{{short description|American volleyball player (born 1984)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use American English|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Evan Patak | image = 20130330 - Tours Volley-Ball - Spacer's Toulouse Volley - Evan Patak - 05.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Patak with Spacer's de Toulouse in 2013 | fullname = Evan Hoburg Patak | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|6|23}} | birth_place = Santa Maria, California, U.S. | hometown = Pleasanton, California, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=6|in=8}} | weight = {{convert|113|kg|abbr=on|order=flip}} | spike = {{convert|363|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}} | block = {{convert|330|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}} | college = UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | position = Opposite | currentclub = | currentnumber = | years = 1998–2002<br />2003–2007<br />2007<br />2007–2008<br />2008<br />2008–2009<br />2009<br />2009–2010<br />2010–2011<br />2011–2012<br />2012<br />2013 | teams = Foothill High School<br />UC Santa Barbara Gauchos<br />Playeros de San Juan<br />Aris Volleyball Club<br />Indios de Mayagüez<br />aon hotVolleys<br />P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki V.C.<br />Halkbank Ankara<br />Incheon Korean Air Jumbos<br />Umbria Volley<br />Plataneros de Corozal<br />Spacer's de Toulouse | nationalyears = 2008– | nationalteam = United States | medaltemplates-title = Medal record | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's volleyball }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World University Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2003 Daegu | Team competition }} {{MedalBronze | 2007 Bangkok | Team competition }} {{MedalCompetition | NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship }} {{MedalSilver | 2009 Bayamón | Team competition }} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Mayagüez | Team competition }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan-American Cup }} {{MedalGold | 2008 Winnipeg | Team competition }} | updated = September 25, 2014 }}

'''Evan Hoburg Patak''' (born June 23, 1984) is an American volleyball player who is a member of the United States men's national volleyball team.

==Early life and education== Patak grew up in Pleasanton, California and attended Foothill High School where he played for the school's volleyball team. He was named to the First Team All-East Bay Athletic League three times, earning the title Most Valuable Player in his senior year. He also played club volleyball for Diablo Valley Volleyball Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diablovolleyball.org/alumni-accomplishments/ |title=Alumni Accomplishments |publisher=Diablo Valley Volleyball Club |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927071207/http://www.diablovolleyball.org/alumni-accomplishments/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Following graduation, Patak enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara and played for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos. After redshirting in 2003, he played 4 seasons with the Gauchos. He was named the 2004 AVCA Newcomer of the Year and a three-time All-American.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avca.org/includes/media/docs/2013-Men-AA-All-Time-List.pdf |title=American Volleyball Coaches Association Men's All-America Information |publisher=AVCA |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009073040/http://www.avca.org/includes/media/docs/2013-Men-AA-All-Time-List.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also led the nation in kills in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 14, 2006 |title=Hitter Patak spurs UCSB over Stanford |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |location=Oakland, California}}</ref>

==Career== Patak joined the professional ranks right out of college in 2007 and joined Puerto Rican-based club Playeros de San Juan in the Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino.<ref name="los Indios">{{cite web |url=http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/voleibol/nota/evanpatakfirmoconlosindios-207643/ |title=Evan Patak firmó con los Indios |date=July 7, 2008 |website=PrimeraHora.com |language=Spanish |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref> His stay was brief, leaving them for Aris Volleyball Club in the Greek A1 Ethniki before the end of the year. Patak returned to the Puerto Rican LVSM in 2008. According to then-manager Jorge de Jesús, he nearly rejoined his old Playeros de San Juan team, now rebranded as Mets de Guaynabo,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/voleibol/nota/calidadenlosimportadosdeguaynabo-203968/ |title=Calidad en los importados de Guaynabo |date=June 24, 2008 |website=PrimeraHora.com |language=Spanish |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref> but ultimately joined Indios de Mayagüez.<ref name="los Indios" /> Due to the 2008 Summer Olympics and his contract with the U.S. National Team, Patak joined Indios de Mayagüez after their season had started.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/voleibol/nota/abuscareltercero-210592/ |title=A buscar el tercero |date=July 16, 2008 |website=PrimeraHora.com |language=Spanish |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Evan Patak.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Patak with Umbria Volley in 2012]]

The offseason saw another move as Patak joined Austrian-based aon hotVolleys in the Fall of 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://diepresse.com/home/sport/mehrsport/420060/Volleyball_HotVolleys-gehen-die-Saison-mit-USPower-an |title=Volleyball: HotVolleys gehen die Saison mit US-Power an |date=October 5, 2008 |website=DiePresse.com |language=German |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://aktualnosci.siatka.org/pokaz/2008-08-31-aon-hotvolleys-wieden-zakonczyl-kompletowanie-skladu |title=aon hotVolleys Wiedeń zakończył kompletowanie składu |date=August 31, 2008 |publisher=Strefa Siatkówki |language=Polish |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140924224256/http://aktualnosci.siatka.org/pokaz/2008-08-31-aon-hotvolleys-wieden-zakonczyl-kompletowanie-skladu |url-status=dead }}</ref> He played with the team until January 9, 2009 when his contract was mutually terminated due to the club's financial constraints.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/mehrsport/1718259/index.do |title=hotVolleys und Patak gehen getrennte Wege |date=January 9, 2009 |website=KleineZeitung.at/ |language=German |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/1231151440207/Volleyball-hotVolleys-trennten-sich-einvernehmlich-von-Patak |title=hotVolleys trennten sich einvernehmlich von Patak |date=January 9, 2009 |website=derStandard.at/ |language=German |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boerse-express.com/pages/735324 |title=hotVolleys-Spieler Evan Patak wechselt nach Griechenland |date=January 9, 2009 |website=Boerse-Express.com/ |language=German |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref> He returned to the Greek A1 Ethniki that same month after signing with P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki V.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-volley/spec-rel/082609aaa.html |title=Patak Helps Team USA Qualify for 2010 World Championships |date=August 26, 2009 |publisher=UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref> He joined Turkish club Halkbank Ankara of the Turkish Men's Volleyball League in Summer of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?&cid=08&id=3914 |title=Evan Patak in Halkbank |date=July 3, 2009 |website=VoleybolunSesi.com/ |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052558/http://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?&cid=08&id=3914 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?&cid=08&id=4219 |title=The Evan Patak transfer of Halkbank to go public |date=August 15, 2009 |website=VoleybolunSesi.com/ |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043802/http://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?&cid=08&id=4219 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He stayed with the club through early May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/columns/ci_14144374 |last=Steward |first=Carl |title=Carl Steward: Pleasanton's Patak sees volleyball game spike for Team USA |date=January 7, 2010 |publisher=Contra Costa Times |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082736/http://www.contracostatimes.com/columns/ci_14144374 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After Greece, Patak joined the South Korean V-League club Incheon Korean Air Jumbos. They ended with the best regular season record in the V-League for the 2010–2011 season but lost in the championship playoffs finals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rki.kbs.co.kr/french/program/program_sports_detail.htm?lang=f&No=872&current_page=127 |title=Jumbos de Korean Air, vainqueur de la V-League |date=March 7, 2011 |publisher=KBS World Radio |language=French |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061536/http://rki.kbs.co.kr/french/program/program_sports_detail.htm?lang=f&No=872&current_page=127 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He returned to Europe to play for Italian club Umbria Volley of the Italian Volleyball League in December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legavolley.it/NewsLeggi.asp?tipo=3&ID=37960&Lng=1 |title=Evan Patak, il nuovo opposto! |last=Costantini |first=Paola |date=December 27, 2011 |website=LegaVolley.it |publisher=Umbria Volley |language=Italian |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umbriavolley.it/mediacenter/fe/articoli/evan-patak-lopposto-born-in-the-usa.html |title=EVAN PATAK, L'OPPOSTO... "BORN IN THE USA" |last=Costantini |first=Paola |date=February 16, 2012 |publisher=Umbria Volley |language=Italian |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072225/http://www.umbriavolley.it/mediacenter/fe/articoli/evan-patak-lopposto-born-in-the-usa.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:20130330 - Tours Volley-Ball - Spacer's Toulouse Volley - Evan Patak - 04.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Patak preparing to serve with Spacer's de Toulouse in 2013]]

Patak landed in Puerto Rico for the third time in October 2012. He signed for Plataneros de Corozal after Dallas Soonais was lost to a shoulder injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/voleibol/nota/entraevanpatak-709838/ |title=Entra Evan Patak |date=October 15, 2012 |website=PrimeraHora.com |language=Spanish |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref> After a semi-finals loss that ended Plataneros de Corozal's season, Patak joined Spacer's de Toulouse in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacerstoulouse.fr/avec-evan-patak-%25C3%25A7a-va-servir-chaud.volley |title=Avec Evan Patak, ça va servir chaud! |date=January 11, 2013 |publisher=Spacer's de Toulouse |language=French |accessdate=September 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218051039/http://www.spacerstoulouse.fr/avec-evan-patak-%C3%A7a-va-servir-chaud.volley |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He proved to be a huge catalyst to turn Spacer's season around, making a run in the Coupe de France but ultimately coming in second best.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2013/03/30/1595115-evan-patak-a-redonne-foi-aux-spacer-s.html |title=Evan Patak a redonné foi aux Spacer's |date=March 30, 2013 |publisher=La Depeche |language=French |accessdate=September 24, 2014}}</ref> Despite his play, he was not brought back for a second season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lejournaltoulousain.fr/sport/les-spacers-passent-a-autre-chose-25141 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140924224258/http://www.lejournaltoulousain.fr/sport/les-spacers-passent-a-autre-chose-25141 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2014 |title=LES SPACERS PASSENT À AUTRE CHOSE |last=Simonian |first=Thomas |date=August 7, 2013 |publisher=Le Nouveau Journal Toulousain |language=French |accessdate=September 24, 2014 }}</ref>

===International=== Patak has been a member of the full United States men's national volleyball team since 2008. He was initially a member of the U.S. delegation for the World University Games in 2003 and 2007 earning a bronze medal in both trips. Patak was on track to also participate in the 2005 Games but did not participate due to injury. He also joined for a six-city tour against Japan.

After leaving UC Santa Barbara, Patak's first action with the senior men's national team was in the 2008 NORCECA Continental Olympic Qualifying Preliminary Matches, 2008 Four Nations Tournament, 2008 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2008 FIVB Volleyball World League, and 2008 Volleyball America's Cup. Despite being named to the 2008 Summer Games preliminary roster, Patak missed being named to the final roster and was subsequently named an alternate. U.S. assistant coach Rick McLaughlin tipped Patak as having the potential to peak in 2012 for the London Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/viewHeadlines.asp?Language=en&No=23143 |title=USA's Evan Patak a force for the future |publisher=FIVB |accessdate=September 25, 2014}}</ref>

He was a mainstay for the United States moving forward, appearing in several major competitions including the 2009 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA), 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League, 2010 FIVB Volleyball World League, 2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, 2011 Pan American Games, 2011 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship, 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League, and 2012 FIVB Volleyball World League.

Despite being regularly featured, Patak was named an alternative to the 2012 London Summer Olympics and again named an alternate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_21011956/pleasantons-evan-patak-stanford-alums-kevin-hansen-and |title=Pleasanton's Evan Patak, Stanford alums Kevin Hansen and Gabe Gardner named as Olympic men's volleyball replacement athletes |last=Almond |first=Elliott |date=July 5, 2012 |website=MercuryNews.com |accessdate=September 25, 2014}}</ref>

He was named to the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League preliminary roster but did not have any court time.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151227133905/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Evan-Patak Team USA player profile] * [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/competitions/WorldLeague/2012/Players.asp?Tourn=WL2012&Team=USA&No=120237 FIVB World League player profile] * [http://www.legavolley.it/DettaglioAtleta.asp?IdAtleta=PAT-EVA-84 Lega Volley player profile] * [http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/PlayerDetails.aspx?TeamID=897&PlayerID=5295&ID=424 CEV player profile] * [http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-volley/mtt/patak_evan00.html UC Santa Barbara player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185357/http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-volley/mtt/patak_evan00.html |date=October 29, 2013 }} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222041244/http://www.hotvolleys.at/team.publish?TeamID=1304 |date=December 22, 2008 |title=hotVolleys squad sheet }}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patak, Evan}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:American men's volleyball players Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball players Category:Halkbank volleyball players Category:P.A.O.K. V.C. players Category:Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States Category:Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games volleyball players for the United States