Patricia J. Kazmaier-Sandt

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 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. http://www.gophersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?ATCLID=204892024&DB_OEM_ID=8400&SPID=3323&SPSID=47050 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.http://www.usahockey.com/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF_07&id=192446&DetailedNews=yes
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 passed away 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, was also a graduate of Princeton University, won the Heisman Trophy 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)http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/pattykazmaier.asp
==See also==
*Patty Kazmaier Award
*Princeton Patty Kazmaier Award
==References==
Category:American ice hockey players
Category:Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey players
Category:American women's ice hockey players
Category:Female ice hockey players
Category:Dead in 1990