Swimming Career After College
A year before graduating from the University of Georgia, Mohler signed with major swimsuit brand TYR Sports, Inc.. TYR will be her official swimwear until 2010. Mohler had a smooth transition from swimming as an amateur in college to a professional swimmer. Unlike amateur swimming, she now gets paid to swim, do photo shoots, and hold swim camps. Narrowly missing the 2004 Olympic Swim Team, DeScenza knew that she had to redeem herself. She felt that it was a "blessing in disguise" because she was able to focus more of her swimming and train harder by learning from her mistakes. Mohler continued training in 2007 for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials by competing in the 2007-2008 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series. She came in second in the rankings, behind Michael Phelps by 76 points.
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