Elon University Athletics

Honors & Awards
• 2018 Danieley Memorial Sportsmanship Award (Team Award)
• NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 21, 2017)
• Perfect Game/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 21, 2017)
• CAA Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 21, 2017)
• Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week (Feb. 20, 2017)

2018: Made 24 appearances out of the bullpen … Went 5-4 with a team-best six saves and a 2.25 ERA … Struck out 61 hitters in 56.0 innings … Held opponents to a .213 batting average … Fanned a career-high 12 hitters in 6.0 shutout innings to earn the win over Radford … Earned the save by recording all nine outs (faced 10 hitters)  over 3.0 innings on strikeouts in a game one win at Georgia Southern … Struck out three over 2.0 scoreless innings to earn the save against Appalachian State … Earned the win at Wake Forest after throwing 1.2 scoreless innings … Picked up the save after striking out four over 3.1 innings against #30 College of Charleston … Earned the win in game one against Hofstra after striking out five in 2.0 scoreless innings … Picked up a save after fanning one in an inning in game two against Hofstra … Threw 2.0 scoreless innings to pick up a save against Hartford … Struck out four over 5.1 scoreless innings to earn a win against Towson … Picked up a save after not allowing a run in 2.0 innings against William & Mary … Earned the win after striking out three and allowing just one hit in 3.1 scoreless frames in a CAA Tournament game against College of Charleston.

2017: Made 17 appearances, including six starts … Was 5-5 with one save and a 5.37 ERA …  Notched 54 strikeouts in 55.1 innings … Tossed the first no-hitter of Elon's Division I tenure in a 7-0 win over Longwood … Went 9.0 innings, struck out a season-best eight hitters, walked one and faced just one over the minimum in the no-hitter … Named CAA Pitcher of the Week, NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week, Perfect Game/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Week and one of Collegiate Baseball's Players of the Week following his no-hit performance … Tossed 8.0 shutout innings and equaled his high of eight strikeouts in a win over UMass … Struck out four in 3.2 innings out of the bullpen to pick up the game-two win at Towson … Earned the win over College of Charleston after tossing 2.0 shutout innings in a relief effort … Struck out five in 3.0 perfect innings in an appearance against UNCW … Picked up his first save of the year by recording the final out in a 5-3 win over UNCW.

2016: Appeared in 16 games, making one start … Earned one save and struck out 12 hitters … Tossed 1.1 scoreless and hitless innings, striking out one, to earn the save against Hofstra.

2015: Made five appearances, including one start … Logged 16.2 innings, striking out 12 and holding opponents to a .238 batting average … Earned the save in his collegiate debut by tossing 2.1 scoreless innings against Penn State … Made the first start of his career against The Citadel, going 5.1 innings, allowing three runs and scattering five hits.

2014: Red-shirted.

Prep: Collected first-team all-conference honors … Named to the 2013 All-Intelligencer Baseball Team … Participated in The Carpenter Cup … Helped Kyle Dennis’ prep team to a league title in 2013 … Earned academic honors all four years of his career.

Personal: Robert Kenneth Welhaf, Jr. is the son of Rob and Dee Welhaf … Born May 19, 1995.