McKayla Patterson
Junior

Distance
Height: 5-3
Hometown: Valley City, ND
High School: Valley City HS ('07)
Major: Nutrition

Personal: Letter winner in cross country, basketball, and track...3x All-Conference in cross-country...Valley City Female Senior Athlete of the Year in 2007...daughter of Darla Hildebrant and DeLair Barnett...enjoys boating, tubing, fishing, hunting, taking pictures, being outdoors and scrapbooking.

Why Did You Choose to Come to Concordia? “Small campus size and friendly atmosphere.”

What do you like best about Concordia? "The people you meet"

_______________The BARNETT File

Nickname: Bit

One word that best describes me: Energetic

Where would you go if you could spend one week anywhere in the world: Australia

Favorite food: Spaghetti

Favorite restaurant: Bahama Breeze

Favorite movie: Pirates of the Caribbean

Favorite TV show: OC, How Its Made, Dirty Jobs, Friends

Favorite music groups: Breaking Benjamin, Kenny Chesney, Something Corporate

Favorite book: Pop Goes the Weasel

Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving

One thing I can't live without: Open Space

Best gift ever received: love

Best class ever taken at Concordia: IWC 100 with Roland Finger

The three people I would most like to meet: Steve Prefontaine, Josh Hartnett, Kenny Chesney

Nobody knows how much I like to: mow grass

The biggest influence on my running career: Bill Jansen

Greatest personal sports moment: MIAC 2007 - Personal best

If I were to play another sport, it would be: soccer

Favorite pro sports team: Minnesota Twins

Before each meet I: Eat pasta

What is your greatest fear? Snakes!

One thing I absolutely have to do before I turn 40: Go to Australia

This summer I: Worked at a resort near my hometown.