2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

Jake Welch

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Highlands Ranch, Colo.
  • Highschool Valor Christian
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2023-24 [Season Stats]: Received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in May 2024 … Captain … Returned in the spring season to play in five tournaments, averaging 73.77 … Placed in the top 25 three times in those five appearances, including T18 at The Battle At The Dance and T21 at both the Southern Colorado Masters and the RMAC Championships … Shot a season-low 71 twice, at The Battle At The Dance’s final round and in the first round of RMACs.

2022-23 [Season Stats]: Team captain … Appeared in five events … Top finish was a T10 showing at the Southern Colorado Masters … That tournament included his career-low 68 in the second round … Was T35 at the RMAC Championships.

2021-22 [Season Stats]: Played in all nine events notching a team-best 76.85 average … Top finish was fourth in the season debut at The Writz at Mile High … Was 30th at RMAC Championships … Shot a low round of 70 three times, twice at The Writz and again in the Sam Proal Invite final round.

2020-21 [Season Stats]: Played in all seven events as a sophomore, averaging 74.45 … Top finish was T7 at the Mile High Shootout … Had two other top-20 finishes, T16 at both the Samuel Proal Invite and the Saint Martin’s Invitational … Was T36 at RMAC Championships.

2019-20 [Season Stats]: Played in one tournament as a freshman, finishing T31 at the Sam Proal Invitational … Shot a collegiate-low 73 in the second round of that outing.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in golf and wrestling at Valor Christian ... Three-time first-team all-league golfer ... Placed sixth at Colorado state championships as a junior ... 2018 Colorado 5A Central Region individual champion ... Helped Valor Christian to a fifth-place state finish as a senior in fall 2018 ... Also a standout wrestler who was a Colorado state runner-up in 2019 and third-place finisher in 2018, and Jeffco MVP ... Valor Cum Laude Society member ... National Honor Society member.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

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    2022-23Senior

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    2023-24Redshirt Senior

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