Named one of the team’s three captains prior to the 2020 campaign, Paul anchored a veteran defensive unit during her senior season. Through seven games, she finished with 14 ground balls, most of all field players and second overall on the roster. She also forced a team-best nine turnovers in the process.
Since her first career game on Feb. 20, 2017 against St. Bonaventure, Paul has accumulated 118 ground balls, won 26 draw controls, and caused 79 turnovers. She scored her first collegiate goal against the Bonnies in 2018, and registered her first career assist against Canisius later in the same season. Offensively, she has three points (2 G, 1 A) to her name as a Purple Eagle.
After being named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team in 2017, she was once again given conference postseason honors with a spot on the MAAC All-Conference Second team as a junior in 2019. She was also placed on the MAAC All-Academic Team twice.
Paul departs after leaving her mark on the program’s record book. She recorded two of the top 10 best individual seasons in terms of ground balls (t-4, 43, 2019; t-10, 38, 2018) and three of the top 10 best individual seasons in terms of caused turnovers (4, 25, 2019; 5, 23, 2019; t-6, 22, 2017). For her career, she ranks second all-time for caused turnovers, and fifth all-time for ground balls.
