Wright State guard/Fairmont grad Chelsea Welch honored by Horizon League

Chelsea Welch #22 is a new Wright State womens basketball star who has come back home. She was a McDonalds All American at Fairmont High, where she scored 1,437 career points. She went on Pitt and played in 60 college games there, then transferred back here to WSU. She sat out a year per NCAA transfer rules and now is leading the Raiders team. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

Chelsea Welch #22 is a new Wright State womens basketball star who has come back home. She was a McDonalds All American at Fairmont High, where she scored 1,437 career points. She went on Pitt and played in 60 college games there, then transferred back here to WSU. She sat out a year per NCAA transfer rules and now is leading the Raiders team. TY GREENLEES / STAFF
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Jan 30, 2017
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The Horizon League named Wright State junior Chelsea Welch its women’s basketball player of the week on Monday.

A guard from Fairmont High School, Welch scored a total of 57 points while grabbing 14 rebounds and handing out six assists in a pair of wins last week.

She also shot 56 percent from the field as the Raiders beat Detroit and Oakland to extend their winning streak to eight games.

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Welch is fourth in the HL in scoring this season at 18.0 points per game.

WSU has won 13 of its past 14 games and is 9-1 in HL play.

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