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Michael Welch

Catcher
Class
Senior
Height
6-2
Hometown
San Diego, Calif.
Previous School
Cathedral Catholic HS / Orange Coast College
Honors and Awards

-2025 Second Team All-GPAC

#24

Michael Welch

Catcher
Senior, 6-2

2025: Senior
Shared the catching spot with Tanner Tompkins and made 24 starts (35 games played) ... batted .337 (34-for-101) with eight runs scored, four doubles, three home runs and 22 RBIs to go along with a .466 on-base percentage and .465 slugging percentage ... produced the walk-off sacrifice fly and went 3-for-4 to lift Concordia to a 5-4 win over Science & Arts at the national tournament ... notched 10 multi-hit games ... went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs versus Jamestown on Feb. 24 ... ranks 12th in program history for career putouts (565).

2024: Junior
Served as the team's No. 2 catcher and made 24 starts (30 games) ... batted .227 (17-for-75) with four runs scored, a double, a triple, a home run and six RBIs ... posted a .363 on-base percentage ... converted 194 of 199 (.975) chances in the field ... notched multiple hits four times ... homered and went 2-for-4 in a win over Mount Marty on April 28.

2023: Sophomore
Saw action in 14 games while making five starts ... went 7-for-22 (.318) at the plate with two runs, two doubles and five RBIs ... tallied 60 putouts and two assists in the field ... recorded two two-hit games.

2022: Freshman
Appeared in 13 games, making five starts as a backup catcher ... batted .286 (4-for-14) with three runs, a double, two home runs and three RBIs ... went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs in the win over Cornerstone on March 5.

Previous College
Attended Orange Coast College.

High School
Prepped at Cathedral Catholic High School … played baseball all four years.

Personal
Born in Coronado, Calif., on January 16, 2001 … son of Michael Welch and Luci Montgomery … has a brother Zachary.

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