Greg Paulus
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| Greg Paulus | |
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| College | Duke |
| Conference | ACC |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Position | Point Guard |
| Jersey # | 3 |
| Class | Junior |
| Career | 2006 – present |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Born | July 3, 1986 Medina, Ohio |
| High school | Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, New York |
| Career highlights | |
| Awards | |
| 2006 ACC All-Freshman 1st Team 2006 ACC All-Tournament 2nd Team |
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| Tournaments | |
| 2006 NCAA Tournament 2007 NCAA Tournament 2008 NCAA Tournament |
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Gregory Russell Paulus (born July 3, 1986 in Medina, Ohio, USA) is a college basketball player and the starting point guard on the Duke University men's basketball team.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Medina, Ohio, Paulus moved to New York from Appleton, Wisconsin at a young age and grew up in the Syracuse suburb of Manlius, New York.
[edit] High school career
Greg Paulus attended Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, New York, where he played football and basketball and earned all-state honors in each sport at least three times. In football, Paulus played quarterback and led his football team to a Class-AA state championship in 2004. He played in the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, was named Gatorade's National High School Football Player of the Year and was rated as the top QB by USA Today. In basketball, Paulus averaged 23.5 points, eight assists and six rebounds per game, making him the 11th-leading scorer in New York history. During his senior year, he averaged 26.8 points, 8.2 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game. Paulus was also ranked as the number one point guard prospect out of high school according to rivals.com and scout.com.
[edit] College career
Paulus received scholarship offers to play football at the University of Miami and Notre Dame. He also received basketball scholarship offers from Duke University, Syracuse University and Notre Dame. He chose to play basketball and joined the Duke Blue Devils. Greg Paulus and Joe Mauer each have the unusual distinction of being a Gatorade National High School Football Player of the Year who did not play football at the collegiate level.
[edit] Freshman
Games: 36, PPG: 6.7, RPG: 2.8, APG: 5.2[1]
Paulus was a member of the Duke team that finished with a 32-4 record and won the ACC regular season and tournament championship. Paulus led the the ACC in assists per game at 5.2. He set a Duke freshman record for assists in a game with 15 (with only 3 turnovers) in a 104-77 home victory over Valparaiso on December 18, 2005; that assist total was only one away from the all-time single-game Duke record of 16, set by NCAA career assist leader Bobby Hurley.
His 187 assists ranked third behind Bobby Hurley (288 in 1990) and Jason Williams (220 in 2000) among the freshman assist leaders in Duke history.[1]
[edit] Sophomore
Games: 33, PPG: 11.8, RPG: 2.2, APG: 3.8, FG%: 45.6[2]
Paulus injured his foot during the preseason. After the season, Coach Chris Collins said Paulus struggled because he had a tarsal coalition, and it was corrected through surgery; he has since fully recovered. He had a career high on March 15, 2007 with 25 points against Virginia Commonwealth.
[edit] Junior
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Games: 34, PPG: 11.4, RPG: 2.1, APG: 4.1[1]
[edit] Awards and honors
(Awards are for basketball unless otherwise noted)
- 2005-2006 All-American Second Team
- 2006 ACC All Second Team
- 2008 Third Team Academic All-America[3]
- Gatorade Male National High School Athlete of the Year award (all sports)
- 2005 Gatorade New York state Player of the Year
- Five-time all-league
- Four-time all-state
- Best Player of all Time 2007
- All-America status in 2005 according to McDonald’s, Parade, EA and Student Sports
- New York State Mr. Basketball as a senior
- USA Basketball Junior National Select team for the 2005 Nike Hoops Cummit
- National High School Coaches Association senior athlete of the year
- 2004 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Greg Paulus bio - GoDuke.com—Official Athletics Web site of Duke University
- ^ Greg Paulus. CNNSI.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
- ^ Paulus Named Third Team Academic All-America. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ USATODAY.com - Greg Paulus named Gatorade National Player of the Year
