People came to honor the late Christian Welp, to salute the University of Washington's all-time leading scorer, to remember someone who received nearly every accolade imaginable, with the retirement ...

SEATTLE – Wearing her father’s Washington Huskies letterman’s jacket, Ally Grill stood on the Alaska Airlines Arena court where Christian Welp starred decades ago. On Sunday afternoon, UW raised ...

Celebrating its deep-rooted connection to German talent that's been recently rekindled, the University of Washington basketball program will retire the jersey numbers of Detlef Schrempf and the late ...

SEATTLE -- Christian Welp, the 7-foot German center who holds the University of Washington's career scoring record and played three seasons in the NBA, has died. He was 51. The school confirmed the ...

Christian Welp, the leading scorer in Washington men’s basketball history, died in a place close to where his career in the U.S. was launched, a family friend said Monday. Tim Burnham, a former UW ...

He was going to stay only for a year, but one turned into another, and another, until two decades later, Christian Welp wouldn't think of living anywhere else. A foreign-exchange student and ...

His death early this week at the age of 51 didn't garner major headlines, and that's understandable, but Christian Welp was one of the first international players to ever suit up for the San Antonio ...

SEATTLE – University of Washington basketball legend Christian Welp has passed away at the age of 51. Welp donned the purple and gold from 1984-1987 and led the Huskies to back-to-back Pac-10 Titles ...