Daniel Welch

Daniel Welch is a pitcher for Brigham Young University's baseball team. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but grew up in Florida, Australia, and Utah. Welch was a three year starter for Danny Schoonover at Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah. He tossed a two-hiiter in his final regular season game against Pleasant Grove High School.^[1] Welch went on to lead the Knights to a first round win against Bingham High School in the state playoffs.^[2] Welch was named as a 5A All-State pitcher ^[3] and went on to lead the 5A All-Star team to victory as well as being named the MVP of the event. He was also named All-Valley and All-Region IV.^[4][5] He finished his senior season at Lone Peak with a then-record 70 strikeouts in 53 innings. He signed to play collegiately for BYU.

At BYU, Welch appeared in 14 games for the Cougars, starting four games as a true freshman. He struck out 17 batters in 19 1/3 innings and had a record of 0-2 with a 9.78 ERA.^[6]

Following his freshman season, Welch left to serve an LDS Church mission to Curitiba, Brazil.^[5] He is scheduled to return July 2010.

He is also an Eagle Scout and is majoring in business. He was tutored by former BYU lefty Todd Newman.^[5]

Sources

1. ^ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/660219377/Knights-earn-spot-in-playoffs.html
2. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070522/ai_n19166763/
3. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070614/ai_n19291049/
4. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070830/ai_n19503995/
5. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.byucougars.com/Profile.jsp?ID=6229
6. ^ http://www.byucougars.com/uploads/stats/baseball/stats_2008.pdf

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Name	Welch, Daniel
Alternative names	Welch, Danny
Short description	He reminds most people of the character Howdy Doody
Date of birth	Howdy Doodyville
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