Education
Princeton University.
Princeton University.
The Patty Kazmaier Award is named in her honor. Kazmaier was a student-athlete at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. While she was there, she played ice hockey, was co-captain of the field hockey team and earned All-New England honors in lacrosse.
Besides sports, Kazmaier was also co-editor and publisher of the school’s literary magazine.
While at Princeton, she helped lead Princeton to the Ivy League Championship in three consecutive seasons (1981-1982 through 1983-1984). After taking a leave of absence from Princeton in 1984-1985, Kazmaier was named to the All-Ivy League First Team and the All-Eastern College Athletic Conference First Team as a senior in 1985-1986.
In addition, she was the Ivy League Most Valuable Player. Kazmaier graduated from Princeton in 1986 with a bachelor"s degree in religion.
Kazmaier died on February 15, 1990 at the age of 28 after a long struggle with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disease.
While at Princeton, Patty was a member of the Two Dickinson Street Company-op, and an actress.
