2026 Women's Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 15
Hadlee Welch
- Position:
- Outside Hitter / Right Side
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Frenship HS
- Hometown:
- Lubbock, Texas
Honors
- WAC All-Freshman Team (2025)
- Academic All-WAC (2025)
- Kills: 17 (vs. Tarleton State - 10/18/25)
- Attacks: 35 (vs. Tarleton State - 10/18/25)
- Assists: 1 (3x: vs. Grambling - 9/12/25, vs. UT Arlington - 11/1/25, vs. Utah Valley - 11/15/25)
- Aces: 1 (vs. Incarnate Word - 8/30/25)
- Digs: 5 (vs. Tarleton State - 10/18/25)
- Blocks: 6 (at North Texas - 10/29/25)
- Block solos: 2 (at Southern Utah - 10/25/25)
- Block assists: 6 (at North Texas - 10/29/25)
- Broke out with 114 kills at a .155 clip, the most by an ACU freshman since 2023
- Totaled 134.0 points in 77 sets and 28 matches, including five starts
- Ranked fourth on team with 34.0 total blocks and added 35 digs
- Top performance came in an Oct. 18 matchup with Tarleton State, where she totaled 17 kills at a .314 clip with four blocks and five digs
- Competed at Frenship High School in Wolfforth, Texas
- Closed out her high school career with District 2-6A Outstanding Hitter honors and a spot on the TGCA All-State Team
- Named the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Player of the Year as a senior after leading the Lubbock area with 531 kills at a .312 hitting percentage with 79 blocks and 50 aces
- Powered Frenship to a District 2-6A co-championship in 2024 as it reached the second round of the state playoffs for the first time since 2016
- City Player of the Year (2024)
- First Team All-District 2-6A (2023)
- Honorable Mention All-District 2-6A (2022)
- Academic All-District (2023)
- Daughter of Duane and Misti Welch
- Has one brother, Hunter Welch
- Comes from Wildcat roots, as her mother, the former Misti Germany, played volleyball at ACU, while her father, Duane, was a pitcher on the baseball team
- Misti was a three-time All-Lone Star Conference South Division First Team honoree from 1999 to 2001, pacing the Wildcats in kills in each season as an outside hitter
- Brother, Hunter, plays golf at Midland College
- "We are so excited to be adding Wildcat legacy Hadlee Welch. Hadlee will immediately add height to the team, having proven to be a formidable block as well as offensive player on both pins. Hadlee has the potential to make an immediate impact on the floor at either the right side or outside position."
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