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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 08-16-2019, 12:45 PM:

Former UC Irvine guard Riley Welch will be a walk-on at UK for the 2019-20 college hoops season, the school announced Wednesday. He will be immediately eligible.

Welch hasn’t played Division I basketball since the 2017-18 season, where he recorded 14 points, 15 assists and 14 rebounds in 27 appearances. He played last season at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California.

“I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to be joining the greatest program in the history of college basketball,” Welch said in a press release. “There is nothing better than University of Kentucky basketball and I still can’t believe how fortunate I am to be able to learn every day from a Hall of Fame coach as well as compete against the best players in the country day in and day out.”

The 6-foot, 185-pound Welch is the son of John Welch, who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. John is a respected coaching veteran who’s been in the NBA since 2002, which includes stops with the Memphis Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets and Sacramento Kings.

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