Matt Patton

Class:
Senior
Position:
Distance/Fly
Hometown:
Matthews, N.C.
High School:
Butler

At Michigan... Two-time 2009 All-American (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle) ... Two-time 2009 Big Ten champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle) ... 2009 All-Big Ten first team ... Three-time 2008 NCAA All-American (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay)... Two-time 2008 Big Ten Champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle), first team All-Big Ten Represented the United States in the 2007 Pan American Games ... Three-time 2007 NCAA All-America (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay) ... Two-time 2007 NCAA All-American honorable mention (200-yard backstroke, 400-yard medley relay) ... Four-time Big Ten Champion (500-yard freestyle (2007), 1,650-yard freestyle (2007) and 800-yard freestyle relay (2006-07)).

Senior (2008-09)... Two-time All-American (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle) ... Two-time Big Ten champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle) ... All-Big Ten first team ... Championship Meets ... Earned sixth-place in the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:44.13) at the NCAA Championships (March 28) ... Finished 42nd in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.95) at the NCAA Championships (March 27) ... Earned fifth-place in the 500-yard freestyle (4:13.56) at the NCAA Championships (March 26) ... Won the 1,650-yard freestyle in a time of 14:57.09 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28) ... Finished 12th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.26) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27) ... Won the Big Ten crown in the 500-yard freestyle (4:15.65) (Feb. 26) ... Regular Season ... Won the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.79) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.39) at Michigan State (Feb. 8) ... Part of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay with an NCAA `B' time of 1:19.41 at Ohio State (Jan. 31) ... Set a pool-record 9:10.43 in the 1,000-yard freestyle at Ohio State (Jan. 30) ... Took first in the 500-yard freestyle with a consideration time of 4:19.98 and was on the winning 200-yard freestyle with an NCAA `B' time of 1:20.09 at the SMU Invite (Jan. 17) ... Won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:37.29 and was part of the 800-yard freestyle relay that posted an NCAA `B' time of 6:24.33 at the SMU Invite (Jan. 16) ... Won the 500-yard freestyle with a consideration time of 4:22.14, took first in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:06.56) and second in the 200-yard butterfly with a consideration time of 1:46.10 at Indiana (Jan. 10) ... Won the 400-meter freestyle at the Orange Bowl Classic with a time of 3:59.24 and finished third in the 100-meter butterfly (58.06) (Jan. 3) ... Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 9) ... Won the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:50.34) and finished eighth in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.98) at USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 6) ... Member of the first-place 800-yard freestyle relay (6:20.86), took second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:34.98) and finished 13th in the prelims of the 100-yard butterfly (47.63) at USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 5) ... Won the 500-yard freestyle (4:12.80) at USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 4) ... Finished fourth in the 200-yard butterfly (1:49.66) against Texas and Indiana (Nov. 1) ... Member of the third-place 200-yard medley relay (1:31.32) against Texas and Indiana (Oct. 31) ... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:18.52) and finished second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.42) against Florida (Oct. 17).

Junior (2007-08)...Three-time NCAA All-American (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay)... Two-time Big Ten Champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle), first team All-Big Ten ... Championship Meets... Finished fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:47.18), seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (4:15.38, 4:14.50 prelims) and was a member of the eighth place 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:24.40) at the NCAA Championships (March 27-29) ... Won the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyle with times 4:16.05 and 14:51.72, also finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.69) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-March 1) ... Regular Season... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:12.00, finished second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.71) and the 500-yard freestyle with an NCAA 'B' time of 4:22.37, was also a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that posted an NCAA 'B' time of 6:36.14 against Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State (Feb. 1-2) ... Finished second (1:40.07) in the 200-yard freestyle and second (1:50.66) in the 200-yard backstroke against Michigan State (Jan. 18) ... Touched the wall first in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyle with NCAA 'B' times of 4:28.78, 15:20.90, also finished second (1:49.61) in the 200-yard butterfly against Indiana (Jan. 12) ... Won the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyle with NCAA automatic qualifying times 4:16.23, 14:49.10 ... also won the 200-yard freestyle with an NCAA 'B' time of 1:36.19 and was a member of the 400-yard medley and 800-yard freestyle relay teams that posted NCAA consideration times of 3:15.09, 6:30.31 at the Husky Invite (Dec. 1) ... Won the 1,650-yard freestyle with an NCAA consideration time of 15:19.84 against Northwestern and Wisconsin (Nov. 17) ... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle (8:59.20) and the 500-yard freestyle with an NCAA 'B' time of 4:25.22 against Indiana and Texas (Nov. 2) ... Finished second (15:55.46) in the 1,500-meter freestyle against Florida (Oct. 20).

Sophomore (2006-07)... Three-time NCAA All-America (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay) ... 2007 NCAA All-American honorable mention (200-yard backstroke, 400-yard medley relay) ... Three time Big Ten Champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle and 800-yard freestyle relay, first-team All Big-Ten ... Championship Meets... Placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:14.91), fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:49.10) and 16th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.88, 1:43.89 in prelims) at NCAAs (March 15-17) ... Also swam on the fifth place 800-yard freestyle relay (6:21.11) and helped both the ninth place 400-yard medley relay (3:10.44) and the 17th place 200-yard medley relay team (1:27.31) to school records at NCAAs ... Won the Big Ten title in the 500-yard freestyle (4:17.16) and the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:54.27) and placed seventh in the 100-yard backstroke (48.19, 47.97 in prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-18) ... Also swam on the Big Ten champion 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:23.20), the fourth place 400-yard medley relay team (3:11.80) and the sixth place 200-yard medley relay team (1:27.91) at the conference championships ... Regular Season... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:12.34), placed second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:26.37) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.70) against Ohio State and Northwestern (Jan. 26-27) ... Also helped a 400-yard medley relay team to place third (3:05.83) and a 400-yard freestyle relay to finish third (3:18.12) against the Buckeyes and Wildcats ... Won the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:22.59), took second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:49.50) and placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke vs. Indiana (Jan. 13) ... Also helped an 800-yard medley relay team to finish second (6:48.40) against the Hoosiers ... Won the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.60), placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.09) and helped an 400-yard medley relay team to victory (3:20.39) vs. Purdue (Jan. 12) ... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:08.73), placed third in the 500-yard freestyle (4:27.53) and clocked a time of 1:52.62 in the 200-yard butterfly at Arizona State & California (Jan. 6) ... Won both the 400-meter freestyle (4:03.27) and the 800-meter freestyle (8:32.80) and assisted 400-meter freestyle relay team to a time of 3:32.14 at Arizona (Jan. 5) ... Won the 50-meter freestyle (24.72) at the Mexican National Team (Jan. 3) ... Captured an NCAA automatic qualifying 'A' time at the U.S. Open (Nov. 30 - Dec. 2) after finishing fourth in the 1,500-meter freestyle (15:30.64) and captured two NCAA 'B' times after finishing sixth in the A-final of the 400-meter freestyle (3:56.13) and fourth in the B-final of the 200-meter freestyle (1:52.65) ... Also captured NCAA 'B' times as a part of the 800-meter freestyle relay team that finished second (7:34.03) and the 400-meter medley relay team that came in second (3:46.76) at the U.S. Open ... Won the 100-yard backstroke (50.23), 1,000-yard freestyle (9:13.73) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.92) vs. Michigan State and Princeton (Nov. 11) ... Also swam with a 400-yard freestyle relay team that captured the top time (3:02.81) against the Spartans and Tigers ... Captured NCAA Consideration 'B' times in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:26.25) and the 200-meter butterfly (2:03.53) and assisted a 400-meter medley relay team to a 'B' time of 3:50.76 at Georgia (Nov. 3-4) ... Also placed second in the 200-meter backstroke (2:09.75), placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.69) and assisted a 400-yard freestyle relay team to place fourth (3:06.82) against the Bulldogs ... Won the 100-yard backstroke (50.10) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:48.69) at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 20) ... also helped a 200-yard freestyle relay team to a time of 1:26.72 against the Eagles ... Took first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:28.21) and second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:13.21) vs. Florida (Oct. 14) ... also helped a 400-yard freestyle relay team to a time of 3:09.45 against the Gators.

Freshman (2005-06)... Member of Big Ten Conference champion 800-yard freestyle relay that set IU pool record ... Championship Meets... At Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-25), won first conference title as member of 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:22.73) ... Also placed third in the 500-yard freestyle (4:22.14), ninth in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:24.17) and 15th in the 400-yard IM (4:00.26) at Big Tens ... At NCAA Championships (March 23-25), placed 17th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:21.28), 21st in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:12.07) and 33rd in the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.09) ... Regular season... Participated in first collegiate meet vs. Eastern Michigan (Oct. 21), winning the 1000-yard freestyle (9:16.54) and 200-yard butterfly (1:52.06) ... Swam to first NCAA consideration time of collegiate career in the 1650-yard freestyle (15:25.44) against Georgia (Nov. 5), also placed third in both the 200-yard butterfly (1:51.51) and 500-yard freestyle (4:30.67) ... Finished second in the 400-yard IM (4:01.50) and 100-yard backstroke (51.46) vs. Michigan State ... Took fourth with an NCAA automatic time of 15:05.46 in the 1650-yard freestyle and sixth in the 500-yard freestyle with a NCAA 'B' time of 4:22.08 at the Texas Invitational (Dec. 1-3) ... Also earned a consideration time in the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.05) at Texas ... Placed first in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:06.57) and was a member of second place 400-yard freestyle relay team at Purdue (Jan. 13) ... Took first in the 500- (4:24.81) and 1000-yard (8:57.92) freestyle events at Northwestern (Feb. 4).

Prep... Butler (2005) ... National Honor Society ... Honor Roll student ... 2004 Scholastic All-American ... Two gold medals (800, 1500 freestyle) and one silver (400 freestyle) at 2005 Junior Pan Pacific Championships ... Six-time prep All-American ... Seven-time state champion in 200 free, 500 free, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay ... Finished third in the 500 freestyle as a freshman at NC4A Swimming Championships.

National/International... Competed in the 2008 U.S. Open, finishing second in the 400-meter freestyle (3:50.27), sixth in the 200-meter freestyle (1:50.16), sixth in the 200-meter butterfly (1:59.41) and seventh in the 200-meter freestyle (1:50.74, 1:49.76 prelims) ... Also was a member of the second place Club Wolverine 4x200-meter freestyle relay (7:24.25) at the 2008 U.S. Open ... Represented the U.S. at the 2007 Pan-American in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Personal... Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology, majoring in athletic training ... Birthday is April 3, 1987 ... Twin brother, Sean, swims for Texas.