in the Ring of Honor at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn.
Personal Info: Amy Lorraine Patton was born Jan. 9, 1991 in Tempe … Daughter of Luther and Gayla Patton … Has one brother, Luther Patton, Jr. … Cousin Vickey Martinell attended NAU … Enjoys watching movies, shopping, eating and sleeping … Brother played high school basketball, also at McClintock … The most memorable moments in her athletic career so far include leading her team to the state final as a senior and winning Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior.
