Boys swimming: Mroz named to lead Palatine boys swim program

Katie Mroz has been named boys swimming head coach at Palatine High School.

Mroz follows John Schauble, who'd led the Pirates for the previous three seasons.

"We are really excited that Katie will be leading our swimming program," said Palatine principal Gary Steiger. "Her experiences as both an athlete and a coach make her the perfect fit for the job."

Schauble's teams competed well in the conference, finishing fourth, third and fifth in the Mid-Suburban League meet.

Mroz has been assistant coach of the girls team at Palatine High School for the past three years. She has worked as a speech-language pathologist for three years at Conant and Palatine High Schools, as well as at the Higgins Education Center.

Prior to coming to District 211, Mroz worked in both medical and educational institutions as a graduate clinician from 2012 to 2014.

Mroz earned her bachelors's degree in linguistics from Emory University in 2011, and her master's degree in speech, language, and hearing sciences from Arizona in 2014.

In college, Mroz competed for Emory, swimming the breaststroke and mid-distance. Among many athletic accomplishments, she was a 10-time, Division III All-American and was the 2009 NCAA champion and record holder as part of the school's 800-yard freestyle relay.