soccer and track. In the spring of 2016, Patterson, formerly known as Kristy Castillo, married Ryan Patterson, an assistant coach for the Ball State women's basketball program.

Every Ball State sports team had an overall term GPA of 3.0 or better in Fall 2024 – led by women's golf (3.927) and soccer (3.901). Eighty-one percent of Ball State student-athletes had a term GPA of ...