Briar Cliff University

2020-21
165-pound GPAC Champion and NAIA National Championships qualifier... went 15-5 on the season with seven pins, two major decisions and one tech fall... earned first-team all-GPAC honors.. was named Briar Cliff's Most Inspirational Athlete.

2019-20
NAIA National Tournament Qualifier... went 17-11 overall with a 16-8 record against NAIA wrestlers... was named to the GPAC Wrestling All-Confernce Second Team...  named NAIA and GPAC Wrestler-of-the-Week after topping #9 Deandre Chery 8-2 and going 4-0 at the GPAC Duals in Crete, Neb... finished second at the GPAC Conference Tournament... recorded six falls, one tech fall, and a major decision for the Chargers.

2018-19
NAIA National Tournament qualifier... went 28-14 with a 17-6 record against NAIA opponents... was 7-1 with five pins in dual competition... was named NAIA and GPAC Wrestler-of-the-Week after topping #2 Andrew Null 9-2 in a dual vs. Northwestern... named an honorable mention All-GPAC selection... set a program record for pins in a season with 19 total falls... had four other bonus point victories with three major decisions and a tech fall... won the title at the Central UnderArmour Invite and took third at the GPAC Championships. 

2017-18
Qualifier for the NAIA National Tournament...went 28-14 overall on the year for a win percentage of .670 and was 21-6 against NAIA opponents (.780)...finished second at the UNK Open and Central Invite, was third at the GPAC Qualifier, finished seventh at the MVC Invite and placed eighth at the BVU Open...recorded 17 pins on the year with 12 at tournaments and five in duals to go with two major decisions. 

2016-17
Redshirted in his first season with the Cliff wrestling program…wrestled as unattached and went 9-13 on the season with one technical fall and two falls in the 165 weight class…placed second at the BVU Open.

High School
Graduate of Don Bosco High School...Four-time wrestling varsity letter winner...qualified for three state tournaments...one-time state runner-up in team duals...also earned varsity letters in football and track.

Personal
Son of Vic and Karen Paulsen...majoring in environmental science and criminology.