Honors & Awards
All-MVC: 2021-22
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2021-22
Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2020-21 & 2019-20
MVC Golfer of the Week: 02-26-20
WGCA All-American Scholar: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
Bradley Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 10-13-21, 09-08-21, 02-26-20
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2020, 2022
MVC Honor Roll: 2020, 2021
Bradley AD Honor Roll: Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
2021-22 (Senior)
First-Team All-MVC performer … Also garnered First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete recognition … Paced the team and ranked eighth in the MVC with a 76.24 stroke average, which ranks 15
th among Bradley season marks … Team’s top finisher in five events and earned a team-high four top-10 finishes … Tied for eighth at the MVC Championship … Carded 26 rounds in the 70’s or better and posted the sixth longest streak of rounds in the 70’s after opening the season with 21 consecutive rounds in the 70’s or better … Fired 75 or better in 14 of 29 rounds … Career stroke average of 77.83 ranks sixth in school history ... She earned WGCA All-American Scholar for the fourth consecutive year.
2020-21 (Junior)
Ranked third on the team with a 79.07 stroke average … Fired six rounds in the 70’s, highlighted by a season-best 73 in the first round of the team’s dual at Southern Illinois … Tied for 12
th at the Jan Weaver Invitational with a season-best three-round score of 227, where she matched her season low round of 73 in the first round … Tied for 22
nd at the MVC Championship … Posted a 78.09 stroke average over the final four tournaments
2019-20 (Sophomore)
After missing the season opener, played in each of the final six tournaments … Was fourth on the team with a 77.76 stroke average … Named MVC Golfer of the Week after she earned the first top-10 finish of her career (T9th) at the Rio Verde Invitational in the spring opener … Fired a pair of 72’s in the final two rounds of the Rio Verde Invitational, which was her career-best round … Tied for 18th at the Chippewa Invitational and tied for 19th at the Little Rock Invite in the final tournament of the fall … Averaged 75.44 per round over the final three tournaments … Selected as Bradley’s Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 26 … Career stoke average of 78.92 is 13th in Bradley history
2018-19 (Freshman)
Played in three tournaments as a freshman … Finished the year with an 81.11 stroke average … Had four rounds in the 70’s, highlighted by a season-best 77 in the second round of the Babs Steffens Hatter Collegiate in Daytona Beach, Fla. … Had a 79.00 stroke average in the spring … Tied for 24
th at the Babs Steffens Collegiate.
High School
Four-time all-state performer … Placed in the top-10 at the state championship each of her final three prep seasons, highlighted by a second-place finish as a sophomore in 2016 … Placed fifth at the state championship as a junior and seventh as a senior … Six-time all-conference selection … Won the conference medalist title as both a sophomore and senior … Claimed medalist honors at the state sectional championship as a freshman in 2015 … Qualified for the National Junior PGA Championship in 2017 … Six-time member of Team Minnesota for the Minnesota/Wisconsin Junior Ryder Cup … Helped the Panthers to a pair of sectional championships and six consecutive conference titles … Her team finished third in the state as a senior and fourth at the state championship in 2014 … Capped her prep career with a 75.6 stroke average in 2018
Personal
The daughter of Deanna and Shawn Welch, Megan was born in Burnsville, Minn. … Has a younger sister: Emma (19) … Majoring in mathematics education.
| Season |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Average |
Titles |
Top 10 |
Top 20 |
70's |
Low |
| 2018-19 |
9 |
730 |
81.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
77 |
| 2019-20 |
17 |
1322 |
77.76 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
72 |
| 2020-21 |
14 |
1107 |
79.07 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
73 |
| 2021-22 |
29 |
2211 |
76.24 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
26 |
72 |
| Totals |
69 |
5370 |
77.83 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
49 |
72 |
