Brad Welch

Position:
Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
High School:
Choate [Conn.]

Prior to Duke: Two-year letterwinner under Doug James and Matt Proto at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn. ... helped lead Choate to a 6-2 record and to the semifinals ... his team finished third in New England ... won the Harvard Football Award ... lettered four years in baseball in high school and led his team to the New England Championship.

Personal: Son of Brad and Sally Welch ... born November 16, 1987 in Washington, D.C. ... father, Brad, was on the 1980 Duke men’s tennis team, graduated from Duke in 1982 ... mother, Sally, was captain of the cheerleading team at Maryland and earned her graduate degree from the Fuqua Business School in 1982 ... brother, Logan, currently plays baseball at Maryland.