Russ Rose in 1983: “A hard-hitting outside hitter who started at the 1982 National Sports Festival.”
Russ Rose Now (2026): “Patty was a strong outside hitter who started at the 1982 National Sports Festival and earned All-Tournament at the 1982 Atlantic-10 Championships. She was a captain for us in 1983, which would have been her senior year, but she broke her leg the first weekend of the season against Toledo and was lying on the court near our bench. I didn’t really have anyone who could replace her, and I remember she looked up and said, ‘I’m sorry.’ That says a lot about Patty. Her strength was her size at the net and her willingness to take a big swing.”
1983 Season (Senior) Medical redshirt … Co-Captain … Letterwinner … out for most of the season after she broke her leg the first weekend of the season.
Before Penn State: Earned 4 letters in volleyball and basketball at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, PA.
“Lady spikers end ‘interesting’ year,” The Daily Collegian, Dec. 13, 1983