Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
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Abby Paulson
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Anoka HS
- Hometown:
- Anoka, Minn.
Bio
Career Highlights
• Six-time All-American on beam (4 regular season, 2 NCAA)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 Conference
• Two-time Pac-12 Beam Champion (2021, 2022)
• 21 career wins (16 on beam, 5 floor)
• Has hit 160-164 career routines
• Four-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
• 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2024 Season (Fifth year)
• Starter on beam and floor every meet, competed on bars twice
• First team regular season All-American (beam)
• NCAA All-American (beam)
• All-Pac-12 (beam)
• Scored a 9.925 or better on beam 12-of-16 routines, which included a streak of eight consecutive scores of 9.925 of better
• Recorded her second career perfect 10 on beam vs. Utah State and Stanford on Senior Night
• Scored a 9.90 or better on floor in 12-of-16 routines
• Tallied 7 event wins (5 beam, 2 floor)
• Hit 34-34 routines
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (2/27/24)
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Dahl Academic-Athletic Award recipient
• One of Utah’s Marsden Leadership Award recipients
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2023 Season (Senior)
• Starter on beam every meet, floor all but one competition
• Scored a 9.90 or better on beam 9-of-15 routines, which included consecutive 9.975s vs. Arizona State and California
• Recorded a 9.9625 on beam at the NCAA Final, which placed second overall, along with a 9.90 on floor
• Tallied a career best 9.95 on floor against California to win the event title
• Scored a 9.90 or better on 7-of-8 floor routines to end the season
• Posted three 9.90s and a 9.925 in her four routines between beam and floor at NCAA Regionals
• Her 9.925 on floor at the NCAA Regional Second Round was the highest floor score by a Ute
• Won the beam title at Arizona State (9.975)
• 2 event victories
• Hit 28-29 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• One of Utah’s Marsden Leadership Award recipients
2022 Season (Junior)
• First team NCAA All-American (beam)
• Second team regular season All-American (beam)
• First team All-Pac-12 Conference (beam)
• Pac-12 Beam Champion
• Starter on beam in all but two meets, floor in all but three meets, bars in 10 competitions
• Posted a 9.975 at the Pac-12 Championships to defend her Pac-12 title on beam
• Tied for the team-high on beam (9.9375) at the NCAA semifinals
• Recorded a 9.975 on beam at LSU to win first event title of the season
• Matched a career-best 9.875 on bars against Minnesota that counted toward Utah’s school-record performance (49.8)
• Posted career high 9.925 in the leadoff spot on floor against Oregon State for the first floor title of her career
• Scored a 9.90 or better in nine of 14 beam routines, including four final beam routines of the season
• 3 event victories
• Hit 36-37 routines
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Second team CoSIDA Academic All-American
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2021 Season (Sophomore)
• First team regular season All-American (beam)
• First team All-Pac-12 Conference (beam)
• Pac-12 Beam Co-Champion
• Starter on bars, beam and floor in every meet
• Regional balance beam runner up
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Feb. 2 after posting season highs on all three events
• Scored a 9.90 or better on beam in 10-of-14 competitions, including six 9.95s
• Finished the regular season ranked sixth in the nation on beam
• Earned career high 9.8625 on bars at NCAA Championship finals
• Scored career best 9.925 on floor at Pac-12 Championships
• 4 event victories (all on beam)
• Hit 40-42 routines
• Utah’s Dahl Academic-Athletic award recipient
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2020 Season (Freshman)
• Second-team All-American (beam)
• First-team All-Pac-12 Conference (beam)
• Starter on beam and floor in all nine meets, bars in four meets
• Scored first 10.0 on beam by a Ute since 2008 against UCLA to win the meet
• Perfect 10 on beam pushed Utah to a new beam school-record performance (49.775)
• Hit the 9.90-mark on beam in seven-of-nine meets
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Mar. 4 after posting meet-winning 9.95 beam routine at Washington
• Season-best 9.90 on floor vs. Arizona State
• Posted 9.875s on floor against California and Stanford
• 5 event victories (four on beam)
• Hit 22-22 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
Prior to Utah
• Member of the 2017 USA Senior National Team
• Five-year International Elite
• Qualified for the P&G National Championships and the U.S. Classic from 2013-17
• 6th on beam at the 2017 P&G National Championships
• 2nd all-around, 5th on floor at the 2017 U.S. Classic
• 3rd all-around at the 2016 American Classic
• 1st on floor and 3rd all-around at the 2017 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy
• 2nd on floor, 7th all-around at the 2019 J.O. National Championships (Senior F)
• 1st all-around, 1st on beam, 2nd on bars, 2nd on floor at the 2019 Region 4 Championships
• 6th on bars, 8th on floor and 10th all-around at the 2015 P&G Championships (Junior division)
• 5th on bars at the 2015 U.S. Classic (Junior division)
• 5th on floor at the 2013 J.O. Level 10 National Championships.
• 3rd on floor, 5th on beam at the 2013 American Classic (Junior division)
• Trained at Twin City Twisters
• Graduated from Anoka High School with highest honors
Personal
• Daughter of Brandon and Shelly Paulson
• Father was a 1996 Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
• Has two siblings, Sydney and Eli
• Double majoring in Kinesiology & Political Science
Paulson's Career Highs
• Six-time All-American on beam (4 regular season, 2 NCAA)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 Conference
• Two-time Pac-12 Beam Champion (2021, 2022)
• 21 career wins (16 on beam, 5 floor)
• Has hit 160-164 career routines
• Four-time WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic
• 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2024 Season (Fifth year)
• Starter on beam and floor every meet, competed on bars twice
• First team regular season All-American (beam)
• NCAA All-American (beam)
• All-Pac-12 (beam)
• Scored a 9.925 or better on beam 12-of-16 routines, which included a streak of eight consecutive scores of 9.925 of better
• Recorded her second career perfect 10 on beam vs. Utah State and Stanford on Senior Night
• Scored a 9.90 or better on floor in 12-of-16 routines
• Tallied 7 event wins (5 beam, 2 floor)
• Hit 34-34 routines
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (2/27/24)
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• Dahl Academic-Athletic Award recipient
• One of Utah’s Marsden Leadership Award recipients
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2023 Season (Senior)
• Starter on beam every meet, floor all but one competition
• Scored a 9.90 or better on beam 9-of-15 routines, which included consecutive 9.975s vs. Arizona State and California
• Recorded a 9.9625 on beam at the NCAA Final, which placed second overall, along with a 9.90 on floor
• Tallied a career best 9.95 on floor against California to win the event title
• Scored a 9.90 or better on 7-of-8 floor routines to end the season
• Posted three 9.90s and a 9.925 in her four routines between beam and floor at NCAA Regionals
• Her 9.925 on floor at the NCAA Regional Second Round was the highest floor score by a Ute
• Won the beam title at Arizona State (9.975)
• 2 event victories
• Hit 28-29 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• One of Utah’s Marsden Leadership Award recipients
2022 Season (Junior)
• First team NCAA All-American (beam)
• Second team regular season All-American (beam)
• First team All-Pac-12 Conference (beam)
• Pac-12 Beam Champion
• Starter on beam in all but two meets, floor in all but three meets, bars in 10 competitions
• Posted a 9.975 at the Pac-12 Championships to defend her Pac-12 title on beam
• Tied for the team-high on beam (9.9375) at the NCAA semifinals
• Recorded a 9.975 on beam at LSU to win first event title of the season
• Matched a career-best 9.875 on bars against Minnesota that counted toward Utah’s school-record performance (49.8)
• Posted career high 9.925 in the leadoff spot on floor against Oregon State for the first floor title of her career
• Scored a 9.90 or better in nine of 14 beam routines, including four final beam routines of the season
• 3 event victories
• Hit 36-37 routines
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Second team CoSIDA Academic All-American
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2021 Season (Sophomore)
• First team regular season All-American (beam)
• First team All-Pac-12 Conference (beam)
• Pac-12 Beam Co-Champion
• Starter on bars, beam and floor in every meet
• Regional balance beam runner up
• Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Feb. 2 after posting season highs on all three events
• Scored a 9.90 or better on beam in 10-of-14 competitions, including six 9.95s
• Finished the regular season ranked sixth in the nation on beam
• Earned career high 9.8625 on bars at NCAA Championship finals
• Scored career best 9.925 on floor at Pac-12 Championships
• 4 event victories (all on beam)
• Hit 40-42 routines
• Utah’s Dahl Academic-Athletic award recipient
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
• Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
2020 Season (Freshman)
• Second-team All-American (beam)
• First-team All-Pac-12 Conference (beam)
• Starter on beam and floor in all nine meets, bars in four meets
• Scored first 10.0 on beam by a Ute since 2008 against UCLA to win the meet
• Perfect 10 on beam pushed Utah to a new beam school-record performance (49.775)
• Hit the 9.90-mark on beam in seven-of-nine meets
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Mar. 4 after posting meet-winning 9.95 beam routine at Washington
• Season-best 9.90 on floor vs. Arizona State
• Posted 9.875s on floor against California and Stanford
• 5 event victories (four on beam)
• Hit 22-22 routines
• WCGA Scholastic All-American
Prior to Utah
• Member of the 2017 USA Senior National Team
• Five-year International Elite
• Qualified for the P&G National Championships and the U.S. Classic from 2013-17
• 6th on beam at the 2017 P&G National Championships
• 2nd all-around, 5th on floor at the 2017 U.S. Classic
• 3rd all-around at the 2016 American Classic
• 1st on floor and 3rd all-around at the 2017 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy
• 2nd on floor, 7th all-around at the 2019 J.O. National Championships (Senior F)
• 1st all-around, 1st on beam, 2nd on bars, 2nd on floor at the 2019 Region 4 Championships
• 6th on bars, 8th on floor and 10th all-around at the 2015 P&G Championships (Junior division)
• 5th on bars at the 2015 U.S. Classic (Junior division)
• 5th on floor at the 2013 J.O. Level 10 National Championships.
• 3rd on floor, 5th on beam at the 2013 American Classic (Junior division)
• Trained at Twin City Twisters
• Graduated from Anoka High School with highest honors
Personal
• Daughter of Brandon and Shelly Paulson
• Father was a 1996 Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
• Has two siblings, Sydney and Eli
• Double majoring in Kinesiology & Political Science
Paulson's Career Highs
| Bars | 9.875 at Arizona, Feb. 25, 2022 |
| 9.875 vs. Minnesota, Mar. 4, 2022 | |
| Beam | 10.0 at UCLA, Feb. 23, 2020 |
| Floor | 9.95 vs. California, Feb. 24, 2023 |
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