Career Summary

Arianna Paulson made 50 appearances in the circle and compiled a record of 8-4 during her time at BYU, in addition to her standout performance in the classroom. A three-time West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Gold Honor Roll selection (2015-17), she was also an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete in both 2015 and 2017. Additionally, Paulson was one of two Academic Player of the Year recipients at the team’s end-of-season banquet after earning a 3.90 GPA during the 2017-18 academic year.

Personal

• Daughter of Toby and Amy Paulson
• Has two sisters and two brothers
• Her younger sister Arissa is currently on the BYU softball team
• Brother Sterling played rugby at BYU from 2012 to 2014
• Her great-grandfather played professional football for Washington Redskins and her father played college football
• Majoring in exercise science
• Enjoys reading, running, surfing, dancing and listening to music

Before BYU

• Salutatorian of her high school class
• Also played volleyball and basketball
• MaxPreps Medium Schools All-American in 2013
• Arizona Republic’s “Small School Player of the Year” 2013
• U.S. Marine’s Distinguished Athlete Award
• Division III All-Section IV Girls Basketball Second Team for Basketball 2014
• Divison III All-State Player of the Year in 2014 for softball
• Arizona Republic’s Division III All-State First Team 2012-2014
• MaxPreps Preseason All-American in 2014