Tess Patton

Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
North Hall HS
Hometown:
Gainesville, Ga.

2014
Played in and started 21 games for Mercer…Led Mercer and ranked sixth in the conference with seven assists and finished the season ranked third with 15 points…Tied for fourth on the team with four goals…Took Mercer’s only penalty kick of the season, putting the Bears up 1-0 in the SoCon Championship game.

2013
Saw action in 14 games for the Bears, starting 10…Finished the season with eight points off of three goals and two assists…Ranked fourth for Mercer with 27 shots and tied for fourth with her eight points…Scored Mercer’s first goal of the season and the game-winning goal against Alabama A&M (Aug.24)…Scored goals against both Georgia State (Aug. 25) and Jacksonville State (Sept. 15).

2012
Was the offensive spark Coach Economopoulos envisioned due to her striking ability and strength at the wide midfield position...Appeared in 17 games in 2012, including 14 starts...Finished the season with 14 points on the strength of six goals and two assists...Ranked fourth in the A-Sun with 56 shots and tied for sixth in the league with her six goals...Registered 14 multi-shot contests...Got off to a slow start due to joining the team in mid-August, but scored her first goal in a Bears uniform in a 7-0 win over Alcorn State (Sept. 9)...Tallied her first of two multi-goal performances in 2012 when she buried two goals in a 3-0 A-Sun Conference win over USC Upstate (Sept. 28)...Continued her sensational week with another fine offensive showing, scoring a goal and assisting on another in a key 3-1 home win over East Tennessee State (Sept. 30)...Collected her second multi-goal outing of the season when she netted two goals, including the game-winner in a 3-0 home win over North Florida (Oct. 14)...Fired a season-high seven shots against Florida Gulf Coast (Oct. 21)...Capped her first season with Mercer by being named to the A-Sun All-Conference second team.

Before Mercer
Transferred to Mercer from Auburn where she appeared in 13 games, including one start, as a true freshman under head coach Karen Hoppa...Played her high school soccer for Nathan Wallace and Jerome Samuels at North Hall...Scored at least 20 goals in each of her last three seasons...Led North Hall to a pair of Region 7-AAA Champions and a 2009 Georgia State Championship runner-up finish...Was named a two-time All-Region first team and three-time All-Area first team selection...Played her club ball for Campbell Chapman with the GSA Phoenix Red 93.

Personal
Daughter of Chris and Jill Patton...Has two siblings, Drew (24) and Tayler (21)...Father played football at Appalachian State while brother played soccer at North Georgia College.