0   Chelsi Welch Class: Freshman Hometown: Plainview, Texas High School: Plainview HS Height: 5-9 Position: Guard Birthdate: 05/05/1984 Experience: HS

Sherri Coale's first high school All-American ... a player who has an amazing work ethic ... can really shoot the basketball but has the potential to take defenders off the dribble ... a tough competitor ... expected to make an immediate impact at the guard position.

High School
Voted Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-American and Texas Athletic Basketball Coaches 4A Player of the Year as a senior ... was named co-Texas Player of the Year by the Lubbock Avalanche Journal ... was an Amarillo Globe News Super Team pick ... named to the All-State and All-District 4-4A first team twice (2002, 2001) ... was a first team all-region selection ... averaged 19.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.1 steals per game as a senior ... also shot 49 percent from the field, 79 percent from the foul line and 36 percent from the three-point line ... named the Queens Classic MVP ... served as team captain as a senior ... named TSWA 4A Player of the Year after being voted to the district, region and state MVP as a junior ... voted all-district second team and earned All-South Plains honorable mention merits as a sophomore ... helped Plainview High to a two-year record of 71-2 as a junior and senior ... also help produce back-to-back state championship titles those same seasons ... also won four Queens Classic Tournament titles, three Midland Tournaments and two Concho River Tournaments ... was a four-year letterwinner in basketball and lettered once in softball ... high school coach was Danny Wrenn ... was a member of the West Texas Stars Hawks AAU team for four years ... was a two-time AAU and BCI All-American ... hepled the Hawks to the 2001 16-and-under AAU National Championship where she was voted the MVP ... also placed second at the 2002 17-and-under BCI Tournament ... AAU coach was Betsy Baughman

Personal
Full name is Chelsi Brooke Welch ... was born on May 5, 1984, in Plainview, Texas ... daughter of Jackie and Cindy Welch ... has a younger brother, Trey (14) ... was a member of the National Honor Society while in high school ... plans to major in health and sports sciences ... chose Oklahoma over Texas Tech, Colorado and Texas.