RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada senior Mitchell Van Patten has been named the Wolf Pack Student-Athlete of the Week for his performance at the Patriot Rifle Conference Championships.  Van Patten, from Nampa, Idaho helped the Pack earn its best finish at the PRC Championships taking third place in a field that featured six top 20 teams.
 
Van Patten won the air rifle event and took third in smallbore.  Van Patten shot 594 and was fifth heading into the finals of air rifle but shot to the top of the leader board in the finals to win by a slim margin of 247.9-247.8 over TCU's Casey Lutz.
 
In Saturday's smallbore Van Patten earned his second trophy of the weekend placing third with a score of 584.