2006-07: Pat saw most of his diving in the dual meets during his junior season, with his only championship format diving coming in the Georgia Diving Invite. His best finishes of the year were a pair of third place finishes, one on each board, the one and three-meters. He also had one fourth and two fifth place finishes.
Meet-by-Meet Highlights: Scored his highest point total of the year on the one-meter board and finished third on both the one and three-meter boards at the dual meet at West Virginia....Placed eighth in the one-meter and ninth in the three-meter at the Clemson/Virginia/Virginia Tech/Penn State quad-meet....Put up his second-highest scores of the year on both board and placed fifth on the one-meter and fourth on the three-meter at the dual meet vs. West Chester....Put up his highest score of the year on the three-meter board and placed fifth on that one as well as the one-meter in the dual meet vs. Rutgers.
2005-06: Pat gained valuable experience last year as he competed in nearly all of Penn State[apos]s events, only most of the time his scores only counted as exhibition points, meaning they did not go toward the team scores. He spent most of the year behind Mike Alderman and Adam Pierce, who saw most of the diving action. Patrick did compile the second-best scores of his career in both the one-meter and three-meter events.
Meet-by-Meet Highlights: Placed seventh in the one-meter and sixth in the three-meter at the dual meet vs. Ohio State....Scored a 216.35 in the three-meter at the Shamrock Invitational, the fifth-best score of his career in the three-meter....Compiled a score of 229.80 in the three-meter in the dual meet with St. Bonaventure, the second-highest score of his career in the three-meter....Finished seventh in both the one-meter and the three-meter at the dual meet vs. Florida....Competed in both the one and three-meter events at the Ohio State Invitational....Scored a 249.90, the second-best score of his career, in the one-meter at the dual meet vs. West Chester, which was the third-best score of all competitors in that event....Competed in both the one and three-meter events at the Auburn/Purdue/Virginia/Penn State quad meet....Scored 224.25 points in the dual meet vs. LaSalle in the one-meter, the fourth-best score of his career....Finished fifth in both the one and three-meter events in the dual meet vs. West Virginia.
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2004-05: A Junior Olympic Eastern National Qualifier in high school, Bukowski took fourth place against Rutgers in the one-meter diving event with a score of 207.00. He also took fourth place against Virginia in the one and three-meter diving events with scores of 198.38 and 195.90. At the Missouri/Iowa dual meet Bukowski finished the first day with scores of 227.47 (6th) and 210.15 (7th) on the one and three-meter diving events, respectively. Against Ohio State he came away with scores of 138.40 and 138.05 on the 1- and 3-meter diving events.
High School: Under coach and father Randall Bukowski at Mercyhurst Prep in Erie, Pa., Pat was a four-time district and state qualifier. He placed third in the districts as a freshman, second as a sophomore, and won districts both as a junior and a senior. At the state meet, he placed 21st as a freshman, seventh as both a sophomore and junior, and ninth as a senior. He was a two-time first team All-Metro selection and was named the Erie Times Athlete of the Week and an Arby[apos]s Scholar Athlete of the Week. In 2004, he finished 30th in three-meter diving at the Junior National Championships.
Personal: Pat was born on May 11, 1986 in Erie, Pa. He is the son of Randy Bukowski and Joyce Sparrow and has an older brother, Dan, who played football at Grove City College. Pat is majoring in psychology and business with career aspirations of becoming on I/O consultant. He lists fishing and boating as hobbies.
Why I chose Penn State: 'I always wanted to go to Penn State. It is a great school with a good reputation for having student-athletes.'