High School: Set seven school records at Godwin High School ... Ran personal best 15:39 in the 5,000-meter Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional race ... Earned all-state honors as a senior ... Claimed all-region and all-district honors three times each ... Named team's MVP three times ... Won the Richmond Times-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete Award ... Named six times to Richmond Times-Dispatch "All-Metro Team" ... Won Central Virginia Bank Athlete of the Month Award ... Coached by Frank Wagner ... Member of VSHL AAA State Championship squad in tennis as a freshman.

Personal: Born June 4, 1990 in Flemington, N.J. ... Son of Kevin and Karen Welch ... Has one brother, Scott, 15 ... University studies major.