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Arissa Paulson

Pitcher First Base #10

10"

Class

Senior

Hometown

Payson,

Arizona

Last School

Payson High School

Roster Years

2017-2021

Personal

Parents are Amy and Toby
Has four siblings: two brothers and two sisters
Older sister Arianna played softball at BYU and younger sister Aubrielle is currently on the team
Her older brother Sterling was on the BYU rugby team from 2012-14
Her great-grandfather played professional football for Washington Redskins and her father played college football
Major is exercise science

Before BYU

Right-handed pitcher from Payson High School, spent senior year at Brightmont Academy
Led Payson HS to the Division III State Championship game in 2014
In 2014, struck out 375 batters in 170 innings pitched, allowing just 64 hits and 19 walks enroute to 18 shutouts with six no-hitters
Named Arizona Gatorade Softball Player of the Year for 2014-15
Division III Section V Player of the Year along with earning First Team honors
AZcentral Sports' 2015 Softball Small Schools Player of the Year
Four-year letterwinner in softball
Max Preps 2015 Arizona Small Schools Player of the Year
Played club softball for Firecrackers 18 Gold Blanco
Lettered in basketball for three seasons and in soccer for two seasons
Volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters and as a youth softball and soccer coach

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2017

Finished a strong freshman campaign with an 11-3 record with a 2.81 ERA
Won her first game against Sacramento State
WCC Pitcher of the Week (3/13)
Notched 8 strikeouts at LMU
Pitched first career complete-game shutout vs. Pacific
Gave up just one hit in a shutout vs. SUU
Career-high 9 strikeouts against UVU

Sophmore Year 2019

Named WCC Pitcher of the Year
Named Preseason All-WCC First Team
Named All-WCC First Team
Named NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
Named College Sports Madness Conference Pitcher of the Week
Played in 39 games as a pitcher or at first base including 37 starts
Pitched 15 complete games, starting 28 games with four shutouts
Finished the season with BYU all-time career records at No. 6 complete games (31) and strikeouts/7 innings (5.74), No. 7 in shutouts (9) and opponent batting average (.235), No. 8 in strikeouts (280) and consecutive scoreless innings (20) and No. 10 in wins (33).
Led the team in wins (15), innings pitched (163.1) and strikeouts (120) and lowest opponent batting average
Ranked No. 3 in shutouts (4), No. 5 in strikeeouts (120) and wins (15) among all sophomores in BYU history
Pitched 6.1 innings with only two earned runs while also going 2 for 3 with one RBI against No. 18 Baylor (2/7)
Tied career-high of nine strikeouts against UC Davis (2/15)
Doubled against Nebraska (2/21)
Pitched a complete game against San Jose State giving up only two earned runs and one walk (3/1)
Went 2 for 4 at LBSU recording two RBI (3/7)
Struck out nine batter for the second time this season with no runs against RMU (3/7)
Had three strikeouts against BU while hitting her first homer of the season (3/8)
Pitched six innings against No. 6 Tennessee with no runs (3/16)
Had no earned runs with only one walk and four strikeouts pitching against UVU (3/27)
No earned runs in back-to-back games at UVU and UTSA
Named WCC Pitcher of the Week back-to-back times (4/1, 4/8)
Went 2 for 4 with one run, one double, and one RBI at SUU (4/2)
Career-high 11 strikeouts at LMU while also going 2 for 4 at the plate scoring two runs and one RBI (4/6)
Hit a gram slam against Pacific (4/12)
Went 2-0 against Pacific with 11 strikeouts including only having one run on two hits with no walks (4/13)
Was 2 for 2 against No. 3 Washington (4/17)
Had back-to-back shutouts against SUU and USD
Struck out seven batters against USD, allowing one run (4/27)
Named WCC Pitcher of the Week (4/29)
Pitched a shutout against Saint Mary's while going 1 for 2 at the plate with a home run, a walk and two RBI (5/3)
Went 2 for 3 at the plate with two RBI against Arkansas at the NCAA Regional (5/17)

Junior Year 2020

Named WCC Pre-Season First Team
Played and started 17 games before the season was suspended after only 23 games
Finished the season with a 5-3 overall pitching record in 12 appearances with nine starts while tossing three complete games with one shutout and one combined shutout
Led the team in strikeouts with 42 through 52.0 innings pitched
Finished the season with BYU all-time career records at No. 5 in starts (69), No. 6 in complete games (34), shutouts (10), innings pitched (393.1), strikeouts per seven innings (5.73), No. 7 in opponent batting average (.239), strikeouts (322), strikeouts looking (75), No. 9 in wins (38), appearances (81), No. 12 in walks per seven innings (3.35) and No. 13 in ERA (2.87)
Earned start and win of the season against Nevada tossing a 7.0 inning complete game with only one earned run, no walks and five strikeouts (2/6)
Threw a seven-inning one-hit shutout, striking out a team season-high of nine batters while holding batters to a 0.050 batting average against San Diego (2/13)
Went a perfect 3/3 at the plate for the first time in a collegiate career with one run, one double and one walk against Cal State Fullerton (2/15)
Struck out seven batters in four innings against No. 25 Fresno State (3/5)
Closed out the game against East Carolina, throwing two innings allowing no runs, no walks with only one hit while striking out three batters (3/7)

Senior Year 2021

All-WCC Honorable Mention
WCC Pitcher & Player of the Week, a first in WCC history (3/30)
Appeared in 23 games, starting 17 of them
Posted a 12-4 record with a 3.77 ERA and 86 strikeouts
Finished the season with a .250 batting average, .402 slugging percentage and .282 on-base percentage
Recorded 28 hits, 10 runs, four home runs and 23 RBI
Six multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games
10-game hitting streak, tied for a team best
10-game reached base streak

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 2018

Medical Redshirt Year 2018

Played in 17 games and started 15 before sustaining an injury
In the first game of the season, pitched a complete game in win over Stanford (2/8)
WCC Pitcher of the Week (2/19)
Pitched three shutouts against FIU, CSUN and Northwestern