Patti Benner Class: Junior Hometown: Clifton, Va. High School: Centreville Height: 5-10 Position: Defense/Midfield

Drake comments: "Patti is our best athlete in the air. She has tremendous field presence and is getting more dangerous in the attacking side of the game."

Is a returning starter and is expected to start at the midfield or on the back line... Majoring in school of management.

2007: Appeared in 18 games for the Patriots with 17 starts... Played primarily in the midfield but saw time on the back line as well... Attempted 22 shots on the year with six of those shots on goal... Took a shot on goal on Sept. 7 against Stony Brook... Also had a shot on net on Sept. 30 against Hofstra... Had a shot on goal against Drexel on Oct. 14... Took three shots on goal in regular-season finale against Towson on Nov. 1... Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Mason Tournament... Had an excellent spring season and was second on the team with nine points in 13 games as Mason went 8-3-2... Had four points and one assist.

2006: Played in 17 of 19 games and started four contests... Played primarily on the back line with a few appearances in the midfield... Came off the bench in her first four appearances before finally cracking the starting lineup on Sept. 10 against Georgia... Was named to the Virginia Nike Soccer Classic All-Tournament team after the Georgia contest... Started the next game, a 1-0 loss at Navy... Returned to the bench until the final two games of the season, starting in a 0-0 tie at James Madison and 1-0 win at Towson... Took 10 shots on the year with two of those shots on goal.

High School/Club: Played four years of soccer at Centreville High School... Also played three years of basketball for the Wildcats... Was named first-team All-Met, All-State, All-District and All-Region as a senior as well as first-team All-District as a junior... Played for the PWSI Cardinals U-19 team that was State and Region champions and National Finalist.

Personal: Full name is Patricia Lynn Benner... Born June 17, 1988... Parents are Barbara and Bill Benner... Has one sister, Stephanie, 20... A 2006 graduate of Centreville High School... Also recruited by UNC Charlotte, Marshall and University of Rhode Island.

CAREER STATISTICS
Year	GP/GS	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	GWG
2006	17/4	0	0	0	10	0
2007	18/17	0	0	0	22	0
Totals	35/21	0	0	0	32	0