2009: Appeared in 114 sets, starting 30 of the team's 31 matches...Led the Lady Jaspers with a .268 hitting percentage and averaged a MAAC-best 1.00 blocks per set...Tallied over 100 blocks for the fourth straight season and finished career ranked second on Manhattan's all-time list with 426 total blocks...Finished third on the squad with 268 kills and 2.35 kills per set...Hit .300 or better 14 times...Tallied at least one block in 29 of the 30 matches she played in...Slammed 14 kills and hit .310 with four blocks in the season opener against Army on Sept. 1...Recorded 11 kills and hit .846, not making an error in 13 attempts in Manhattan's 3-1 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Sept. 9...Named to the Rose Hill Classic All-Tournament Team after recording 30 kills and 21 blocks in four matches...Selected MAAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 14 for her performance at the Rose Hill Classic...Posted 13 kills on .500 hitting in a 3-0 win over Central Connecticut on Sept. 11...Had nine kills and a career-high 11 blocks in a win over Sacred Heart on Sept. 12...Had three assists to go along with 14 kills and seven blocks in the home win over Rider on Sept. 19...Recorded a pair of service aces at Saint Peter's on Sept. 20...Chosen MAAC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time on Oct. 5 after averaging 1.3 blocks per set against Lafayette (Sept. 30), Fairfield (Oct. 2) and Loyola (Oct. 4)...Had 12 kills and seven blocks in the win over Loyola on Oct. 4...Slammed 19 kills on .417 hitting and added seven blocks at Canisius on Oct. 17...Registered 1,000th career kill at Loyola on Nov. 8...Earned a place on the MAAC All-Academic Team for the third consecutive season.
2008: Played in 98 sets, starting 24 matches...Placed second on the team with 206 kills and led the Lady Jaspers with 100 blocks, the eighth-highest single-season total in school history...Posted the ninth-best totals in school history in both block assists (78) and solo blocks (22)...Averaged 1.13 blocks per set in MAAC matches, the second-highest total in the conference...Recorded double-digit kills nine times, including a season-high 16 (on .324) against Siena on Oct. 19...Hit better than .300 in seven different matches, including three straight to end the season...Set a season-high with eight blocks on three separate occasions (Oct. 8 at Fairleigh Dickinson, Oct. 25 at Rider, Nov. 9 vs. Canisius)...Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team for the second straight season.
2007: One of two Lady Jaspers to start all 30 matches, playing in 112 of the team's 113 sets...Led the squad in kills (295) and blocks (109)...Moved into fourth place on Manhattan's all-time list for total blocks in a season, while also moving into the top 10 in block assists (fifth, 87) and solo blocks (ninth, 22)...Recorded career-highs with 20 kills and 10 blocks against Iona on Oct. 13...Hit .391 in that match, committing just two errors in 46 swings...Finished one block shy of another double-double at Marist on Oct. 27, posting 10 kills and nine blocks...Set a career-high with six digs twice (Sept. 7 vs. Cal State Northridge, Oct. 7 at Iona)...Selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
2006: Started all 34 matches and played in all 119 sets...Led the Lady Jaspers with 103 blocks and placed fourth with 250 kills...Tied for fifth in total blocks and sixth in block assists (85) on Manhattan's single-season list...Had nine matches with 10 or more kills and five with five or more blocks...Named to Seton Hall Invitational all-tournament team after averaging 4.7 kills and four blocks in three matches...Tallied 10 kills and hit .714, going errorless in 14 attacks at Seton Hall (Sept. 9)...Also went errorless in the five-game home win over Rider on Oct. 20, slamming 11 kills on 23 swings.
Before Manhattan: Became the first volleyball player in Methacton history to start and earn a varsity letter all four years...Served as the team captain during her junior and senior seasons...Graduated with over 750 career kills...Averaged 16 kills and eight blocks per match as a senior, helping her team to a 15-3 overall record...Earned her way onto the 2005 All-Suburban First Team...Also earned two varsity letters in basketball and three in track and field...A 2004 All-Suburban First Team selection for track and field.
Personal: Daughter of Brian and Nancy Welsh...Has five siblings: Anne Marie, Brian, Mary Kate, Maggie and Caroline...Continued the strong tradition of athletics in her family by joining the Manhattan volleyball team...Three generations of Welsh's have competed at the Division I level, beginning with her grandfather John Welsh, who played basketball with the legendary Dr. Jack Ramsay at Saint Joseph's University...Majoring in secondary education with a concentration in mathematics...Born September 26, 1988.
