• CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team (2015)

• SEC All-Freshman Team (2014)

CAREER: 2014 SEC All-Freshman Team performer... 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team... has appeared in 76 matches, including 73 starts… owns 11 career points with 4 goals and 3 assists... has logged two game-winning goals... has 39 shots, including 12 shots-on-goal.

2017 - SENIOR: Appeared in 14 matches with 11 starts for the Aggies... she appeared in the first 13 matches before missing some time due to injury... scored a goal at Kansas (9/10) ...

2016 - JUNIOR: Started 20 matches on the backline, helping the Aggies log eight shutouts... ranked third on the squad in minutes played with 1,816... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2015 - SOPHOMORE: Selected 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team... played in 23 matches season with 22 starts, amassing 2,005 minutes... registered 8 points with 3 goals and 2 assists on the season... notched 2 game-winning goals... recorded 21 shots with 7 shots-on-goal... scored two goals in season opener at Rice (8/21)... selected as a TDS National Team of the Week Honorable Mention following the Aggies’ win against Rice... assisted with a goal against UC Irvine (8/28)... received her second assist against North Texas (9/20)... posted a goal against Mississippi State (10/2)... played 90 or more minutes in 21 games, including a season-high 110 minutes at Missouri (10/29)... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2014 - FRESHMAN: Selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team... played in 20 matches as a freshman, all starting assignments... appeared in all of the Aggies’ first 14 matches before suffering an injury against Vanderbilt... missed seven matches due to ankle injury... recorded her first career assist against Illinois State (8/31).

HIGH SCHOOL: Paulson was a member of Dallas Sting SC and a four-year letterwinner at Mansfield High School... helped Dallas Sting to runner-up finishes at the ECNL National Championships in both 2012 and 2013... in 2012, was named to the ECNL National Championships All-Cup team... led her Dallas Sting squad to a United States Youth Soccer third-place showing in 2011 and runner-up finish in 2010... club team won a North Texas State Cup title and USYS Region III championship in 2011... a three-year captain at Mansfield, she earned Class 5A All-State Second Team and District 7-5A Player of the Year as a junior, leading the Tigers to a District 7-5A title and bi-district championship... garnered All-District 7-5A First Team accolades in each of her first three seasons, as well as District 7-5A Offensive MVP as a sophomore and Defensive MVP as a freshman... in the classroom, she earned Academic All-State as a senior and Academic All-District all four years.

PERSONAL: McKayla Joy Paulson was born Oct. 27, 1995, to parents Mark and Melanie Paulson... has two older brothers, Jared and Caleb, who both graduated from Texas A&M (Classes of ’09 and ’12)... majoring in English... aspires to be a high school English teacher... in her leisure time enjoys reading, drinking coffee, and hanging out with her brothers.

Off the Pitch: McKayla Paulson Martin