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Young Alumni Award

The Young Alumni Achievement Award honors those who have distinguished themselves in their chosen profession and are 40 years old or younger.

Caption: Austin “Ozzy” Old ’15, President John McKeegan, and Stephen Paskowski ’07 with their Young Alumni awards

Austin “Ozzy” Old ’15

Austin “Ozzy” Old was born in Cambridge, England, and grew up in the town of Bury St Edmunds. He was drawn to the Mount by the experience and passion of the coaching staff, and in 2011, Ozzy moved to the US to begin his journey at Mount Aloysius as a computer science major and one of the first international students on the Mountie men’s soccer team. Ozzy graduated magna cum laude in 2015.

After graduation, Ozzy moved to California to Orange County and then to the San Francisco Bay area to take a role in Apple’s corporate headquarters as a reliability lab technician. After being with the

Stephen Paskowski ’07

Stephen Paskowski is a 2007 graduate of Mount Aloysius College, where he obtained a BA in History and Political Science, played on the baseball team, and served as a student ambassador.

Following graduation, Stephen began working for the Stryker Corporation as an endoscopic specialist, and during this time, Stephen met and married his wife, Jessica Aurandt Paskowski. Later, Stephen transitioned into a position with the Cambria County Adult Probation Bureau, which inspired him to attend law school. He applied to and was accepted into Duquesne University School of Law’s part-time evening program.

After graduating from law school and passing the bar exam, Stephen accepted a position as an associate attorney with the Johnstown law firm of Sahlaney, Dudeck, and Hochfeld. In 2021, Stephen was offered and accepted a position as company for nearly a decade, Ozzy now serves as senior research and development operations engineer and works out of Apple’s San Diego campus. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Shaina, whom he met at the Mount, and their three-year-old daughter, Olivia. an assistant district attorney in the Indiana County District Attorney’s Office.

Stephen returned to the Mount in 2021 as an adjunct professor in the Justice, Law and Society department, where he teaches Probate Law, Introduction to Civil Litigation, Legal Research and Writing, and Criminal Law.

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