Chris Boucher

Boucher was born in 1993 in Castries, St. Lucia. He is the son of Mary MacVane and Jean-Guy Boucher. At a young age, Boucher moved to the Cote-des-Neiges neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For high school, Boucher attended Damase Boulanger High School and Alma Academy in Alma, Quebec. In 2012-13, Boucher led Alma Academy to a 48-5 record as well as the NPSAA and Canadian Prep Championship. Chris Boucher played college basketball at three different institutions. In 2013-14, the lengthy center played one season at New Mexico Junior College, averaging 11.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Boucher then transferred to Northwest College in Wyoming, where, after the 2014-15 season, he was named the Spalding NJCAA Division I Player of the Year. In addition to per-game averages of 22.5 points and 11.8 rebounds for Northwest, his 4.7 blocks per game was third best in all of junior college. Boucher than transferred to the University of Oregon for his last two years of college ball and majored in sociology. As a junior, Boucher set a single-season school record with 110 blocks and was named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament team and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team. Boucher's senior season was cut short by a torn ACL in his left knee. The injury occurred during a Pac-12 semifinals game against California. As a senior, Boucher was again named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team after averaging 2.5 blocks and 0.4 steals per game.