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2024 Softball Roster

5 Megan Welsh

5 Megan Welsh

  • Position:
    Outfielder
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • High School:
    St.Joseph High School
  • Hometown:
    Mishawaka, IN.

Summary

Biography

2023 (Harvard): Played and started 44 games ... Named First Team All-Ivy (OF) ... Named to the Ivy League All-Tournament team ... Earned Ivy League Player of the week honors once ... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team... Ended the year with a .325 batting average ... Hit three home runs throughout the season, tied for the most on the Crimson team and hit five doubles ... Ended the season with 23 RBI, tied for the second most on the team ... Stole 4 bases off of four attempts ... Got five hits, including a home run, that resulted in five RBI in the Ivy League tournament ... Scored one run off of one hit in the NCAA Tournament at the Arkansas Regional... Made 44 put outs throughout the year... Appeared on Harvard's top plays multiple times throughout the season with a catch over the wall and two home runs in Ivy League Play.

2022 (Harvard): NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... Played and started 25 games ... Suffered a season-ending injury in Game 2 of the home series vs. Penn on April 10 ... Hit .308, which was the second-highest batting average among her teammates who logged at least 60 at-bats ... Tied for the team lead with five doubles ... Recorded 13 runs, one home run and five RBI ... Slugged .431, the third-highest percentage on the team ... Had an on-base percentage of .415, the second-highest figure among teammates who played in at least 20 games ... Was 4-for-4 in stolen-base attempts ... Had at least one hit 14 of 25 games ... Posted five multi-hit games ... Had a season-high three hits vs. North Dakota on March 12 at the UCR/CBU Classic.

2020 (Harvard): Started all 10 games for the Crimson on the season ... Posted a .258 batting average through 36 plate appearances with a .484 slugging percentage ... Hit her first home run of the season against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 23, and added a season high two RBIs ... Tabbed her second home run of the season to lead the team against Gardner Webb on Feb. 28 ... Finished the season with four RBIs, six runs score and a stolen base.

2019 (Harvard): Started 40 of 41 games … Posted a .295 batting average with a .825 OPS (.495 SLG%, .330 OBP) ... Finished the season with 31 hits, 23 runs, four home runs, and 20 RBI... Made Crimson debut against LIU-Brooklyn at the Jacksonville Classic (Feb. 22) … Recorded her first career hit against Georgetown (March 2) ... Hit her first career home run against St. Joseph's in a 6-5 win (March 3) ... Recorded her first multi-hit game and triple the same day in a 10-2 win over Howard (March 3) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and a RBI in the 7-5 victory over Brown (March 29) … Brought in three runners after tabbing a double, a walk and a run in the 14-1 while hosting Columbia (April 6) … Amassed a career-high four RBIs and two home runs at Providence (April 16) … Set a career-high with three hits during the 7-1 win over Yale (April 27) … Scored on three occasions during the Cornell series (May 4-6) … Went 4-for-7 with two runs, a double and a home run in the Ivy League Playoff Series against Columbia (May 10-11) … Helped Harvard to its second-straight Ivy League Championship, Playoff Series and a berth to the NCAA tournament.

High School: Four-year utility player and varsity letter winner … First-team all-conference in 2017 and 2018 … Second -team all-state in 2017 … Captain for 2017-18 season … Indiana Class 3A State Championship runner-up, semi-state champion in 2018 … Led team in batting average, hits, RBI, doubles, home runs, walks, on-base percentage and slugging percentage during senior season … Set school records in most home runs during a game (3) and home runs in a single inning (2) … Received high honors all four years of high school … Two-year member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Four-year member of H.O.P.E, Intramural volleyball, Spanish Club and the Spirit Club … Sister, Kelly, played on the Wisconsin softball team.
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