Help us continue our tradition by nominating someone for the Wall of Fame!
Help us continue our tradition by nominating someone for the Wall of Fame!
Teacher, coach, trailblazer.
Beverly Hollander was all of these in her 33-year career at Maryvale.
But Bev didn’t distinguish herself merely by the longevity of her time at MHS, but by what she was able to accomplish.
After taking a full-time teaching job in 1970, Bev dove right in to join the ground-breaking movement to elevate girls’ and women’s athletics to a prominent position.
She spearheaded Maryvale’s initiative to promote girls’ athletics from recreational intramural programs to a more highly competitive status.
Over the course of eight years Bev initiated and worked tirelessly to overcome biases and earn breakthrough interscholastic status for girls’ volleyball, softball and basketball.
Her efforts were recognized by selection to the ECIC Interscholastic Governing board, making policies for girls’ high school sports at this time of Title IX’s aim for equality in sports in the 1970’s.
At the same time, Bev was chalking up a 26-season run as coach of girls’ varsity volleyball and softball, as well as boys’ varsity and junior varsity volleyball.
She coached Maryvale’s first ECIC Division I softball title and under her leadership the girls’ volleyball team was honored with a tournament sportsmanship award.
For her dedicated work, Beverly Hollander is welcomed to the Maryvale Athletic Wall of Fame.