U.S. Masters Swimming Dorothy Donnelly Service Award

Recipient:	Lorraine Masse
Year:	2023
LMSC:	Pacific Northwest

After a long volunteer history as an official at her youngster’s USA-S meets, Pacific Northwest LMSC’s Lorraine Masse began officiating at Masters meets. In addition to “walking the decks” she volunteered to run the meet computer for the Lake Washington Master’s annual meet and upon changing workout groups, did the same for the annual Bellevue Club Mile meet. An Admin Referee, Lorraine could be found most weekends on the deck at PN masters meets or PNS youth meets. In 2021 Lorraine joined the PN LMSC board as its Meets Coordinator, helping meet hosts with the sanction process, using Club Assistant, and much more. Lorraine’s technical skills benefitted the LMSC when she registered it with the Microsoft 365 Teams program. The free program provided Zoom-type meetings, Microsoft forms, and team and LMSC mailing lists. As if she wasn’t busy enough, Lorraine served as the secretary for SPLASHforward, an organization working to expand aquatic facilities for communities on the east side of Lake Washington. Expanded aquatic facilities will benefit all in the PN LMSC!