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 - 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 - SIGNED WITH VIRGINIA TECH FOR FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP!
  • 2008 - Olympic Trials in Omaha

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