Thomas Welsh (basketball)
Welsh at 2014 McDonald's All-American Game
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| No. 40 – UCLA Bruins | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||
| League | Pac-12 Conference | ||||||||||||
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February 3, 1996 Torrance, California |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Loyola (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||||||
| College | UCLA (2014–present) | ||||||||||||
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Thomas Clark Welsh (born February 3, 1996) is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins. He was a McDonald's All-American in high school. After leading UCLA in blocks as a freshman reserve, Welsh was a member of the United States national team that won the gold medal at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in 2015. He started for the Bruins as a sophomore and junior, leading the team in rebounds while also continuing to be their top shot blocker.
Welsh was born in Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County to Pat and Kathy Welsh. At age five, he started playing basketball. He attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles. As a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) freshman, Welsh played basketball on the junior varsity team, where he was ranked eighth on the team's depth chart. He was promoted to the varsity team as a sophomore, moving up the depth chart to seventh. He did not become a starter until his junior year, by which time he had grown to 7 feet (2.1 m). Still, he was only considered a prospect for mid-major colleges at the time, or perhaps a redshirt at a Pac-12 Conference school.
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