Jace signed with
Virginia Tech for
a
Full Ride
Scholarship!

Jace Howanitz was named the Las Vegas Sunset Region High School Female
Swimmer of the Year for 2005--as a freshman!  Patty began working with Jace in
2004 when both were new residents of Las Vegas.  Patty continues to be Jace's
"mental" coach.

A member of the Bishop Gorman High School Swim Team and the Clark County
Sandpipers of Nevada Swim Club, Jace has risen quickly on the national scene.  
Jace's accomplishments include:

  • 1/02 - Snake River (Idaho) Zone Team
  • 1/03 - Southern California Swim Festival Team

...Enter Patty as Jace's "mental" coach...

  • 6/04 - Cottonwood Heights Invitational High Point 13 & 14
  • 1/05 - Selected to Southern California Pacific Quad Team
  • 2/05 - NV State Champion Club Swimming 100 Freestyle
  • 3/05 - Achieved Junior National Time and Participated in Junior National
                          Meet in Orlando, FL
  • 5/05 - Achieved All American Consideration time in 50 & 100 Freestyle
  • 5/05 - Named Las Vegas Sunset Region High School Female Swimmer of
                          the Year
  • 5/05 - NV State High School Champion 100 Free
  • 6/05 - Cottonwood Heights Invitational High Point 15 & over winner
  • 6/05 - First Team All American 100 Freestyle
  • 7/05 - Achieved summer Junior National Time
  • 8/05 - Selected to Southern California Zone Team
  • 5/06 - Achieved National Time in the 200 IM
  • 5/06 - Named Nevada Girls' Swimmer of the Year for 2006, the second
                          consecutive season!
  • 2006 - Nevada State High School Champion 100 Free, 200 IM, 200 & 400
                           Free Relay
  • 2006 - Achieved Spring National time in 200 IM
  • 2006 - Named Swimmer of the Year for 4A Nevada Schools
  • 2006 - Achieved All American times - 100 Free and 200 IM
  • 2007 - Competed for Knoxville Catholic HS and the Pilot Aquatic Club
  • 2007 - Achieved National Short Course time in the 200 IM
  • 2007 - Broke the city record (Knoxville, TN) for High Swim Area - 200 IM
  • 2007 - Club Swimmer Gold Medal Winner (Tennessee) - 200 IM
  • 2007 - Bronze Medal Winner for State Champion of Tennessee High School
                          Swimming - 100 Free
  • 2007 - Gold Medal Winner for State Champion of Tennessee
                          High School Swimming - 200 IM
  • 2007 - Achieved All American - 200 IM
  • 2008 - Earned All-America Honors all four years, National Honor Society
  • 2008 - Regional Champion in Cross Country
  • 2008 - SIGNED WITH VIRGINIA TECH FOR FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP!
  • 2008 - Olympic Trials in Omaha
  • 2009 - Swam the final leg and helped the 800 free relay team of VT earn a
                             sixth-place finish at the ACC Championships
  • 2009 - Placed 18th in the 100 breast, 24th in the 200 IM, and 34th in the 100
                             free at championships
  • 2009 - Placed 5th in the 200 IM at the Volunteer invitational
  • 2010 - Led the VT women in the 200 IM with a 15th place finish at the ACC
    Championships and also earned a top 20 finish in the 400 IM
  • 2010 - Placed 5th in the 200 IM, 9th in the 400 IM, and 13th in the 200 free at
                            the Volunteer invitational
  • 2010 - Competed in the 800 free relay at the Volunteer invitational, helping
                            the squad place 1st among Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Jace moved to Knoxville, Tennessee at the end of her Junior year (2006).  and
continued to pile up State records and National times.