BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — LSU senior diver Hali Saucier has been named to the 2007 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Good Works Team for her community service efforts, the league office announced.
Saucier, a native of Gig Harbor, Wash., was one of six athletes who made the list out of the conference. Other members include Alabama’s Karissa Tuthill, Arkansas’ Kristen Thibodeaux, Auburn’s Kristen Hastrup, Georgia’s Clair Maust and Tennessee’s Ashley Yeager.
Saucier has combined excellence on the boards with achievement in the community and classroom during her brilliant career. She has been an active participant of the CHAMPS Life Skills program, reading to children, conducting toy drives and organizing the department’s Halloween BOOzar from 2003-06.
During her spring break of 2006, Saucier participated in a week-long mission trip to Mexico with her church. She has also served as a volunteer in the emergency room for the Baton Rouge General Hospital.
Saucier has a 3.95 grade point average, majoring in kinesiology. She was the Tiger Athletic Foundation LSU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2005-06 and a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Last month, Saucier served as LSU’s nominee for the SEC’s Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
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She was the recipient of the Wally Pontiff Jr. Academic Excellence Award and a three-time member of the Dean’s List. She is also a member of Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honors Society and the Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Society.
Saucier capped her athletic career with first-team All-America honors in the platform at the 2007 NCAA Championships. She was a triple finalist at the 2007 SEC Championships, and she became the first LSU swimmer to win a regional title since 2003 when she captured the 3-meter springboard at the 2007 NCAA Zone B Championships.