Northern Illinois University Athletics

2020-21: Earned Academic All-MAC honors … Appeared in seven matches, starting all seven … Scored one goal and had three assists … Recorded five total points … Had a goal and an assist against Chicago State (Feb. 26) … Also recorded assists against DePaul (Feb. 17) and Western Michigan (March 17) … Had 16 total shots, including a season-high five against Chicago State (Feb. 26) … Played a season-high 110 minutes against DePaul (Feb. 17) … Played 450 total minutes. 

2019: Named to the All-MAC First Team … Earned Academic All-MAC honors … Named MAC Player of the Week on Oct. 22 … Appeared in 17 matches, starting all 17 … Scored three goals … Tied for third in the MAC with seven assists … Had 13 total points … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, and had two assists, against West Virginia (Oct. 18) … Had a goal and an assist against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 8) … Also recorded assists against Marquette (Sept. 13), Bradley (Sept. 15), SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 12) and Akron (Nov. 2) … Had a three-match point streak from Oct. 8 to Oct. 18 … Tallied 31 total shots, including seven on target … Had a season-high three shots on goal at West Virginia (Oct. 18) … Played a total of 1,454 minutes, including a season-best 94 at Bowling Green in the MAC Tournament (Nov. 12) … Played the full 90 minutes, or more, in seven matches. 

2018: Earned Academic All-MAC honors … Appeared in all 18 matches, including 15 starts … Scored three goals with three assists for nine total points … Netted goals against Texas Rio Grande Valley (Sept. 2), Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 7) and SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 6) … Tallied assists against Green Bay (Aug. 27), Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 7) and Western Illinois (Sept. 12) … Recorded 19 total shots, including seven on target … Played 1,121 minutes, including a season-high 103 against Drake (Oct. 16) … Played the full 90 minutes (or more) in three matches. 

2017: Appeared in seven matches, starting all seven … Scored three goals and tallied two assists … Two of his goals came on penalty kicks, against Bradley (Sept. 2) and Stetson (Sept. 8) … Also scored in the 52nd minute against Sacramento State (Sept. 17) … Tallied an assist on the game-winning goal by Jan Maertins in the 38th minute against No. 10 Omaha (Sept. 15) … Also had an assist against Sacramento State (Sept. 17) … Recorded nine total shots, including five on target … Played 90 minutes in three contests.

Prior to NIU: Spent the 2016-17 season playing with St. Louis Scott Gallagher in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy … Appeared in 24 matches, including 17 starts for Gallagher … Has also spent time with First Vienna FC (Austria) and Alcobendas CF (Spain) … Won two league titles and a cup while at First Vienna FC.

Personal: Son of Mike and Miki Welch … Born on August 20, 1998 in Carmarthen, Wales … Majoring in marketing.