Wayne State University Athletics

Wouters, a native of Warren, Michigan, lettered four years on the Wayne State baseball team. During his four years, Wouters earned several conference honors while leading the team in batting average. Wouters earned varsity baseball letters in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980. He was an outstanding player who hit over .300 in his career, and was the Wayne State batting champion in 1979 with a .336 average and 1980 with a .376 average. In the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), Wouters was named "Player of the Year" in 1980 while leading Wayne State to its first conference baseball title. He also won the GLIAC batting title while hitting .416 in 1980. Wouters earned GLIAC Honorable Mention in 1977 and 1978, and was a second team selection in 1979 and was a first team selection in 1980. He also was selected to the NCAA All-District IV First Team in 1979. Statistically, Wouters established career records in games played (160), at-bats (489), hits (163), doubles (29), triples (16), total bases (236), and extra base hits (40). A 1980 graduate from Wayne State with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Criminal Justice, Wouters continued playing baseball and that summer earned Federal Baseball League's "Outstanding Player Award." He was selected for this honor by hitting a .378 average with 38 RBI's in 42 games. He traveled the country playing competitive police softball for 14 years after being hired by the Warren Police Department in 1981. He was a member of two National Championship teams. He has coached high school baseball and basketball and most recently, youth ice hockey and little league baseball. Wouters was a detective for the Special Investigations Division of the Warren Police Department. He was killed in the line of duty on October 11, 2000. Chris is survived by his wife, Valerie, son Evan, and daughters, Taylor and Olivia.