Kelly Welker joined the Yellow Jacket athletic staff as head coach of the women’s golf team in July 2018.
Prior to BHSU, Welker was a Graduate Assistant Coach with the University of Central Missouri women’s golf team from 2017 to 2018.
Also from 2017 to 2018, she worked as a Golf Shop Assistant at Mules National Golf Club where she managed operations. Before that, Welker was an Assistant Golf Instructor from 2016 to 2017 at St. Andrews Golf Club.
She served as an intern in the UCM Athletic Department in 2018, working in compliance under the Senior Associate Athletic Director, and at Elite Golf and Fitness in 2016 where she assisted in training golfers.
As a student athlete at UCM from 2013-2017, Welker received All-Conference honors twice as a four-year member of the women’s golf team and had a career-low round of 74. She also made two appearances at the NCAA Central Regional Championships and finished her college career with two top-five finishes, four top-10s and 19 top-20s.
Welker graduated from UCM with her bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science in 2016 and a master’s in Sport Management in 2019.
