By Matt Browning
A local product, Jamie Patrick came to Hutch CC from Hutchinson Trinity Catholic High School where she was Class 1A all-state in both basketball and volleyball. After Hutch, Patrick played for two seasons at Colorado State University.
Patrick’s first season on the bench was quite successful. The 2018-19 Blue Dragons posted a 33-4 record and earned an at-large bid to the NJCAA Tournament. Hutch advanced all the way to the national semifinals.
Then in 2020, the Blue Dragons captured the Jayhawk West championship and had earned an at-large bid to the 2020 NJCAA National Tournament. But the Coronavirus pandemic forced the cancelation of the national tournament as Hutchinson ended up with a 28-4 overall record.
Patrick played for the Blue Dragons and current head coach John Ontjes from 2012 to 2014. All that happened in those two seasons were two Jayhawk West championships, two Region VI Tournament championships, a third-place national tournament finish in 2013 and a national runner-up finish in 2014, not to mention a combined record of 71-3, including 31-1 in conference play.
Patrick was twice an All-Jayhawk West and Region VI selection (2nd team in 2013 and 1st team in 2014). She was a second-team NJCAA All-American in 2014 after scoring a team single-season record 626 points.
For one season, Patrick was the Blue Dragons’ career scoring leader after amassing 1,098 points in her two seasons at Hutchinson. She was a 52.0 percent career shooter and made the seventh-most 3-pointers in team history with 132.
