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CAREER: Through three seasons, has nine goals and eight assists for 26 points ... Has played in 60 games and made 48 starts ... Has taken 92 shots.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Contributed two goals and three assists for seven points as a junior ... Played in all 20 matches and started 14 ... Took 28 shots ... Scored goals vs. UC Riverside (8/22) and Illinois (8/30), and had assists at Cal Poly (9/6), vs. San Diego State (9/15) and at CSUN (9/26) ... Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018: Started all 19 games as a sophomore ... Had three goals and two assists for eight points ... Took 29 shots ... Scored her goals vs. Indiana (8/31), vs. San Francisco (10/5) and at Portland (10/28) ... Had assists vs. Brown (8/24) and vs. San Diego (11/3) ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2017: Had an impressive freshman season with four goals and three assists, good for 11 points, which tied for third-most on the team ... Played in all 21 games and started 15 ... Took 35 shots and put 13 on target ... Scored goals vs. Dartmouth (9/3), vs. Gonzaga (10/15), vs. Pacific (10/27) and vs. Portland (11/4) ... Had assists vs. Virginia Tech (8/20), vs. Texas Tech (8/25) and at Santa Clara (10/1) ... WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
CLUB: Played two years of club for both Real So Cal ECNL and the Eagles Soccer Club ECNL … Was the 10th-leading scorer nationally for the ECNL in 2014, with 19 goals and eight assists … Was an ECNL PDP So Cal invitee in both 2014 and 2015.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Arroyo Grande (Calif.) High School ... Played three years of varsity soccer under coach Bob Wilson … Scored 38 goals and had 26 assists in her career … Was named to the All-CIF Southern Section Division 3 first team as a junior … Was named the Pac-8 League MVP as a junior … Scored 25 goals and had 13 assists as a junior.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in art … Born in Santa Maria, Calif. ... Daughter of Larry and Candy Welch … Sister to Savana … Chose to come to Pepperdine because “Pepperdine has been my dream school since I was a young girl. I’ve always felt God calling me here and I feel that Pepperdine is a place where my faith will continue to grow. The coaches were a huge factor in my choosing Pepperdine and I immediately felt a connection with them. I have so much respect for them and am grateful they are people who will help me to become a better soccer player on the field, but even more importantly, will help to develop my character and walk with God, off the field. Pepperdine has an excellent academic reputation and I feel privileged to work toward my degree in such an amazing environment. Also, I love that the beach is only a short walk away and the people at Pepperdine are amazing.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Mohamed Salah (pro soccer player), Liverpool (pro soccer team), the Golden State Warriors (non-soccer team), Running for My Life (book), About Time (movie), Friends (TV show), Eric Church, Brothers Osborne and Leon Bridges (musical artists), fruit and pasta (food) and basketball (sport besides soccer).