One of the most decorated swimmers in the rich history of Harvard's storied program, Stephanie Wriede Morawski '92 enters her 13th year as the head coach of her alma mater in the 2009-10 season.

Morawski presided over a season of unprecedented success for the Crimson in 2008-09 season. Her team won the Ivy League and ECAC championships,  finished the season ranked 25th nationally, set school records in 12 events and sent two competitors to the NCAA Championships. Two swimmers were named CSCAA Scholar All-Americans and four others earned honorable mention for that award.

In fact, the Harvard women's swimming record book has been rewritten in recent seasons under Morawski. Her teams have broken every swimming record since 2005, with all but one record being set since 2008. Morawski comes into the season with an 85-20 overall record and a 65-18 Ivy League mark.

Morawski's teams have cracked the national top 25 in recent years and have been consistently been ranked at or near the top of the CollegeSwimming.com "mid-major" national poll. They have been equally successful in the classroom, earning team and individual academic honors from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America year after year.

Morawski completed a full circle in the 2004-05 season, leading the Crimson to a 10-0 record and its first team title at the Ivy League Championships since she captained the 1992 title squad. She also coached the first two Harvard All-Americans since she earned the honor as a senior. The 2004-05 team went 7-0 against Ivy League foes to become the first Crimson squad since 1995-96 to win a league dual-meet crown.

The Crimson posted another 10-0 campaign under Morawski in 2005-06, winning all seven Ivy League dual meets for its second straight dual-meet title. Her squad also won its first five meets of 2006-07, extending its winning streak to 25 dual meets. Under Morawski's direction, Harvard has won 18 Ivy League or Eastern individual swimming championships, three diving titles and two relays. The Crimson won eight events at Ivies in 2005 alone.

Her teams posted 6-1 Ivy dual records and finished second at the Ivy League Championships in 2006-07 and '07-08.

Morawski has coached one national champion, 2004 U.S. 200 butterfly champion Noelle Bassi, who also finished sixth at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials. Bassi also owns two of the three All-America honors achieved under Morawski. She achieved All-America status in the 200 fly in both 2005 and 2006, while Jaclyn Pangilinan was a 2005 All-American in the 200 breaststroke.

Morawski has also coached U.S. Paralympian Beth Kolbe, who owns 13 American records and one Parapan American Games record. Kolbe won four medals in the 2007 Parapan Am Games, including a gold in the 50 backstroke, and has been selected to two U.S. Paralympic teams.

Before taking over as Harvard's head coach, Morawski was an assistant coach with the Crimson for two years, working with head coach Maura Costin Scalise '80. She played an integral part in Harvard's 1996 Ivy League dual-meet championship as an assistant coach.

Morawski complied a long list of accolades as a student-athlete before entering the coaching ranks. A former team captain, she is a two-time All-America selection, a three-time NCAA Championships qualifier and two-time Olympic Trials qualifier. Her school-record time of 2:15.06 in the 200-yard breaststroke stood until 2005, when Pangilinan broke it at the NCAA meet on the way to All-America status. Morawski helped Harvard to a combined dual-meet record of 33-3 in her four years with the Crimson.

Morawski was the 1992 Eastern Women's Swimming League Swimmer of the Year after she accounted for 57 points in Harvard's championship effort. She shared the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association Award as Harvard's top female student-athlete.

Before joining Harvard's coaching staff, Morawski spent two years as an assistant at The Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J.

Morawski earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard in 1992 and added a master's degree from Harvard's Graduate School of Education in 1999. She is married to Michael Morawski and has two daughters, Madeleine and Meriel.