UC SANTA BARBARA
2023
Big West Academic All-Conference honoree … Made 12 appearances, all out of the bullpen, posting a 1-0 record and a 3.52 ERA … Struck out 19 batters in 15 1/3 innings pitched, with opponents hitting only .185 against him … Earned the win with a scoreless inning of work against CSUN on March 24 … Had a pair of three-strikeout outings, against Santa Clara on April 3 and UC Irvine on April 15.
2022
Big West Academic All-Conference honoree … Made 19 appearances for the Gauchos, posting a 4-4 record … Tallied career highs in innings pitched (27) and strikeouts (37), finishing with a career-best 12.35 K/9 ratio … Struck out a career-high eight batters in four innings of work against UC San Diego on April 15.
2021
Made six appearances on the season, finishing with nine strikeouts … Recorded his first career strikeout on April 16 against UC San Diego, striking out the side in order … Set down a season-high five batters by way of the K against UC Irvine on May 8, working 2 1/3 perfect innings.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for coach Mike Firenzi at Redwood High School in Larkspur, helping the Giants to back-to-back league titles in 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL
Nick David Welch was born on April 10, 2002 in Greenbrae … Majoring in Sociology at UC Santa Barbara.
