At Delaware: Expected to have a primary role as a setter for the Blue Hens. 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 December 2, 1985 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 • hotel/restaurant institutional management major at Delaware.

Career Highs
Kills: 4 vs. UMBC, 9/6/05
Assists: 59 vs. UMBC, 9/6/05
Digs: 14 vs. Northeastern, 10/1/05
Blocks: 6 vs. Northeastern, 10/1/05