Less than a week after learning he would not be admitted to Indiana for the fall semester, Ron Patterson arrived at a decision on where he’ll attend school next year.

Patterson will attend Brewster Academy, a prep school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

He announced the decision on his Twitter account late last night.

A few notable Brewster alumni include Mitch McGary (Michigan), Will Barton (Memphis), T.J. Warren (North Carolina State) and Thomas Robinson (Kansas).

“His family just discussed the pros and cons of everything and Brewster will get him ready athletically and academically for that next year when he attends college,” Patterson’s AAU coach, Chris Hawkins, told Inside the Hall. “It’s just the best situation and he’s not rushing into a decision as far as how late in the game it was especially with school starting. I think it’ll help him next year when he attends another school.”

Brewster Academy coach Jason Smith coached Patterson, Jeremy Hollowell and Hanner Perea in the Derby Festival Classic last April in Louisville.

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Indiana’s scholarship situation for next season appears to have reached a resolution.

According to a source close to Ron Patterson, the Broad Ripple product will not attend Indiana next season.

Patterson spent the summer in Bloomington and attended classes along with the other four signees in IU’s 2012 recruiting class.

Patterson could attempt to attend another four-year school immediately or could also go the junior college or prep school route, according to the source.

Dustin Dopirak of The Herald-Times reported that Patterson did not pass a faculty sponsorship screening process, which “is a program that is available for not only student athletes but any student whose grades and test scores do not necessarily qualify them for ‘automatic’ admission to Indiana, but that have good probabilities of being able to handle the necessary work and might often be able to bring other talents to the university.”

Patterson originally committed to Indiana in August of 2010 and was the second member of Indiana’s consensus top ten recruiting class for 2012.

“We think very highly of Ron and will continue to work with him as allowed to help him reach his goals,” Indiana coach Tom Crean said in a release. “He has the chance to do some special things for himself and his family and we will be supportive of whatever he chooses to do.”

As a senior at Broad Ripple, Patterson averaged 18.5 points, six rebounds, four assists and 2.5 steals per game.

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