At CMS
2025 season (Senior)
Appeared in 11 games out of the CMS bullpen ... Recorded nine strikeouts over 10.0 innings of work ... Had three strikeouts in a defeat against Emory ... Added two strikeouts in wins over Chapman and La Verne.
At CMS
2024 season (Junior)
Appeared in 15 games out of the CMS bullpen ... Recorded 17 strikeouts over 15.2 innings of work while finishing with a 1-1 record, also adding one save ... Threw three strikeouts, surrendering only one hit in an 13-1 win over Caltech ... Threw two strikeouts against Chicago, Southwestern (Tex.), Pomona-Pitzer, Chapman, Whitworth and Cal Lutheran.
At CMS
2023 season (Sophomore)
Appeared in 11 games out of the CMS bullpen ... Had a 3.26 ERA and 24 strikeouts over 19.1 innings of work while recording a 3-0 record, also adding two saves ... Threw a season-high four strikeouts in 2.0 innings, surrendering only one hit in an 11-10 win over George Fox ... Threw three strikeouts against Lewis & Clark, Texas Lutheran, Pomona-Pitzer and Macalester.
Prior to CMS
Attended Arnold O. Beckman High School, where he was a member of the baseball team ... Also played travel ball with OC Premier ... Earned the 2021 Pitcher of the Year Award for Beckman ... Earned Pacific Coast League and Orange County All-Star honors ... Helped Beckman to the CIF Southern Section playoffs ... A California Scholastic Foundation member ... Earned high honors in the class room ... Also involved with NLYM, Challengers Baseball, Harvest Food Bank, and the Coastkeepers.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in economics/finance ... Hopes to pursue a career in investment banking or as an entrepreneur ... Father, Christopher Welch, played baseball and soccer at Springfield College in Massachusetts ... Uncle, Walter Unger, played football at the University of Washington ... Lists Lord of the Rings as his favorite book ... Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel are the public figures he most admires ... Chose CMS because of the "excellent academic reputation, career networks and opportunity to play college baseball."
