| Height: | 6-3 |
| Weight: | 180 |
| Year: | Freshman |
| Hometown: | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| High School: | San Marcos |
| Position: | Opposite Hitter |
Freshman•
2012
Played in eight matches as a freshman …
Registered two kills against Emmanuel College on Feb. 22 …
Played 12 sets with 0.17 kills per set.
Before Harvard:
Dual-sport athlete competing in volleyball and basketball
during his junior and senior campaigns … Served as captain
of his volleyball team junior and senior years and basketball team
captain during his senior season … Santa Barbara Scholar
Athlete of the Year award recipient … Phil Womble Ethics in
Sports award winner … Named to the Channel League First-Team
… Earned 2011 Arcadia High School Volleyball Tournament MVP
honors … Earned Channel League Second-Team honors in
basketball … San Marcos CIF Scholar Athlete of the Year
… Member of the 2010 Channel League champion in basketball
… Was named a National Merit Scholarship Program Commended
Student … A National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
… National AP Scholar … Earned the Santa Barbara
School District Excellence in Academics award … Served as
the Associated Student Body president from 2010-11 …
Parliamentarian 2009-10 … Elected sophomore class president
2008-09 … Honored with Santa Barbara City 2011 Outstanding
Youth Leadership Award … Served as a corporate board member
of nonprofit charity Kids Helping Kids from 2010-11 …
National Honor Society 2007-11 … Brother Nicholas ’10
played JV basketball, club basketball and varsity volleyball
… Uncle, Tony Patta, set high jump world record for
13-year-olds at with a 6’0.75” mark.

