SUMMER 2008: Played for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League where he was named an All-Star and won the Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award ... Hit .296 for Cotuit to help them to a league runner-up finish ... Drove in 27 RBI and had a .454 slugging percentage (eight doubles, two triples, four home runs). 2008 (FRESHMAN): Hit .255 in 51 games (44 starts), scoring 23 runs and driving in 26 ... 29 walks was tied for second on the team ... Had a .433 slugging percentage (nine doubles, two triples, five home runs) ... Designated hitter in 37 games and also made starts at first (three), behind the plate (two) and in right field (two) ... Had a solid final week of the season, ending the year on a four-game hitting streak (7-for-17, .412) which included three doubles, a triple, a home run, two RBI and six runs scored ... Hit his fifth home run during Auburn's three-homer, 11-run fourth inning at Mercer on May 13 ... Had two plate appearances in the inning, drawing a walk as a pinch-hitter before hitting his two-run home run as the 13th man to bat in the inning ... Remained in the game and played first ... Hit his fourth home run in the second inning at Vanderbilt on April 16 and scored two runs in the 6-3 win ... Hit .308 (4-for-13) in the Arkansas series, driving in four runs ... Two-out single in the ninth inning on Sunday, April 6 against the Razorbacks drove in the game-tying run ... Had a modest five-game hitting streak in the final days of March (6-for-17, .353) ... Hit first career triple in 14-6 win over Samford at Regions Park on March 26 ... Hit .385 during the series at Florida (5-for-13, walk, run, RBI) ... Blasted first career home run in second career at bat (February 22 vs. East Tennessee State) ... Hit a team-best .467 in February with two doubles and two home runs for a 1.000 slugging percentage ... Also drew eight walks while striking out just one time in 23 plate appearances. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for former Auburn great Tommy Youngblood at Oak Mountain ... Hit .392 for his career with 25 home runs and 107 RBI ... 24th-round pick of the Chicago White Sox in 2007 MLB Draft ... Hit .440 in 20 games as a senior, hitting nine home runs and driving in 35 runs ... Named First-Team All-State after senior season ... 2007 Pre-Season All-American ... Gatorade Player of the Year Finalist ... Shelby County 6A Player of the Year ... National High School Home Run Derby runner-up ... Three-time Over the Mountain All-Star ... Hit .372 with 10 homers and 40 RBI as a junior ... Hit .360 with six homers and 32 RBI as a sophomore ... Valedictorian of his graduating class ... National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society and National German Honor Society. PERSONAL: Kevin Carlton Patterson ... Son of David and Laura Patterson ... Has a brother, David (22) ... Majoring in pre-business. |
  
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