At Delaware: Expected to start at setter for the second straight year for the Blue Hens • team captain •  has records 2,539 career assists (10.99 per game) to go with 467 digs (2.02 per game). 2006: Delaware Invitational Most Valuable Player • selected Weekly Best of the Blue Hens on Oct. 8 • appeared in all 30 matches and 117 games • led the CAA with 1,570 assists • set UD single season record with 13.4 assists per game • posted career-high 69 assists against Kent State (9/1) and matched her career-high with 69 assists against William & Mary (11/10) • had five games with over 67 assists • placed third on the team with 35 service aces. 2005: Appeared in 21 matches and 76 games (missed 10 matches with a foot injury) • ranked sixth in the CAA with 10.86 assists per game • was fifth on the team with 183 digs and added 25 kills, 19 blocks and 15 aces • ranked third in a UD single season with 10.9 assists per game • posted career-highs of 59 assists and four kills while adding 11 digs against UMBC (9/6) • added 56 assists and 11 digs at VCU (9/17) • had 54 assists to go with career-highs of 14 digs and six blocks against Northeastern (10/1) • notches 51 assists and 13 digs at Hofstra (11/6). 2004: Appeared in 20 matches and 38 games • ranked second on the team with 144 assists while also adding 40 digs, six aces, five blocks, and four kills • recorded season-highs of 31 assists and two kills at La Salle (11/2) • had 25 assists and eight digs in the CAA Tournament Final at Towson • posted 24 assists, eight digs, and two blocks at William & Mary (10/30).

High School: First Team All-Sunset League and Second Team All-CIF selection • named Who’s Who in American Sports • tabbed Esperanza’s Athlete of the Year • led team to the CIF and Sunset League Championship last year • Second Team All-Sunset League selection as a junior • was a member of California Scholarship Federation and Collegiate Scholar Program • National Honor Society member • named to Principal’s Honor Roll.

Personal: Megan Victoria Welch • born in her house in Yorba Linda, CA • daughter of Daniel and Claudia Welch • one of four children • volunteered with Meals on Wheels program and Emmaus House • involved with team’s Go Girl Go program • honor student as a hotel/restaurant institutional management major at Delaware.

Career Highs
Kills: 5 vs. George Mason, 10/14/06
Assists: 69 vs. William & Mary, 11/10/06
Digs: 18 vs. Hofstra, 11/18/06
Blocks: 6 vs. Northeastern, 10/1/05