Fairfield University Athletics

General: Returns for her third year at Fairfield, but with three seasons of athletic eligibility remaining after an ACL injury during her sophomore campaign … Has played 34 games as a Stag, with four starts, and enters the campaign with 46 points, 38 rebounds and 27 assists on her resume … Off The Court: English major with an education minor ... A member of the Athletics Department 3.0 Club in all four semesters, while earning Dean’s List honors in three of the four semesters … Lived in the Service for Just-Us Living and Learning Community as a sophomore ... Volunteered once a week at a Bridgeport Head Start program during the Spring 2009 semester … 2009-10: MAAC All-Academic Team … Started each of the first four games of the season, before suffering a season-ending ACL injury five minutes into the game at George Mason … Scored eight points in her first career start at Rhode Island … Had points in each of the first three games of the year, finishing the season with 15 … Also had at least one assist, six total, in the first three games … Had six rebounds in the win over Lafayette at home … Finished the campaign with 14 rebounds … Was shooting 37.5 percent from the field when she was injured … 2008-09: Appeared in 30 games, all as a reserve, during her rookie campaign … Scored 31 points with 24 rebounds … Shot 32.4 percent, 11-34, from the floor, while hitting 5-15 from behind the arc … Dished out 21 assists and had 10 steals … Had six games in which she recorded two assists … Was 1-2, with a three-pointer, and three rebounds against Kansas … Shot 2-3, including a three-pointer, for five points in the win over Wagner … Averaged 3.3 points over her first four collegiate games, shooting 4-0 from the field in those games … Scored a season-high six points, with her first career three-pointer, against Morgan State … Was 1-1 from the floor in her debut, a win over UNC-Asheville … High School: Earned four varsity letters at Christian Brothers Academy … Led her team to a 79-12 four-year mark, while scoring over 1,000 points and dishing out 709 career assists … Served as team captain her senior season … Won four league titles, appeared in three regional quarterfinals and finished as the 2008 runner-up … Was a two-time All-State selection and earned All-League honors each year of high school … Selected to three All-America camps … Personal: Sarah Marie Paulus … Is the daughter of Denise and Dave Paulus …Has six brothers, all of whom have played athletically at the Division I level.