Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CRCA Scholar-Athlete	2021-22, 2022-23
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll	Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Career: Has competed in 20 events in her career, racing with both the Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight boats … Tabbed as a CRCA Scholar-Athlete in 2021-22 and 2022-23 … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll as well as the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for six semesters.
 
2022-23: Appeared in nine events on the year with 10 races … Raced twice at the Navy Day regatta, finishing 29^th with the V4B shell (15:08.52) and 13^th with the V8A (13:20.60) … Part of the Championship 4s boat that finished ninth (14:44.858) and saw with the Championship 8s that crossed seventh (13:18.897) at the Head of the Schuylkill … Finished fifth with the V8 at the Doc Hosea (6:55.88) … Helped the V8 to a third-place showing in the Petite Final (7:09.11) at the Knecht Cup … Part of a V8 group that was sixth in the Grand Final at the Mason Invite with a time of 7:07.8 … Part of the V8 that posted a 5:57.97 winning time against UConn in head-to-head action and finished second to Bucknell in 6:03.73 … Helped the V8 to a fourth-place finish at the CAA Championships, crossing in 7:31.762.
 
2021-22: Competed in seven races on the year, primarily with the Varsity Eight … Part of Varsity Eight boat that was named CAA Boat of the Week in back-to-back weeks, the first such honors for the program … Captured fourth place at the CAA Championships with a 6:46.25 time … Part of back-to-back weekends that saw the Wildcats close the regular season with three wins … Landed in the Grand Final at the Mason Invitational, winning with a time of 6:30.5 … Defeated UConn by nearly seven seconds, crossing in 6:56.30 before taking down Eastern Michigan with a time of 6:39.28 … Helped the crew to a fifth-place time of 6:43.47 at the Knecht Cup … Crossed second in the dual with Drexel and La Salle, posting a time of 7:26.6 … Finished sixth with the Women’s Championship Eight grouping that crossed in 13:02.816 at the Head of the Schuylkill.
 
2020-21: Had a successful Villanova debut, competing in each of the events on the Villanova schedule … In an exhibition against Drexel which marked the Wildcats return to the water she competed in the 2-seat of the varsity eight boat … For the duration of the competition season competed in either the stroke seat or the 7-seat in the second varsity eight lineup … In the season opener against Delaware the 2V8 squad notched a first place finish with a time of 7:15.8 and beat the Blue Hens by 5.4 seconds … Helped the 2V8 team finish second in its heat at the Kerr Cup in 6:49.4 … Villanova won its heat at George Mason by seven-tenths of a second over Jacksonville and advanced to the grand final where the team tallied a third place finish in 6:59.7 … The second varsity eight finished third in 7:01.3 at the Kelly Cup and beat local teams from Penn and Saint Joseph’s … At the CAA Championships the 2V8 team came in third in their race with a time of 6:56.42.
 
Club Rowing: Competed for Row West Summer Racing Camp and was part of a 2018 USRowing Club National Lightweight 4+ championship.
 
Merion Mercy Academy: Earned three varsity letters in rowing … Named her team’s Most Improved Rower and was chosen as the Best Pound for Pound Rower as a junior … Helped her team win several championships at the regional and national levels … Part of two Stotesbury Cup titles, including winning the Lightweight 8 her sophomore year and the Lightweight 4+ her senior season … Her team also won PSRA City Championship titles in the Lightweight 4+ her sophomore and junior years and was an SRAA National silver medalist each of those seasons … As a senior her team was the USRowing youth national champion and the SRAA national champion in the Lightweight 4+ in addition to being a quarterfinalist at the Henley Women’s Regatta in the J4+ … Achieved Distinguished Honors status academically all four years … Winner of the Biology Award as a freshman, earned an honorable mention Physiology Award as a sophomore and won the Biotechnology Award as a senior.
 
Personal: Born 11/13/2000 in Philadelphia, Pa. … Younger of two children of Joe and Jeanine Welch … Has an older brother, Aidan, who played college baseball at Millersville … Hobbies include running, dogs and coaching … Chose to attend Villanova for its sense of community and school spirit … Felt proud and excited to be a part of the student body and to take advantage of the many opportunities on campus … Biology major.