​Be a part of Leesville High School forever and the Alumni Association is selling commemorative bricks that will be placed at the entrances to the new Leesville High School. As alumni, you can purchase bricks for yourselves, for other alumni, or in memory of alumni. The money raised will be used for scholarships and other projects for LHS. Bricks are now $35 each. You may mail in your brick form with payment.

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All bricks that were ordered before the July 1st, 2023 deadline have been installed. We are hoping to have those that were ordered by the July 1st, 2024 deadline installed by Homecoming 2024. 

Homecoming 2024

Leesville High School Alumni Association Announces ​

2024 Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
Faye Jeane West and Cecil Collins

LHS Alumni Cookbooks

LHS Sports Hall of Fame 

Cookbooks, with more than 400 recipes contributed by alumni, will be on sale on Friday at the coffee and the luncheon.  They are $20.  You can also request one to be mailed. The cost is $25.



The Leesville High School Alumni Association is proud to announce the 2024 inductees into the 2024 LHS Sports Hall of Fame: Faye Jeane West, LHS Class of 1954; and Cecil Collins, LHS Class of 1996. This year marks the thirteenth year of inductions of former Wampus Cat athletic greats into the Hall of Fame. The 2024 Homecoming at LHS will be held on October 25 and 26 in Leesville.


Faye Jeane West (1934-2023) will be inducted posthumously into the Hall. During a stellar high school basketball career, Faye led the Lady Wampus Cats in the most successful era of girls’ sports at LHS. During the four years that Faye played for the Lady Cats, the girls’ basketball team went 123-12. The teams were State Runner-up in 1954 and 1951, and finished third in the State in 1952 and 53. In Faye’s junior and senior years, the Lady Wampus Cats went 65-2, and Faye was an All-State performer in both of those campaigns. She was also a multi-year letterman and team captain in softball for the Lady Cats. Faye is the first LHS Lady Wampus Cats basketball player to be inducted into the Hall. Mrs. West married a military man after college and traveled the world with him and her three children, eventually returning to Leesville. All three of her children, Kevin (Class of 1983), Vickie Boswell (Class of 1980) and Darrell (Class of 1977), are graduates of Leesville High School.


Cecil Collins is the most decorated running back and football player in Leesville High School. During four years of varsity football, he compiled just under 8,000 yards of rushing and tallied 99 touchdowns---both school records to this day. He was an All-District performer as a sophomore, junior and senior and earned All-State honors in his junior and senior year---making him one of only three Wampus Cats to earn All-State honors in football twice. In his senior campaign, Cecil led the Cats to a district title and a runner-up for the LHSAA State Championship. 1995 was the greatest season in LHS football history, with the Cats achieving a record of 13-2 and earning a spot in the state championship game in the Louisiana Superdome. In his senior campaign, Cecil ran for over 3,000 yards, also a Wampus Cat record. Cecil was also a letterman for the Wampus Cats in track and field.


His family includes his wife, Elena, two daughters, Zakeia and Zakayla, who are both graduates of LHS, a son, CJ, granddaughters Justice and Liberty, and his grandfather.


Faye Jeane joins Coaches Ted Paris and Foster Thomas as Hall of Fame members inducted posthumously. Cecil Collins joins Kevin Mawae, Eddie Fuller, Richard Reese, Robert Gaines, Terry Holt, Grant Westerchil, Holly Wentz-Reeves, TB Porter, Demond Mallet, Greg Fontenot, Nikita Wilson, and Keith Zinger as living members of the Hall.


Both athletes will be honored at ceremonies at Leesville High School on October 25, beginning with an assembly at LHS, continuing with the Alumni Luncheon at First Baptist Church CLC, the LHS Homecoming Parade in downtown Leesville and finally at the LHS football game on Friday night. 


To submit a nomination for the 2025 LHS Sports Hall of Fame, please click the link below to submit a potential nominee. You must re-submit a nominee every year. Deadline to submit a nomination for the 2025 LHS Sports Hall of Fame is July 1, 2025. 


​Have you paid your dues? The LHS Alumni Association is the reason we have such a successful homecoming weekend. By supporting your alumni association, you are giving back to LHS through scholarships awarded and donations made to the school. Your dues provide the opportunity for members to keep in touch with fellow alumni. Follow the link to "read more" about membership opportunities, prices, and how to pay.

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Hi there, all you Wampus Cats:​

We hope you are enjoying the new webpage. We are reminding you that this webpage and the Leesville High School Alumni Facebook page are the only official Wampus Cats sites on the World Wide Web. There are other sites purporting to be Wampus Cats or Leesville High School alumni pages. These are commercial websites and are not supported by the LHS Alumni Association. If you join one of them, you are not part of the official Wampus Cat/LHS Alumni Association. We are a non-profit group. The alumni who work for you are all volunteers. No one is paid.

Homecoming 2024 is scheduled for October 25th and 26st.

More information on Homecoming 2024 activities above, just click on the Current Newsletter tab. We are looking forward to a great Homecoming!

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