Pat Colasurdo Mayo
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Pat Mayo
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| career_position = Forward
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}}
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| nationality = American
| high_school = Holy Family Academy
(Bayonne, New Jersey)
| college = Montclair (1975–1979)
| draft_year = 1979
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 1
| draft_league = WBL
| draft_team = San Francisco Pioneers
| years1 = 1979–1981
| team1 = San Francisco Pioneers
| highlights =
- WBL All-Star (1980)
- WBL All-Pro (1980)
- Kodak All-American (1979)
}}
Patricia Colasurdo Mayo (born 1957) is an American former basketball player. Following a college career at Montclair State University, she played professionally for the San Francisco Pioneers in the Women's Professional Basketball League, the first women's pro basketball league in the United States.{{cite news |author1=Vincent Paterno |title=From Bayonne to San Francisco and still happy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-sf-pioneers-pat-mayo/133784165/ |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=The News |date=20 December 1979 |page=30 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
Early life
Raised in Bayonne, New Jersey,Marvin, Al. [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/13/archives/jersey-woman-no1-pick-future-looks-brighter.html "Jersey Woman No. 1 Pick"], The New York Times, June 13, 1979. Accessed March 10, 2024. "The selection of Miss Colasurdo, who entered Montclair State from Bayonne, N.J., by a West Coast team also was significant." Colasurdo attended Holy Family Academy in her hometown, where she had more than 1,200 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 blocked shots and 500 steals. During her senior season, she averaged 30 points and 16 rebounds per game.{{cite news |author1=Mike Rowan |title=Pat Colasurdo heads gals' All-County |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-pat-colasurdo-heads-g/133722849/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The Jersey Journal |date=21 March 1975 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
College career
During her senior season at Montclair State University (MSU), she averaged 23 points and 11.5 rebounds{{cite news |author1=Ray Ratto |title=S.F. women basketball players are true Pioneers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-sf-women-ba/143067992/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=15 July 1979 |page=C5 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} and was named Kodak All-American.{{cite news |author1=Mike Rowan |title=Colasurdo deserved All-America honors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-colasurdo-deserved-al/143068373/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The Jersey Journal |date=27 March 1979 |page=22N |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} She finished her career with 1.646 points and a school record 1.076 rebounds during her four-year career at MSU.{{cite news |author1=Fred Kerber |title=Unico to fete top woman basketballer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-unico-to-fete-top-woman-baske/143068420/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=New York Daily News |date=6 May 1979 |page=11J |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
In 1991, she was inducted into MSU's Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Pat Colasurdo Mayo (1991) – Hall of Fame |url=https://montclairathletics.com/honors/hall-of-fame/pat-colasurdo-mayo/68 |website=montclairathletics.com |publisher=Montclair State University |access-date=10 March 2024}}
Professional career
Mayo was drafted with the 1st pick in the 1979 WBL draft by the Pioneers.{{cite news |author1=Mike Rowan |title=Colasurdo 1st WBL pick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-colasurdo-1st-wbl-pic/143068746/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The Jersey Journal |date=13 June 1979 |page=39 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} During her first season, she averaged 15.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per game and was named WBL All-Pro and selected to the 1980 WBL All-Star Game. The following season, Frank LaPorte was fired as head coach and replaced with former New York Stars coach Dean Meminger. Under the new coach, Mayo's performance fell of drastically, with her averaging 6.6 points and 4.2 rebounds before being placed on the injury list after appearing in five games. In January 1981, she left the Pioneers and retired from playing.{{cite news |author1=Peter Clark |title=Mayo walks out on Pioneers, retires |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-mayo-walks-out-on-pionee/143068548/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=19 January 1981 |page=D3 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
Personal life
In 1978, she married Bob Mayo.{{cite news |author1=Al Morch |title=Let the women show you how to win |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-let-the-women/143068038/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=25 December 1979 |pages=21, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-they-are-the/143068082/ 25] |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
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Category:American women's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Hudson County, New Jersey
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Montclair State Red Hawks women's basketball players
Category:People from Bayonne, New Jersey