2016 [SENIOR] - Competed in 31 games... hit .430 (40-93) with 18 runs scored, 28 RBI including 8 doubles and 4 home runs... notched a .645 slugging percentage... tallied 13 multi-hit games... collected 71 putouts and 8 assists on the field... Welch received her third straight NEWMAC All-Conference award, being named to Second Team. [SEASON STATS]
2015 [JUNIOR] - Appeared in 37 games, starting 29... hit .376 (32-for-85) with 12 runs scored, 14 RBI, nine doubles and one home run... collected four RBI against Clark University on April 4... snagged 10 multi-hit games... had two multi-RBI games... went on a season high nine-game hitting streak... batted .407 with runners in scoring position... went .568 in success for advancing base runners. [SEASON STATS]
2014 [SOPHOMORE] - Played in 32 games, 25 starts (20 at catcher, five at designated hitter)... hit .324/.378/.473 (.avg/.obp/.slg) with 11 runs scored, five doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI, seven walks, one sacrifice fly, one stolen base, 81 putouts and 11 assists... had six multi-hit games and three multi-RBI contests... produced a six-game hitting streak from April 4-12... launched home runs in back-to-back games in a doubleheader against Wellesley on April 11... went 3-for-6 with two runs scored, and four RBI in the doubleheader... batted .361 (13-for-36) with runners in scoring position and .375 (9-for-24) with two outs... had six 2-out RBI. [SEASON STATS]
2013 [FIRST-YEAR] - Appeared in 38 games, making 29 starts... third on the team with a .376 batting average (35-for-93)... compiled an on-base percentage of .426 and had a team leading .688 slugging percentage... posted a .989 fielding percentage (74 PO, 19A, 1 E)... hit a team-leading six home runs... second on the team with 30 runs batted in... had nine multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI contests... hit .414 (12-for-29) with two outs... hit safely in four consecutive games between April 16-20... drove in game-high four runs in win against Springfield College (Apr. 13)... had three hits, drove in five runs and scored two runs in a victory over Babson College (Apr. 5)... launched walk-off home run in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship against Worcester State University on May 12. [SEASON STATS]
CAREER HONORS: NEWMAC All-Conference first team ('15)... NEWMAC All-Conference second team ('13, '16).
BEFORE WHEATON: Two-sport athlete at Fenton High School... three-year member of volleyball team... four-year starter on softball team... earned five varsity letters between volleyball and softball... named to All-State third team in 2011 and 2012... named 2011 team MVP... made 2010 All-State honorable mention list... 2012 All-Area honorable mention... 2010 Metro Suburban League (MSL) Defensive Player of the Year... named 2012 team Co-MVP... 2011 and 2012 MSL batting average leader... made the 2011 MSL All-Conference team... member of three time regional softball champions (2010-2012)... honor roll member... named AP scholar and Presidential Achievement Award recipient.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jackie Welch... majoring in political science with a minor in history... Junior Class President... member of the Dean's List (Fall '14) at Wheaton.
