American International College

Kristen Patterson starred as a member of the basketball, soccer and softball teams at AIC. She was a three-year captain for the Yellow Jackets' basketball team and led AIC to the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore, junior and senior, culminating with a school-record 28-4 mark and the program's first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II "Elite Eight" in 2002. A two-time Northeast-10 All-Conference selection who earned First Team honors as a senior, Patterson holds school records for career assists (557) and made free throws (511) and is ranked fourth on the career scoring list (1,539 points). Over her four-year career she led the Yellow Jackets to an 88-34 (.721) mark and topped the team in steals and assists in each of her four seasons while averaging 17.3 points per game as a senior. 

Patterson also excelled on the soccer pitch and the softball diamond. In soccer, she remains the leading scorer in program history with 49 goals and 31 assists for 129 points and led the Yellow Jackets to a NCAA Tournament berth in 1998. She was also named the 1998 Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year and 2000 NE-10 Player of the Year. In softball, Patterson played during the 2002 and 2003 seasons and was a member of AIC's last NCAA Tournament team in 2003. 

Patterson has spent the last four seasons as AIC's top assistant basketball coach. Over that span, the Yellow Jackets posted a combined 94-31 (.752) record with four NCAA Tournament appearances and a berth in the NCAA Division II national championship game in 2006 after capturing the Northeast Region championship. She was named the program's fifth head coach in June 2007.