Crimson Tide Hoops Transfer To Honor Buffalo Shooting Victims

TUSCALOOSA, AL — One Crimson Tide basketball player has announced plans to honor the 10 victims killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York last month.

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University of Alabama shooting guard Dom Welch, a St. Bonaventure transfer originally from Buffalo, on Thursday revealed that he will drop No. 1 on his jersey in favor of No. 10 during the upcoming 2022-23 season, as a way of remembering the victims killed at the Tops Friendly Markets store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo on May 10.

Welch will suit up for the Tide after a commendable four-year career at St. Bonaventure, where he scored nearly 1,200 career points and establish himself as one of the strongest shooters in the Atlantic-10 conference.

Back home, Welch is the all-time leading scorer in Western New York boys basketball history, according to his St. Bonaventure player bio. During his time at Cheektowaga for high school coach Patrick Cullinan, he scored 2,376 career points and averaged 30.4 points as a senior.

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