Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR (2014-15)
Played in all 12 of the team’s events … posted an 80.82 stroke average … tied for 12th at the Bearcat Classic (Oct. 7) with a single round score of 76 … tied for 18th at the 2015 Ohio Valley Conference Championship (April 22) with a three-round total of 234 … began the NCAA South Bend Regional with a career low round of 71 (-1) and finished with a season-low 231, which tied for EKU’s second best score … 2014-15 Bratzke Award for Excellence (given to the team member with the highest GPA) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar … WGCA All-American Scholar.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2013-14)
Earned a spot on the 2013-14 All-OVC Team … played in all 11 events … her 77.88 stroke average was third on the team and 13th in the OVC … finished in the top-10 three times, including once in the top-5 … began the 2013-14 campaign with a season-best 36-hole total of 150 at the Kentucky Regional Rivalry (Sept. 3) … opened play at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate with a season-best round of 72, tied for the fifth lowest single round score in EKU history … tied for seventh among 83 golfers at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate … shot three straight rounds of 75 to finish tied for seventh at the USA Women’s Invitational (Feb. 25) with a total of 225, which at the time tied for the fourth-best 54-hole score in program history … best finish of the season was a tie for fourth at the Colonel Classic (April 5) with a two-round total of 155 … earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Chi Alpha Sigma (national student-athlete honor society) inductee … 2013-14 Bratzke Award for Excellence (given to the team member with the highest GPA) … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar … WGCA All-American Scholar.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2012-13)
Played in 12 of team’s 13 events … had an 83.2 stroke average … posted three top-10 finishes … finished third in dual match against Morehead State (Sept. 2) … tied for third in field of 72 at Charles Braun Intercollegiate (Oct. 30) … had season-low round of 73 (+1) at Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (March 19) … best three-round total of 241 came at her first OVC Championship … earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2012-13 Colonel Scholar … WGCA All-American Scholar.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Qualified for the state finals three times at Terre Haute North High School … finished sixth in 2010 and earned all-state honors … three-time all-conference honoree and three-time sectional medalist … set school records for lowest 18-hole round (69) and lowest nine-hole round (32) … garnered academic all-state honors in 2011 and ranked third in a class of over 400 students … won the sectional and qualified for the state championship three times in the pole vault.

PERSONAL
Full name is Rachel Kathryn Welker ... born April 17, 1994 ... daughter of Charlie and Kim Welker ... has one sister – Lindsay ... her father played collegiate golf and baseball at Maryville University and her uncle, Matthew Welker, played baseball at Indiana State … majoring in health services administration.