Melissa Hall
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Sport:
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Year
Graduated: 1992 |
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Year
Inducted: 2000 |
From walk-on to being a main cog in back-to-back national
championship women's crews to being inducted into the Hall
of Fame. That has been the road traveled by Melissa Hall.
Prior to arriving at BU in the fall of 1988, she had never
rowed before. Soon, though, she found her way to the boathouse
and began to learn as much as she could about what it took
to be a successful coxswain.
The results were evident by the fall of 1990, as she had
developed into a premier coxswain. The Terriers won the Head
of the Charles, the Head of the Schuylkill, and the Head of
the Hudson during that season.
Despite this impressive showing, not much was expected of
the Terriers during the spring season of 1991. However, with
Rosanna Zegarra, Sarah Baker, Portia Strong, Michelle Bradshaw,
Carrell Gridley, Debbie Meyn-Prose, Lynn Kirstein, and Sue
Rawcliffe rowing and Melissa serving as coxswain, the women
rolled through an undefeated season culminated in the national
championship.
They came back the following year to repeat as national champs
with Sue Charles, Kelly Musick, Tina Farbaniec, Amy Turner,
and Sara Field joining Strong, Gridley, Baker and Melissa.
