Dom Welch

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-5
Weight:
205
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Buffalo, N.Y.
High School:
Cheektowaga Central HS
Prev School:
St. Bonaventure

Career Accolades

NIT All-Tournament Team (2022)
Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Feb. 21, 2022)
Boca Beach Classic All-Tournament Team (2019)

2022-23

Saw action in 20 games
Returned from injury on Dec. 28 at Mississippi State, after missing the first 12 games of the season due to a calf injury
Averaged 2.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game
Scored a season-high 8 points against Georgia (2/18)

St. Bonaventure (2019-22)

A team captain for St. Bonaventure where he played in 110 contests including 105 starts across his four seasons (2019-22)

Made 85 consecutive starts dating back to the final three games of his freshman season (2018-19)
Finished his four-year career with the Bonnies with 1,198 points and finished third for career three-pointers (257) and 21^st in rebounding (649) as well as 32^nd in scoring
Has made 257 career treys (257-of-687) and owns a career average of 37.4 percent from deep
Helped lead the Bonnies to a record of 76-43 (.639) across his career which included an A-10 regular season and conference tournament titles in 2021
Started all 33 contests a year ago and averaged 12.3 points per contest while also adding 6.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game
He led the A-10 in threes made per game (2.8), while his 91 total threes made was second-best in the league
Had 22 games in double figures, including four 20-point contests, and has compiled a total of 65 double-digit games for his career
Scored a career-high 25 points and knocked down 7-of-10 threes, also a career-best mark, in the NIT semifinal defeat to Xavier
Played a key role in the Bonnies success during the 2020-21 season, starting all 21 games while averaging 11.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists in over 34 minutes per game
Led the team and ranked seventh among all A-10 players during his junior year with 51 three-pointers, shooting over 39 percent from beyond the arc (51-130)
Started all 31 games as a sophomore, averaging 11.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, adding 2.1 assists per contest
Hit a team-best 72 three-pointers as a sophomore which ranked fourth in the A-10
Ranked second on the team and 14^th among all A-10 players that year in rebounding, totaling five double-doubles
Chose Alabama over Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Kansas, Maryland, Wake Forest and Oklahoma State, among others

Prep Highlights

Played on Cheektowaga Central’s varsity squad for five seasons under head coach Patrick Cullinan where he finished as the all-time leading scorer in Western New York boys’ basketball history (2,376 career points)
As a senior in 2016-17, he averaged 30.4 points, 12.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.0 blocks per game
Named first team All-State by USA Today, a finalist for New York Mr. Basketball award
Also was named the recipient of The Buffalo News' Allen Wilson Award as the top boys’ basketball player in the Buffalo area in 2017
Attended one year of prep school where he starred at Spire Institute (Geneva, Ohio) during the 2017-18 season
While there, he helped lead Spire to a 24-8 record and an at-large berth in the national prep school playoffs, where they beat Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy before falling to eventual runner-up Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.)
Averaged 18 points and 6.2 rebounds during his one season at Spire, while also making 50 percent of his shots from the floor and 38 percent from three-point range
Was named the Power-5 Prep Conference Player of the Year honors

Personal

Son of Angelo and Brandon Welch
Has one older brother, Darrell
Earned his undergraduate degree from St. Bonaventure in video production
Is currently working towards his master’s degree from Alabama, enrolling at The Capstone in May of 2022