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2009: Enjoyed a breakout season as a junior, leading Milwaukee with a .389 average, 75 hits, 11 home runs, 44 RBI, a .674 slugging percentage and a .456 on-base percentage ... earned First Team All-Horizon League honors in the outfield, starting 53 of 54 games played ... also selected for the Horizon Academic All-League baseball team ... finished second overall in the Horizon League in batting average and home runs, led the conference in slugging percentage and was third in on-base percentage ... was also fourth in doubles and total bases and fifth in hits ... led team in multi-hit (22) and multi-RBI (13) games ... named league scholar-athlete of the week twice and May's scholar-athlete of the month ... hit a home run in the season opener against No. 6 Arizona State Feb. 20 ... had two doubles and scored twice the next day against the Sun Devils ... had a nine-game hitting streak April 1-11, going 14-for-29 (.483) with 12 runs batted in during the stretch ... hit two home runs against Chicago State April 7 ... his three-run home run propelled Milwaukee to the win against Northern Illinois April 28 ... went 3-for-5 with three runs scored in win over Cleveland State May 2 ... set career-high with five hits against NIU May 12, the first 5-hit game for UWM since May of 2007 ... named Horizon League Player of the Week May 18, batting .733 (11-for-15) ... went 7-for-11 in the Horizon League Tournament, earning U.S. Army Player of the Game honors in the win over Cleveland State ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll. 2008: Hit .206 in 27 games, making 16 starts ... established career-highs in at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, RBI and total bases ... career-high three hits, including two doubles, at Austin Peay March 16 ... hit safely in six-straight games March 8-23 ... had two hits and scored twice at Southern Illinois April 4 ... missed most of April due to injury ... drove in four runs in four at-bats during the Horizon League Tournament, doubling twice ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll. 2007: Received medical hardship waiver ... maintained sophomore eligibility ... did play in 10 games before getting injured, making four starts ... scored two runs and drove in two ... hit a home run and drove in two against Austin Peay March 10. 2006: Appeared in 29 games as a freshman, making seven starts ... batted .214 with eight runs scored and six RBI ... first collegiate start and hit came against Saint Mary's (Calif.) Feb. 11 ... scored twice against Akron March 18 ... had two hits, including a home run, and two runs batted in against Chicago State April 12 ... went 2-for-3 in win over Carroll April 27 ... tied season-high with two RBI against Chicago State May 16. High School: Helped lead Waukesha West to three-straight WIAA State Tournament appearances ... hit .441 as a senior, with 44 runs scored and 29 runs batted in ... was a pre-season all-state outfielder who was named All-Classic 8 Conference and player of the year as a senior, when he batted .486 in conference play ... played in the WBCA All-Star Classic ... earned all-district honors as a junior and senior and all-league honors each season ... hit .394 with 41 runs and 33 RBI as a junior after a sophomore campaign where he posted a .448 average ... also played football and basketball in high school ... Honor Lists member each semester ... National Honor Society member ... earned Scholar-Athlete awards in three sports. Personal: Parents are Tom and Lori Patzman ... lists going to state three years in a row as his most memorable sports experience ... volunteers with the Safe & Sound Banquet and with bell ringing for the Salvation Army ... played with the Sheboygan A's in the summer of 2006, batting .232 in 16 games ... hit .358 with 39 runs batted in and 27 runs scored for Sheboygan in the summer of 2007 ... also played with the A's in 2008, finishing second on the team with a .380 average, driving in 43 ... born April 9, 1987.
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