Leslie Welsh ’01 was an outstanding 3-sport athlete who earned 10 letters and was a first-team all-conference selection in 2 different sports. A 2-time All-NCAC selection as softball centerfielder, she was a cornerstone in the Bishop program’s rapid rise to respectability after its reinstatement as a varsity sport in 2000. As a junior, she was a second-team All-NCAC selection. Her senior year, she missed the first half of the season after the basketball team’s run into late March, but made such an impact upon her return that conference coaches made her a first-team all-league pick as Ohio Wesleyan went 8-4 in conference play to qualify for the NCAC tournament in just its second season. She also lettered in volleyball for 4 years, earning All-NCAC honors twice. An outside hitter, she led the team in hitting percentage (.276) as a sophomore. That year, Ohio Wesleyan went 26-9, including a 7-1 mark in the NCAC. She moved into the starting lineup as a junior and went on to rank second on the team in kills (372) and hitting percentage (.291) and was an honorable mention All-NCAC pick after Ohio Wesleyan went 24-14, including 6-2 in the NCAC, and advanced to the championship match of the NCAC tournament. She led the NCAC in digs (4.60/game) as a senior, and contributed offensively as well, leading the team with a .294 hitting percentage, tying a school record with 28 kills in a match against Bluffton, then breaking that mark with 31 kills against Case Reserve on the way to first-team All-NCAC honors. Her career total of 993 kills was fifth on the Bishop career list, as was her career average of 2.81 kills/game. She also lettered 4 times in basketball, becoming a starter her junior year. As a senior, she started all 33 games, averaging 7.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest. She scored 17 of her 18 points in the second half as Ohio Wesleyan defeated Allegheny to clinch a share of the NCAC championship, scored 10 points in the national semifinal vs. Messiah, then helped spark a late 10-0 run that led the Bishops over Emmanuel in the national third-place game.