High School: Starting quarterback as a senior for a Utica team that posted a 5-5 record and made the MHSAA Division 1 playoffs in 2021 for the first time since 2017...named to the All-MAC White team as a quarterback, earned second-team All-Macomb County Honors and was named team MVP as a senior, finishing with 1,774 passing yards, 21 touchdowns and a 56% completion percentage in 10 games...Also named team offensive MVP as a JV quarterback in 2019 and as a freshman quarterback in 2018...strong student earned Academic All-MAC honors for four straight seasons and was the Utica High valedictorian for the graduating class of 2022...member of the National Honor Society, the KEY Club and involved in volunteering through St. Kieran Catholic Church...parents are William and Shelly Welch.