Wabash College Athletics

Christopher James Wiesehan, your path to Wabash in the fall of 1990 didn’t follow the typical pattern. You were a star player at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, but you didn’t visit Wabash until the summer after your senior year. Coach Greg Carlson, who had just graduated All-American receiver Mike Funk, was ready for your mid-summer visit — had the Number One jersey sitting out on the table when you sat down to talk.

Six weeks later, you were a starting wide receiver and kick returner for the Little Giants, and put together the most impressive rookie season in the school’s gridiron history. You caught seven passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns in your first collegiate game and would go on to set the school record for most receptions (46), most receiving yards (743), and touchdowns (8) ever by a freshman receiver. It was a sign of things to come.

You would lead the team in receiving all four years — catching at least one pass in all 36 games you played. And while you never caught Mike Funk at the top of the all-time charts, you ranked second in virtually every category at the time of your graduation — 169 receptions, 2,618 yards, and 22 touchdowns. You were a two-time First Team All-Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference selection and a Football Gazette Third Team All-American in 1993. You helped Wabash win back-to-back ICAC Championships in 1991 and 1992, going 10-1-1 in those games. In the conference championship season of 1992, you caught 51 passes and scored nine touchdowns for the league’s top-ranked offense.

You were hard-nosed and versatile, willing to return kickoffs and punts, and when you left Wabash you ranked first in every punt return category and second in kickoff returns. Your 4,825 all-purpose yards is still the highest total ever recorded by a Wabash player and you broke the NCAA Division III record for most yards per play. In your senior year, you captained the team and won the Monon Bell Award for catching six passes for 124 yards in a rousing 40-26 win over DePauw in the 100^th Monon Bell Classic.

Christopher James Wiesehan, you worked hard to live up to the expectations Mike Funk set when he wore the Number One jersey, and you will be pleased to know that same pride and dedication continues to this day. Therefore, the National Association of Wabash Men is honored to induct you in the Wabash College Athletics Hall of Fame.