Swarthmore College Athletics

One of the finest wrestlers in Swarthmore’s history, Patrick “Hondo” Holmes ’82 was a four-time NCAA Championship qualifier and a two-time All-American. He finished second in his weight class (134) at the 1980 NCAA Division III National Tournament and fourth in 1981. At the end of his Swarthmore career, Holmes held 12 program records, including most career wins (116), most career match points (481), most dual meet wins (76), most dual meet wins in a season (23), and most career falls (32). As a senior, he was awarded the Kwink Trophy, which is presented to a senior who best exemplified the five principles of the Society of Kwink—Service, Spirit, Scholarship, Society, and Sportsmanship. Holmes is vice president of technology for IPC The Hospitalist Company. He and his wife, Sylvia Crowley Holmes ’80, live in Pasadena, Calif.