Bo Knows

History major Bo Patterson '15 says he's learned more on playing fields at Dartmouth than in classrooms. Predictably, the unusual dual athlete—a receiver who led the football team as a freshman, a standout center fielder for the baseball team—has a schedule that leaves him little time for recreation beyond the occasional video game with his roommate. "If I'm not busy something's wrong," he says. The day after the baseball team wrapped up its season with losses at Columbia, the Charleston, South Carolina, native was deep into his football playbook, prepping for a rejiggered offense come fall. He's especially motivated after a disappointing sophomore season in which he struggled back from a hamstring injury suffered playing baseball last summer. "I'd never been hurt in my life. Being injured made me realize how much I love to play, made me cherish every practice. It also brought me closer to God."