Selected by the Calgary Inferno in the 2013 CWHL Draft, she is also a competitor for the Saskatoon Valkyries of the Western Women's Canadian Football League.
As a fifth-year student, Julie Paetsch was named the 2011-12 Canada West women’s hockey Player of the Year.
The Huskies alternate captain, Paetsch finished the season as the Canada West leader in scoring with 34 points.
[4] She was on the silver medallist team at the 2010 women's World tackle football Championships in Stockholm, Sweden[5] and in 2013 at Vantaa, Finland.
Three years later, despite losing to the United States again in the gold medal match, she was named Canada’s Most Outstanding Player of the Game.