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  • 2022 Induction Class
Holly Bowen Paczewski '73

At Germantown Academy

  • Awarded GA's Senior Athlete Award in 1973
  • Varsity Field Hockey
    • Team captain as a Senior
    • Two-year letterwinner
  • Varsity Girls Swimming & Diving
    • Team captain as a Senior
    • Team won Inter-Ac League Championship all four years (1970-73)
    • Four-year varsity letterwinner
  • Varsity Girls Lacrosse 
    • Team captain as a Senior
    • Three-year varsity letterwinner
  • Huntingdon Valley Country Club Girls Golf Champion in 1972 and 1973
    • Earned a spot in the championship flight of the Philadelphia Junior Golf Assn. Tournament (1971-1973)
    • Selected to play in the PA/NJ/CT Inter-State Golf Competition in 1972
  • Huntingdon Valley Girls Squash Champion for three years (1971-1973)
    • Ranked No. 4 in the Greater Philadelphia area Squash leagues (1973)

At Wittenburg University

  • Graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration and obtained a Masters in Taxation Degree from Villanova University 
  • Four years Varsity Field Hockey
    • Elected Captain Senior Year
    • Selected to the Midwest Regional Field Hockey Team (1973-76)
  • Four years Varsity Girls Lacrosse
    • Elected Captain Junior and Senior years
    • High scorer all four years
    • Selected to US National Lacrosse Tournament representing the Midwest 1st Team (1975-76) and the Midwest 2nd Team (1974)
    • Selected to be on the cover of the US Women's Lacrosse Association Magazine in 1976

Post College

  • Awarded a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Karate - 1979
  • Competed in Triathlons in the greater Philadelphia area, and consistently finished in the top of her age class
  • Coached community high school and middle school field hockey, soccer, and lacrosse in Horsham and Upper Dublin townships - 11 years
  • Earned referee certification in field hockey and lacrosse at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels
  • Currently Director of Global Tax at Bentley Systems, Inc. -- specializing in international taxation, and has held various positions in taxation over 30 years
  • Recently completed a six-year term as an Elder, the Chairperson of the Stewardship & Finance Committee and President of the Corporate body of Supplee Presbyterian Church