Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Zach Welsher returns for his final year with the Rutgers-Camden baseball program. In three seasons, he has appeared in eight games, making four starts and working 26.0 innings with a 2-0 record and a 5.54 ERA. He has struck out 20 batters and walked 11.
 
Baseball 2016: Worked a career-high 19 innings, allowing 26 hits and six walks, while striking out 16. ..Posted a 2-0 record and a 5.68 ERA…Appeared in five games, making three starts and two relief appearances…In his first outing of the year, worked one inning at York College of Pennsylvania (March 9), allowing three hits and two earned runs…Started and worked 5.2 innings to earn his first collegiate win with a 9-4 victory over Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut) during the Scarlet Raptors’ trip to the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational (March 17)…Allowed four hits, four walks and two earned runs, while striking out five in his first collegiate decision…Had another start against Stockton University (April 14), working six innings, allowing six hits, two walks and one earned run, while striking out six to earn the win in a 7-1 victory…Pitched 1.1 innings in relief during the Raptors’ 15-3 victory over New Jersey City University (April 23), allowing three hits and one unearned run, while striking out three…That performance lowered his ERA to 3.21 before it was inflated with one tough start in his last outing of the season, allowing 10 hits and eight runs (seven earned) in five innings without getting a decision in a game at Moravian College (April 26)…Struck out two batters that day.
 
Baseball 2015: Made two appearances for two innings…Allowed four hits, three walks and three earned runs, while fanning two…Compiled a 13.50 ERA…Had one assist defensively in one chance…Worked one inning of relief at Johns Hopkins University (March 25), allowing three hits, one walk and two earned runs…Hurled one inning at New Jersey City University (April 18, Game Two), allowing one hit, two walks and one earned run…Struck out two Gothic Knights in his outing.
 
Baseball 2014: Started his only game, working five strong innings in an eventual 3-2 victory over Eastern University April 28…Allowed only two hits and one earned run, while holding the Eagles to a .118 batting average…Walked two and struck out two, but didn’t get the decision…Handled his only defensive chance cleanly, collecting an assist.
 
High School: Four-year baseball letterman at Audubon High School, playing for Coach Rich Horan…Helped the Green Wave win the 2011 and 2012 New Jersey Group 1 state championship…Earned First Team All-Conference honors as a senior in 2013…Played on the 2013 Brooklawn American Legion national championship team.
 
Personal: Born July 13, 1995…Marketing major at Rutgers-Camden…Was a member of Rutgers-Camden’s inaugural Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2015 semester)…Zach is the son of Jim and Theresa Welsher of Audubon.