Marian University

Awards:
CSC Academic All-District (Nov. 16, 2022)
Second Team All-NACC (Nov. 2, 2022)
NACC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 20, 2022)

2022: Was named a Second Team All-NACC selection and earned CSC Academic All-District recognition.  The midfielder led the Sabre offense scoring nine goals with five assists for 23 total points.  She earned one NACC Offensive Player of the Week award after posting a hat trick against Wisconsin Lutheran and scoring a goal against Rockford.  She also had a strong performance in a must-win game against Aurora where she scored a goal and had a pair of assists to lead Marian to a 3-2 victory at home.  Welk closes out her career sixth on the Marian all-time scoring list with 39 goals and 15 assists for 93 total points in just 60 games of action.  Welk has a 3.93 grade-point average with majors of forensic science and biology.

2021: Earned her third all-conference award being named to the second team as she continued to show her prolific scoring abilities.  She ranked tied for fifth in the NACC with 31 points on the season and also was the fifth-best goal scorer in the conference with 12 scores.  Her seven assists on the year were good for a fourth-place tie in the NACC.  Welk especially found her grove at the end of the season as she ended the year on a six-match scoring streak.  Her two multi-goal matches came during that stretch with one of those performances being a five-point match as she had two goals and an assist in a 5-0 win over Ripon.  Welk also posted a three-assist game on the road at Wisconsin Lutheran in a 4-1 victory.  Through just 44 games, Welk ranks 10th on the all-time Marian scoring list with 70 points coming from 30 goals and 10 assists.

2020-21: Earned the second all-conference selection of her Sabre career earning a spot on the All-NACC North team.  Welk once again paced the Sabre offense scoring four goals on the season for eight points in just seven games.  She posted a multi-goal game against Wisconsin, which earned her NACC player of the week honors.  Welk also had the game-winner against Edgewood that came in double-overtime.  For her career so far, Welk has scored 18 goals with three assists for 39 points in 25 games played.

2019: Paced the Sabre offense all season long finishing with 14 goals and three assists for a total of 31 points to earn second-team all-conference honors.  In conference games, she scored 10 times putting her seventh in the NACC, while her 23 points in NACC match-ups put her in eighth amongst the league.  Welk had four multi-goal games this season netting game-winners against Lakeland and Aurora.  Against the Spartans, she netted the only two Sabre goals in a 2-1 victory as Marian defeated AU for the first time in program history. Welk had an especially strong end to her freshman campaign scoring nine times in the final eight games of the season.  Against Rockford, she posted a career-best five-point game as she went on to score twice and added an assist in an 8-0 victory.

High School: She was a standout soccer player at Prospect High School and played volleyball. She was a two-time team MVP, and won all-conference, all-sectional, MSL player of the East, and Daily Herald All-Area Team. She is also third highest goal scorer in school history with 34 goals.

Personal

Parents: Melissa Welk

Siblings: 2 sisters (Michelle and Kimberly) and 1 brother (Christopher)

Major: Forensic Science