Mia Paulsen Season 2018-19
PositionDIVER
Height5-4
ClassSophomore
HometownAtherton, Calif.
Career Accolades
- Member of two NCAA championship teams (2018-19)
- Member of three Pac-12 championship teams (2018-20)
- Three-time All-American: 1-meter (2020), 3-meter (2020), Platform (2020)
- 2020 Pac-12 Diver of the Year
- Two-time Pac-12 champion on the platform: (2019, 256.30) and 2020 (311.40)
- 2020 Diver of the Meet at Pac-12 Championships
- Two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019, 2020)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
- 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
As a Junior (2019-20) • Pac-12 Champions
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Competed at the NCAA Championships on the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform
- Was third on the 3-meter at the Zone E Diving meet (606.35)
- Reached the podium on the platform at the Pac-12 Championships (third- 285.10), also scoring on the 1-meter (ninth) and 3-meter (sixth)
As a Junior (2019-20) • Pac-12 Champions
- Three-time All-American (1-meter, 3-meter, platform)
- Pac-12 champion on the platform (311.40)
- Also scored at Pac-12 Championships on the 1-meter (second) and 3-meter (eighth)
As a Sophomore (2018-19) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
- Qualified for NCAA Championships on 3-meter and platform
- Pac-12 champion on the platform (256.30)
- Finished 35th on platform (213.80) and 37th on the 3-meter (265.05) at the NCAA championships
- Also scored on the 3-meter at Pac-12 Championships (8th, 243.80) and the 1-meter (13th, 239.10)
As a Freshman (2017-18) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions
- Scored in all three events at Pac-12 Championships, finishing 8th on 1-meter (268.45), 6th on 3-meter (313.10) and 6th on platform (256.15)
Prior to Stanford
- Three-time High School All-American (2015-17)
- 2017 Central Coast Section 1-meter diving champion
- 2017 California state 1-meter diving champion and record holder
- 2017 San Mateo Daily Journal Diver of the Year
- Menlo-Atherton High School 1-meter diving record holder
- Stanford Diving Club JOA team (2013-17)
- JO Zone E four-time top-3 finisher
- Two-time top-five and 8-time top-20 finisher at JO National Championships
- AP Scholar with Honor
- California Scholarship Federation life member
- Principal's Distinction for academic achievement
- Head coach, recreational diving program
Personal
- Daughter of Amy and Walter Paulsen
- Has a younger sister, Sybelle, and older sister, Talbott, who is a member of Yale's varsity diving team
- Great-grandfather received first electrical engineering PhD at Stanford
- Great-great grandmother was Stanford class of '00 (1900)
Women's Swimming & Diving
Fall and Winter Academic Honor Roll
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End of the Ride
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The Streak Continues
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Cardinal Concludes Day Two
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Diving Trio Advances
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Paulsen Finishes Third
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Lenz, Paulsen Advance to NCAAs
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NCAA Selections
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Zone E Qualifiers
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Back To Back
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Forde Victorious
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Card Concludes Day One
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Senior Sendoff
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Scholar All-Americans
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Conference Champions
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2020: Season in Review
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Nineteen Earn CSCAA All-America Honors
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Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
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Paulsen, Wheal and Jeffrey Recognized
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NCAA Qualifiers
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Four-peat
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Pac-12s Day Two
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Senior Day Win
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Stanford Sweeps Wildcats
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Bruin Diving Invitational
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Still On Top
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Day One Done
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Scholar All-Americans
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Year in Review
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Sixteen Academic Honorees
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NCAA's Up Next
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NCAA Qualifiers
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Three in a Row
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Eastin Wins Again
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Undefeated Cardinal
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Record for Eastin
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Divers Open 2019
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First in Fall Finale
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Cook Qualifies
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Back-to-Back Champs
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Pair of American Records
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Ledecky, Manuel Win on Day Two
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Unbeaten Again
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Cardinal Beats Bruins
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Hail of a Start
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