By Brendan Monahan
Collegian Staff Writer
The small running back, Brad Pataky, was at a threshold — the three-sport athlete needed to choose one path.
Football ran in the family, as did baseball. The Clearfield native’s dad, Randy Pataky, was a former football player. The now-Nittany Lion’s sister, Brittany Pataky, would go on to play softball at Lock Haven. His dad never wrestled, but Brad Pataky knew if he’d have a future in any sport, it would be wrestling.
It’s why, along with his small stature and greater love for wrestling, Brad Pataky chose to pursue that sport after his freshman year of high school, instead of football and baseball. He hung up his pads, but the redshirt junior never put aside the mentality that allowed him to bruise his way through bigger football linebackers — a mentality learned from his family and coaches.
“That’s just the way we’ve always been,” Randy Pataky said. “It was never a question of getting Brad to work.”
via Pataky credits heart to past – The Daily Collegian Online.
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