Patrick is a native to Alexandria and fellow TC Titan. In 1998, he rowed his way to a bronze metal at Stotes under Freshman 8 Coach Jaime Rubini. In 2000, Patrick was a member of the TC Junior 8 ("we rowed like…") for Coach Ed Cannon, that won the Canadian National Gold Medal.

After graduating in 2001, Patrick went on to James Madison University where he majored in math and economics. As an active member of the JMU econ department his senior year, he taught elementary macroeconomics to entering students. He worked as an analyst for Systems Planning and Analysis before deciding to return to the world of academia. In 2006, he began the pursuit of a master's degree in economics at George Mason University. The following semester he was given the opportunity to take a brief sojourn to Central America and spent eight months teaching English at the San Mateo Bilingual School in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras. 

Patrick is currently working to complete his masters, and is focusing his efforts on a study on the economics of anarchy in the Sengoku Period of feudal Japan and an analysis of the impact of U.S. monetary policy on Latin American growth.  He looks forward to study breaks out on the Potomac and inspiring new Titans to succeed in the crew program.