Mike Welch
Welch was a two-time All-Stater at Sweetwater, starting at running back and defensive back and helping lead the Mustangs to a state championship in 1985. He then became a four-year starter at defensive back at Baylor. In 2010, Welch was named a second-team defensive back on Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine’s 50th anniversary high school football team. He was the only Big Country athlete named to the 50th anniversary team honoring the state’s top high school football players from 1960-2010.
