Kristin Paulson

Class:
Senior
High School:
Ottumwa
Hometown:
Ottumwa, Iowa

2011-12
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... competed in all 12 tournaments this season, compiling a 76.28 stroke average ... played in the most career rounds ever by a Cyclone at 129 ... her career 77.80 stroke average ranks ninth in school history ... ranked 204th nationally by Golfweek ... tied for 13th at the Mountain View Collegiate (218) ... fired a 69 in the final round of the Mountain View to tie for her career lowest 18-hole score and her lowest 54-hole career score of 218 ... ranked second in the fall on the team in stroke average at 75.40 ... placed fourth at the Lady Northern Invitational (220), her first top-10 finish of the season and highest career finish ... tied for 26th at the Dick McGuire Invitational (226) ... tied for 15th at the Dale McNamara Invitational (223)... Iowa Women’s Amateur champion, winning by 10 shots and breaking the tournament scoring mark at 14-under par ... shot a all-time tournament-low 63 in the second round ... qualified for U.S. Women’s Public Links.

2010-11
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... played in 21 rounds, averaging 77.14 strokes ... tied for 21st at the SunTrust Invitational ... finished the fall campaign with a 75.93 stroke average ... placed 10th at the Lady Northern (218) to earn her first top-10 career finish ... placed 17th at the Wolverine Invitational with a 229 ... tied for 21st at Challenge at Onion Creek (224)...qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship, making the match play portion of the tournament ... won the Iowa Women’s Amateur by four shots with rounds of 76-71-70 (217) ... competed with teammate Katelynn Hogenson at the NGCA Hooters Collegiate Championship, tying for eighth place.

2009-10
Competed in all 12 tournaments, compiling a 78.36 stroke average ... NGCA Academic All-Scholar ... ... qualified to the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links and U.S. Women’s Amateur ... awarded a spot on the Academic All-Big 12 team.

2008-09
NGCA Academic All-Scholar ... in first collegiate meet as a Cyclone led team with a three-round 226, tying for 19th at Ron Moore Invitational ... shot a career-low 69 at the Mountain View Collegiate ... received best placing (T16) of career at Indiana Invitational, firing a three-round 238 ... fourth on team in stroke average (79.4), competing in all 33 rounds.

High School
Three-time all-state selection ... won the Class 4A state title as a senior in 2008 ... named Class 4A Girls Player of the Year by the Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association in 2008 ... three-time conference champion and two-time regional medalist ... placed eighth and seventh, respectively, at the state meet as a sophomore and junior ... team placed third, first and second at the state meet in her last three seasons ... coached in high school by Dusty Stewart ... in the summer of 2008, won the Iowa Girls Junior Championship and placed fourth at the Iowa Women’s Amateur.

Personal
Born Feb. 1, 1990 ... daughter of Gaylon and Janet Paulson ... has four sisters, Susan, Anna, Katie and Sarah ... her twin sister, Sarah, plays golf and basketball at Central College (Pella) ... materials engineering major ... National Honor Society member ... was co-valedictorian of high school class.

Paulson Quick Facts
Driver: Titleist 909 Dz
Irons: Ping i15
Putter: Coutour
Ball: Titleist pro v1x
Favorite Course: The Harvester
Favorite Tour Player: Adam Scott
Favorite Club In The Bag: Putter
Greatest Golf Moment: Shooting a 63 at the 2011 Iowa Women’s Amateur.
One Thing I Can’t Live Without In My Bag: Divot Fixer and Snacks