Catherine Paulson Season 2021

Career Highlights

• Pac-12 Champion (2022)
• College Cup appearance (2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)

As a Redshirt Junior (2023)

• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 14 matches, starting the first two contests of the season, while logging 334:27 minutes
• Compiled 10 shots, putting five on frame, including a season-best three shots at San Diego in the season opener (Aug. 17)
• Played 30+ minutes in four of her 14 matches played

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 21 matches while logging 555:09 minutes
• Scored three goals and assisted on two more to total eight points
• Compiled 25 shots, putting 12 on frame, including a season-best six vs. Sacramento State in the season opener (Aug. 18)
• Scored goals against Cal Poly (Sept. 4), at Arizona State (Oct. 2) and vs. Colorado (Oct. 30)
• Managed a goal and an assist against Colorado (Oct. 30)
• Also assisted on a goal vs. UC Santa Barbara (Aug. 28)
• Played 30+ minutes in 10 of her 21 matches played

As a Sophomore (2021)

• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Did not appear in a match due to injury

As a Freshman (2020-21)

• Made six starts while appearing in 12 matches on the season – seeing action as an outside defensive midfielder while logging 615:11 minutes
• Finished the season with three points off a goal and an assist
• Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at No. 22 Washington (March 12)
• Assisted on Civana Kuhlmann’s game-winning goal in the 5-0 win over Utah (March 5)
• Played more than 50 minutes on seven occasions

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif.
• Played two years of high school soccer
• CCS Division I champion (2018)
• Scholar-Athlete Award (2017-18)
• All-League (2017)
• Represented MVLA at the club level (2016-20)
• Team captain (2018-19)
• ECNL Northwest Conference champion (2017)
• ECNL National Playoff participant (2015-18)

Personal

• Born in Mountain View, Calif.
• Daughter of Jen and Greg Paulson
• Twin sister, Sarah, also plays soccer at Stanford
• Also has an older brother, Luke, and a younger sister, Grace
• Father, Greg, played basketball at Santa Clara and Cal Poly
• Grandfather, Eric Paulson, played basketball at Santa Clara and is a member of the Santa Clara Athletics Hall of Fame
• Grandfather, John Komo, played baseball at Santa Clara
• Great Grandfather, Lou Farasyn, played football at Santa Clara
• Member of the National Honors Society
• Gave a TED Talk about unique identities in February, 2020 with twin sister, Sarah
• Attended Tara Vanderveer Basketball Camp from ages 7-13