sentences:  Welch formerly worked as a pit reporter for ABC Sports and ESPN during broadcasts of the Indy Racing League and Indianapolis 500 as well as occasional stints on ESPN2's coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and was pit reporter for ABC/ESPN for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series telecasts.He was also a college football sideline reporter for ESPN/ABC.Welch also is the television voice of the Ball State Cardinals and a Ball State University graduate.