Daria M. “Dora” Sauceda†
Inducted 1994
Hometown: Donna
High School: Donna High School
College: Pan American University
Best Known for: Coaching – Track
Sauceda was a 1959 graduate of Donna High School where she enjoyed an excellent career as an athlete and coach. In her high School career, she starred in basketball, volleyball, softball and track.
Sauceda earned her bachelor's degree from Pan American University. She came from a family of four brothers and seven sisters and taught 31 years in the Donna school system.
Sauceda's coaching experienced covered 29 years. She won 37 straight games as junior high girls' basketball coach and won four district basketball championships from 1988-93 at Todd Junior High in Donna. Her teams also six district basketball championships as the high school varsity girls’ coach from 1970-78‚ and coached nine district championship girls' teams in track and sent two competitors to the state meet.
Dora coached volleyball and softball in junior high in the early 1970s, the drill team at Donna for more than a decade, officiated for 15 years during the six-player girls basketball era, worked at the state basketball tournament for five years and helped at the state track meet for 22 years as marshal, field judge, curve inspector, discuss and shot-put supervisor.