Jim Boutin - Basketball

From Powers, Oregon Jim Boutin went on to an outstanding college basketball career at Lewis & Clark College where he was a four-year starter (1961-64) and earned All-American honors. Boutin led the Pioneers to three consecutive NW Conference basketball titles (1962-1964) and three consecutive appearances in the NAIA National Tournament. As a senior, he was 1st Team NAIA All-American, averaging 30.2 points per game, 14.8 rebounds per game and finished seventh in the nation in scoring. He also was 1st Team All-American as a junior and 3rd Team All-American as a sophomore. Boutin is Lewis & Clark’s single season and career scoring leader (2,218 points; 20.1 average) and is second in career rebounds (1,298; 13.2 average). He was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1990. Boutin was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1965. Him went on to an outstanding basketball-coaching career. His coaching tenure included Portland’s Washington High School (39-12), Willamette University (194-130), Western Oregon State (143-43), Idaho State (45-41) and currently coaches at Lane Community College. He earned his 500th career coaching victory in January 1997.