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Tulsa rowing alumna Michelle Sechser, along with Olympic teammate Molly Reckford, were named the Ernestine Bayer Award (Woman of the Year) honorees by USRowing.com.
The honor is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to women's rowing and/or to an outstanding woman in rowing.
From their first race at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in February, the women's lightweight double sculls tandem of Michelle Sechser and Molly Reckford showed they were the U.S. crew to watch during the delayed Olympic year. Sechser and Reckford would go on to be the first U.