Deaton on Welsh: "She's been our starting setter for the last two years. She can run the show and we're going to expect her to do so."

2006... Welsh started in all 28 matches she played in, seeing action in 98 games... earned All-Tournament accolades following her play at the Ball State Nike/Active Ankle Weekend... named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team... notched a career-high 71 assists versus Dayton on Oct. 26... led the team and was second in the A-10 in assists (1,313) and services aces (40)... posted the top five match highs for assists, assists 3-games and assists 4-games... led the team in assists per game with a 13.4 average and was fourth in digs (239)... tallied the team's season match-high for aces (6) versus Fordham on Oct. 13, which was also a career high for Welsh... her 1,313 assists in 2006 placed her in eighth all-time for a single season and moved her into fourth place all-time for her career... named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll following the spring semester.

2005... Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year... A-10 All-Rookie Team... made the All-Tournament Teams at both the Sleep Inn Battle at the Beach at UNC-Wilmington and at the Diet Coke Classic at Minnesota... named the A-10 Rookie of the Week six times in 11 weeks throughout the course of the season... started in all 32 matches and played in all 117 games... established career-highs with four kills vs. Charlotte (Sept. 24) and vs. Fordham (Oct. 1), 65 assists at Central Michigan (Sept. 20), at Dayton (Oct. 27), and at Duquesne (Nov. 4), three aces at Rhode Island (Sept. 30), vs. Duquesne (Oct. 15), and vs. Miami (Nov. 25) and five block assists at Duquesne (Nov. 4)... lead the team with 12.59 assists per game... she posted 60 or more assists six times during the season and 50 or more 15 times... her 1,473 assists ranked her first in school history for assists in a season and she stands in seventh place all-time for assists in a career... notched double-digit digs 16 times and 20 or more three times including a career-high 22 at Central Michigan on Sept. 20.

High School... 2004 Indiana All-State selection... 2004 First Team Academic All-State... First Team All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference selection in 2004... member of the All-Area First Team during senior year... holds the single-season assist record at Harrison High School... team MVP in 2004... named to the Journal and Courier All-Area First Team in 2004 and Honorable Mention in 2003... 2003 USA High Performance Camp Participant... member of Circle City Volleyball Club team... club team finished second at the 2005 Lonestar National Qualifier... team finished 10th at the 2005 Junior Olympics.

Personal... a natural science major... daughter of Jeff and Teresa Welsh... member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll and Athletic Council... volunteered with the IHSAA Stay-In-Bounds program... born on Oct. 14, 1986 in Lafayette, Ind.

CAREER HIGHS
Kills	5	at Morehead State (September 26, 2006)
Assists	71	vs. Dayton (October 26, 2006)
Aces	6	vs. Fordham (October 13, 2006)
Digs	22	at Central Michigan (September 20, 2005)
Block Solos	1	Five Times; last vs. Saint Louis (November 10, 2006)
Block Assists	5	at Duquesne (November 4, 2005)

CAREER STATISTICS
Year	GP	MP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	Aces	Digs	BS	BA
2005	117	32	54	26	154	.182	1473	30	329	3	45
2006	98	28	56	17	159	.245	1313	40	239	2	31
2007	107	35	49	19	134	.224	1142	19	203	0	35
TOTAL	322	95	159	62	447	.217	3928	89	771	5	111