Julia Patterson has always loved to assist.
When she played soccer as a kid, she was a center midfielder. On the basketball court, she was a point guard.
So it is only fitting that in eighth grade, after stints as an outside hitter and defensive specialist, she would move to setter and watch her volleyball career take off.
“I’d rather set up other people than do it myself,” she said.
Patterson has done that well with the Arizona Wildcats, entering her senior year ninth on the program’s all-time assists list (2,388), with a chance to move up to sixth if she has a strong season.