A name that will always be associated with Eunice High School, Dixie Saucier is a well- respected and beloved educator and coach. Her love of sports and wanting young women to love them as well was evident during her 30 years of service to the Bobcats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 1943 graduate of Abbeville High School, Dixie Saucier\nentered LSU at the young age of 16. Having played both basketball and softball\nin high school, Saucier felt a calling in her heart to teach children. She majored in physical education and\ngraduated in 1947. Saucier moved with\nher husband, Edmond, to Eunice where they both taught and coached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dixie Saucier coached basketball and track and established\nthe first gymnastics team at EHS. She\nmentored and coached many successful athletes particularly two outstanding Lady\nCats, Sylvia Gallow and Lucille \u201cLucy\u201d Lejeune. \nSaucier took her physical education students on many trips where they\nreceived lessons in swimming, tennis, golf, bowling, and marksmanship. She desired that her students develop a love\nfor life time sports that they could participate in throughout their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Retiring from EHS in 1978, Dixie Saucier continue her life\u2019s\ncalling by teaching at Louisiana State University in Eunice for 11 years. Again, her love of sports and her commitment\nto education was felt by the entire LSUE community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dixie Saucier and the late Edmond Saucier have three\nchildren, Renee, Adele, and Stephen. She\nwill always be known as a great coach, mentor, and educator whose love of\nsports is present throughout the halls of Eunice High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A name that will always be associated with Eunice High School, Dixie Saucier is a well- respected and beloved educator and coach. Her love of sports and wanting young women to love them as well was evident during her 30 years of service to the Bobcats. A 1943 graduate of Abbeville High School, Dixie Saucier … Continue reading “Dixie Saucier”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehssportshalloffame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}