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Ht/Wt
6'
2"
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205 lbs.
Class
Senior
Hometown
Taylorsville,
Utah
Last School
Cottonwood High School
Roster Years
2011-2014
Personal
- Born in Kearns, Utah
- Parents are Robert and Cindy Poulson
- Majoring in sociology
Before BYU
- Three-year letter winner at Cottonwood High
- Coached by Jon Hoover
- In 2010 he was first-team all-state, with eight wins and a 1.66 ERA
- Started on the mound for the Colts as junior, and played for the Utah Bucks traveling team and the Angels Elite Scout Team
- Three-time all-region
- Recruited by Cal State Fullerton, Stanford and Baylor
- Closed the 2008 State championship game against Dixie and current Cougar Chunner Nyberg
Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 2011 4.15 6-0 15 8 1 1 56.1 50 29 26 21 49
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2011
- Named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America squad by Collegiate Baseball Magazine
- His victories came at Portland, at Creighton, Utah Valley, Seattle, at Air Force Academy and against San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference Tournament
- Save came in the 6-4 upset at No. 6 Arizona State
- Struck out eight in six innings at AFA and eight in six innings vs. SDSU
- Won BYU baseballs annual Y Mountain run in November 2010 in 14:37
Sophmore Year
2012
- Got his lone victory at Seattle.
Junior Year
2013
- College Sports Madness All-West Coast Conference, Second Team
- Honorable mention All-WCC, Coaches
- College Sports Madness WCC Player of Week vs. No. Colorado
- Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament
- Rawlings WCC Pitcher of the Week vs. Kansas
- Rawlings WCC Pitcher of the Week vs. Saint Mary's
- Team co-captain
- Pitched complete games vs. Northern Colorado (10 strikeouts), Kansas, Santa Clara and Loyola Marymount
Senior Year
2014
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- Baseball | Oct, 09
October Baseball Blog
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 03
Poulson's pitching leads Cougars to 10-1 win against Pacific
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 03
Poulson's pitching leads Cougars to 10-1 win against Pacific
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 20
First victory of season comes in Kleberg Bank Classic
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 20
First victory of season comes in Kleberg Bank Classic
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 10
Season opener vs. Kansas in Arizona
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 10
Season opener vs. Kansas in Arizona
- ImageBaseball | Jan, 07
2014 Outlook
- ImageBaseball | Jan, 07
2014 Outlook
- ImageBaseball | Oct, 29
Veteran pitcher Desmond Poulson
- ImageBaseball | Oct, 29
Veteran pitcher Desmond Poulson
- ImageBaseball | Jul, 22
Most goals accomplished in 2013 season
- ImageBaseball | May, 20
Poulson named Rawlings WCC Pitcher of Week
- ImageBaseball | May, 20
Poulson named Rawlings WCC Pitcher of Week
- ImageBaseball | May, 16
Poulson leads Cougars to 11-1 victory over Gaels
- ImageBaseball | May, 16
Poulson leads Cougars to 11-1 victory over Gaels
- ImageBaseball | May, 02
Poulson, Whitney key 8-3 win at Loyola Marymount
- ImageBaseball | May, 02
Poulson, Whitney key 8-3 win at Loyola Marymount
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 12
Brugman's 3-run home run leads BYU to an 11-7 victory over Portland
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 12
Brugman's 3-run home run leads BYU to an 11-7 victory over Portland
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 04
Poulson, Hannemann combine to beat Santa Clara, 3-1
- ImageBaseball | Apr, 04
Poulson, Hannemann combine to beat Santa Clara, 3-1
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 20
Poulson's complete game shuts out Jayhawks
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 20
Poulson's complete game shuts out Jayhawks
- ImageBaseball | Mar, 07
Chalk up upset over No. 21 Anteaters
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 15
Season-opening split in Littlewood's coaching debut
- ImageBaseball | Feb, 15
Season-opening split in Littlewood's coaching debut
- ImageBaseball | Nov, 08
Military books on Veterans motivate baseball players
- ImageBaseball | Nov, 08
Military books on Veterans motivate baseball players
- ImageBaseball | May, 24
Marshall, Whitney lead Cougars to victory
- ImageBaseball | May, 17
Brugman walk-off grand slam wins game for Cougars
- ImageBaseball | Jul, 05
2011 Season Review