Patty Kazmaier-Sandt was a four-year varsity letter-winner for the Princeton University women's ice hockey team from 1981 through 1986. The Patty Kazmaier Award

Patty Kazmaier Award

The Patty Kazmaier Award is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four...

 is named in her honour.

Playing career

Kazmaier was a student-athlete at the 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.

Kazmaier was an accomplished athlete who participated in ice hockey, field hockey and lacrosse. While at Princeton, she helped lead Princeton to the Ivy League Championship in three consecutive seasons (1981-82 through 1983-84). During her time at Princeton, she was a four-year varsity ice hockey letter-winner.

After she took a leave of absence from Princeton in 1984-85, Kazmaier was named to the All-Ivy League First Team and the All-Eastern College Athletic Conference First Team as a senior in 1985-86. In addition, she was the Ivy League Most Valuable Player. Kazmaier graduated from Princeton in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in religion.

Personal

Kazmaier died on February 15, 1990 at the age of 28 after a long struggle with a rare blood disease. She is survived by her husband, Mark J. Sandt and her daughter, Serena. Her father, Dick Kazmaier

Dick Kazmaier

Richard Kazmaier was an American football player for Princeton University from 1949 through 1951 and winner of the 1951 Heisman Trophy. As a halfback, kicker and quarterback, he ended his career third all time in Princeton history with over 4000 yards of offense and 55 touchdowns...

, also a graduate of Princeton University, won the Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...

in 1951.

Awards and honors

• All-Ivy League Honorable Mention honors as a freshman
• All-Ivy League Second Team in her sophomore and junior seasons
• All-Ivy League First Team and All-Eastern College Athletic Conference First Team as a senior
• Ivy League Most Valuable Player (1986)