Personal Life
Mohler was born into an Italian-American family in Middlesex, New Jersey. Her father, Robert DeScenza, works as a structural engineer and her mother, Margaret DeScenza, is a homemaker. She attended Rosary High School in Aurora, Illinois where she was best known for being the Illinois High School Association state champion for the 100 yard Butterfly from 1998 to 2001. During the off season of her high school swim team, Mohler was a member of the Academy Bullets Swim Club based in Aurora, Illinois. She started swimming at the age of 6 and joined the swim club shortly after. After graduating from high school in 2002, she attended the University of Georgia where she graduated in 2007 with a Bachelors of Science in Biology. Mohler's collegiate swimming career reached its peak as she became a four-time NCAA champion in the 200 butterfly, only the second to do so besides Mary "Madame Butterfly" Meagher, from 2003 to 2006.
During and after her collegiate career, Mohler qualified for the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials but failed to make the both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Swim Team. Even though she had two disappointing results from the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, she continues to train for the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics with hopes of making the team. To aid in her efforts towards the 2012 Summer Olympics, Mohler currently competes in the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series. Currently, she is ranked first in the series and obtaining best times for her Butterfly events.
She has two other siblings who also shared the love for swimming. Mohler has an older sister, Katie, and a younger sister, Patricia. Her younger sister, also qualified in the 200 m butterfly for the 2004 Olympic Swim Trials. Mohler's personality has been described by friends and family as very outgoing and quirky, so she has been known to have the nicknames of "Crazy" and "Crazy Mary." Mohler has a long-haired weiner dog named Speedo. Before swimming, she participated in soccer and softball. Outside of swimming, she likes to relax by laying out on a beach. In addition, her favorite hobbies outside the pool are baking, reading, and shopping. She hopes to one day be a nurse or a veterinarian.
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