UWEC Athletics Hall of Fame
Sara Mulatz was a six-time conference diving champion and placed among the top five at nationals on both the one and three-meter boards in four consecutive NCAA Division III championships. She won the NCAA one-meter title in 1995 and had a runner-up finish in 1994 after placing third in 1993. On the three-meter board, she was fifth in 1993 and 1994 and third in both 1995 and 1996. She set the conference three-meter record with a score of 500.80 in 1996 and that ranked as the best winning score in conference history at the time of her induction. She also had the best 10-dive score in conference history on the one-meter board.
Mulatz returned to her hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan in 1996 and began a career in coaching and fitness. She was an assistant age group coach with the Regina Diving Club for two years, then a condition coach with the Queen City Gymnastics Club for two years. She became executive director of the Saskatchewan Rowing Association in 1997 and a community consultant for the Trans Canada Trail Millenium Project. From 2000-02, she was executive Director of the Saskatchewan Rugby Union and a coach of the Can Am Gymnastics Club. In 2003-04, she was administrative assistant with Habitat for Humanity Thunder Bay. At the time of her induction, she had been a recreation consultant with “Saskatchewan in motion” for five years. That provincial-wide movement is a revolutionary approach to increasing physical activity for health benefits. The group conducts research, assists in community developments, grants funds, offers programs, raises public awareness, develops resources and facilitates changes in social and physical environments for more physically active lifestyles. For four years, her focus was on workplace wellness. That led to a concentration on physical literacy and increasing sport participation. Mulatz is a National 1 level gymnastics judge and a Senior National level diving judge. She is also a course conductor for gymnastics and diving officials. She is a committee member of the Canadian National Diving Officials Committee. She served as a volunteer for the Canada Summer Games 2005 Organizing Committee, the 2007 Canadian Gymnastics Championships and the 2008 Canadian Senior National Diving Championships Organizing Committee. At the time of her induction, she and her husband Jeff were parents of three children.
