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Jersey Number 11
Annika Welty
- Position:
- Middle Blocker/Right Side Hitter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Parkville, Mo.
- High School:
- Park Hill South
2021: Senior at Creighton
• BIG EAST ranks: 3rd in blocks/set; 19th in hitting percentage.
• League play only ranks: 4th in blocks/set; 16th in hitting percentage.
• Had career-high 10 blocks in BIG EAST Tournament title match sweep at Marquette (11/27).
• Opened senior season with nine kills and four blocks vs. Kansas City (8/27).
• Had six kills on .286 hitting in win vs. USC (9/3), then added seven kills and four blocks vs. UNI (9/4) one day later.
• Finished with six block assists in all three matches at the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 10-11).
• Owned six kills and three blocks on .556 hitting in win vs. Marquette (10/10).
• Had seven kills, five blocks and hit .462 in 3-0 win vs. Georgetown (10/22).
• Finished with eight blocks in 3-0 win vs. Villanova (10/24), adding seven kills.
• Had nine kills and five blocks on .381 hitting in 3-1 win at Marquette (10/29).
• Notched eight kills, four blocks and hit .353 in 3-0 win at DePaul (10/30).
• Tied season-high with nine kills and added seven blocks in 3-1 win vs. Butler (11/7).
• Hit .444 with five blocks in 3-0 sweep at Georgetown (11/12).
• Tied a season-high with nine kills and hit .375 in 3-0 sweep at Villanova (11/13).
• Team-best six blocks vs. Seton Hall (11/19).
• Hit season-best .583 on Senior Day vs. St. John’s (11/21).
• Had seven kills and seven blocks in 3-0 sweep vs. DePaul in BIG EAST Tournament semifinals (11/26).
2020: Junior at Creighton
• Averaged 9.67 kills in her final nine matches after a high of nine kills in her first 41 career contests.
• Team was 7-1 when she hit .250 or better during the season.
• Named to All-Tournament Team at BIG EAST Tournament after tying her career-high with 12 kills in back-to-back wins vs. Connecticut (April 2) and Marquette (April 3).
• Had three kills, two digs and a block vs. South Dakota (Jan. 29).
• Had six kills on .364 hitting in win at South Dakota (Jan. 31).
• Made first start of the season vs. No. 25 Marquette (Feb. 5), finishing with five kills and four blocks.
• Took advantage of March 5 start vs. DePaul, finishing with five kills and tying career-high with seven blocks.
• Reached double-figures for the first time when she had 10 kills and hit .571 in 3-0 win at Butler (March 12), then added nine kills a night later in a rematch against the Bulldogs.
• Had career-high 12 kills and hit .346 in 3-2 win vs. Xavier (March 27).
• Closed regular-season with eight kills on .500 hitting vs. Xavier (March 28).
• Owned eight kills in NCAA Tournament contest vs. Morehead State (April 14).
2019: Sophomore at Creighton
• Averaged 1.59 kills and 0.70 blocks per set while playing in nine matches, which included three starting nods.
• Came off the bench in each of CU’s first two matches of 2019, producing a kill and two digs.
• Missed team’s next 22 matches with an injury.
• Returned to competition on Nov. 16 with four kills, three digs and a block at Xavier, helping to offset the loss of injured teammate Erica Kostelac.
• Added three kills, two blocks and tied her career-high with five digs in 3-0 win at Butler (Nov. 17).
• Entered match vs. No. 9 Marquette with eight kills and three blocks all season before she registered eight kills and six blocks on .615 hitting in victory to clinch BIG EAST title (Nov. 22).
• Had six blocks and six kills against DePaul (Nov. 24), adding her first ace of the fall.
• Made her first start of 2019 season in BIG EAST Tournament semifinal vs. St. John’s, collecting five kills and two blocks (Nov. 29).
• Posted career-high nine kills in NCAA Tourney win vs. Iowa State (Dec. 6).
2018: Freshman at Creighton
• Started seven times and played in 54 sets and 25 matches overall.
• Averaged 0.70 kills, 0.70 blocks, 0.33 digs and 0.22 service aces per set.
• Her 0.70 blocks per set ranked fourth on the team.
• Started seven consecutive matches from Sept. 14-29.
• Provided four blocks against Iowa State (Sept. 7), then added four digs as well as a season-high seven blocks vs. Wichita State two days later.
• Had six kills, five digs and three blocks in first career start vs. Lipscomb (Sept. 14).
• Had five kills, a season-high five aces and three digs in win vs. Northern Iowa (Sept. 15).
• Owned three kills and one block in first meeting vs. Northern Iowa (Aug. 24).
• Finished with five blocks, three aces, two kills and two digs in 3-0 win over No. 21 Marquette (Sept. 23).
• Posted four blocks and a kill while appearing in just 15 points during a 3-0 win vs. Butler (Oct. 20).
• Was part of Creighton’s 10th-ranked recruiting class along with current teammates Jaela Zimmerman and Keeley Davis.
Park Hill South High School
• Recognized as a Third Team All-American by Under Armour in 2017.
• Collected more than 750 kills, 150 blocks and 50 aces in three varsity seasons, hitting over .390 each year.
• Team went a combined 83-15 in her three years with her on the varsity, going a collective 29-1 in league play while winning three Kansas City Metro Suburban Conference titles.
• Named AVCA Player of the Week for Missouri on Sept. 11, 2017.
• Selected to KC Metro All-Star Game.
• Averaged 4.6 kills, 1.3 blocks and 0.55 aces per set as a senior.
• Named First Team All-State, all-district and all-conference as both a junior and senior.
• Ranked second in the state of Missouri in Class 4 in hitting percentage (.395) as a senior after leading the state as a junior (.467).
• Won the prestigious Evelyn Gates Award in 2017, which is selected by high school coaches and honors a female high school varsity volleyball student-athlete that exhibits top tier skill, spirit and sportsmanship in the Kansas City area.
• Team won 31 matches as a junior and advanced to the state quarterfinals.
• Played for coach Karen Rule in high school and Gwen Pike, Adam Willey and Dave Johnson in club volleyball.
• Was part of the same club program (KC Power) as Creighton teammate Naomi Hickman, but on a different team.
• MVP of President’s Day Classic in St. Louis in February of 2018.
• Committed to Creighton in September of 2016.
Awards & Honors
2018-19 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2020 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2020-21 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2020-21 Creighton Dean’s List
Personal
• Daughter of Keith and Valerie Welty.
• Older brothers Hudson (MidAmerica Nazarene)and Ryan (Northwest Missouri State) both played college basketball.
• Brother Ryan won two NCAA titles (2017, 2019) and was featured by Sports Illustrated after he shot 52-of-78 (66.7 percent) from three-point range as a freshman. He ranks third all-time in NCAA Division II history in three-point percentage (51.1 percent; 238-466).
• A business management and marketing double major.
• Wears No. 11 because she was born on the 11th of May.
• Best birthday gift she ever got was a hamster named Bob.
• Life advice she’d offer is to do what makes you happy.
• Best volleyball memory is going to Europe with Creighton Volleyball in 2018.
• Favorite TV series to watch is The Office.
• Lists Australia as her dream vacation destination.
• Chose to attend Creighton because the coaches and players were so welcoming and made Creighton feel like home.
• Named Dr. Tim Bastian (Economics) as her favorite Creighton professor.
• Favorite BIG EAST city besides Omaha is Washington, D.C.
Creighton Volleyball vs Northern Iowa NCAA Volleyball Second Round Press Conference
Saturday, December 06
Creighton Volleyball vs Northern Colorado NCAA Volleyball First Round Press Conference 12:4:25
Friday, December 05
Utah Volleyball Press Conference - 12/4/25
Friday, December 05
Northern Iowa Volleyball Press Conference - 12/4/25
Friday, December 05
