As a Senior (2017-18): Saw time in 15 games, averaging 0.7 points and 1.0 rebound in 3.4 minutes…Pulled down one rebound against Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament…Tallied a season-high three points and 5 rebounds against Oregon…Two rebounds and a block at USC...Credited with one steal at Seattle…Made his season debut against CSU Fullerton, logging one rebound in 2 minutes of action…Missed the first 10 games of the season with a broken thumb suffered in practice…Arrived at Cal as a walk-on but was awarded a full athletic scholarship for 2017-18 by Wyking Jones during the summer of 2017
As a Junior (2016-17): 12 appearances, averaging 4.2 minutes with 1.8 points and 1.6 rebounds…Notched his first minutes of the season (2) against South Dakota State… Produced a career night against Alcorn State, scoring 6 points and adding 3 rebounds, both then-personal bests… First career block came against Cal Poly… Set a then-career-high 10 points in a career-long 15 minutes of action against UC Davis…Six points and a career-best seven rebounds plus a steal in the NIT First Round game against CSU Bakersfield
As a Sophomore (2015-16): Saw action in five games – Sam Houston State, Coppin State, Davidson, Stanford and at Washington State…Played 5 minutes vs. Sam Houston State and scored two points on a layup…Had an active 3 minutes vs. Coppin State with a point, two rebounds and a steal
As a Freshman (2014-15): Appeared in six games as a freshman … made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Alcorn State … also saw time against Kennesaw State, Cal Poly, UCLA, Arizona State and in the Pac-12 Tournament against Washington State … scored his first collegiate points at UCLA with two in a minute of action against the Bruins.
High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Aptos High School near Santa Cruz, Calif. … Led Mariners to a 22-6 record and appearance in the semifinals of the CIF Central Coast Section playoffs as a senior in 2014 … averaged 21.9 ppg. , 12.1 rpg., 2.0 blocks and 2.5 steals his senior year … averaged 18.0 ppg., 14.5 rpg, 3.2 blocks during his junior season … four-year varsity letterwinner in volleyball as well, serving as a middle blocker and opposite … two-time First Team All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League selection … two-year captain in both basketball and volleyball … salutatorian of class of more than 300 people with 4.4 cumulative grade point average, including a 4.8 GPA as a senior.
Personal: Born Feb. 21, 1996 … parents are Thomas and Dana Welle … has a sister (Karsen) and two brothers (Chase and Blake) … Father was a Division II All-American basketball player at University of Alaska-Fairbanks … grandfather, James Black, played for Pete Newell on the 1959 NCAA Championship team at Cal
Major: Undeclared
