Metaphorically, Mark Pattison scaled numerous mountains as an athlete.
As a prep star at Roosevelt High in Seattle, he was an All-American receiver as a junior and an All-American quarterback as a senior who went on to play collegiately at the University of Washington, and later was inducted into the Roosevelt Hall of Fame, one of just five football players since 1922 to be so honored.
In five years at Washington (1980-85), he lettered three years and the Huskies played in two Rose Bowls, two Aloha Bowls and the 1985 Orange Bowl, which they won and helped them to the No.