Honors and Awards
- 2022: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2022: Coral Gables NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2021: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2021: Frisco Classic All-Tournament Team (OF)
- 2020: Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- 2019: Pac-12 All-Academic First-Team
- 2019: Alaska Baseball League All-Star
- 2019: Alaska Baseball League Second Team All-League
Arizona 2022 (Senior)
Played in 19 games with 17 starts; playing time limited due to injury...Posted a .262 batting average with 13 runs scored, one double, five home runs, and 13 RBI...Registered 17 at-bats during conference play, hitting one home run and driving in two RBI...Drew nine walks and logged a .366 on-base percentage...Tallied six multiple-hit games and four multi-RBI performances...Made 16 starts at designated hitter, one in right field.
POSTSEASON: Dominant in four postseason appearances (three starts), hitting .333 with five runs scored, four home runs, and five RBI...Earned a selection to the Coral Gables NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after hitting four home runs during the tournament...Hit two home runs in elimination game victory over Canisius (2x4, 3 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, BB) and again in Regional finals game against Ole Miss (2x4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI).
Arizona 2021 (Junior)
Limited to just 23 games (10 starts) due to injuries...Hit .258 (16x62) with 13 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, one home run, and nine RBI...Drew five walks and logged a .324 on-base percentage...Posted four multi-hit performances and three multi-RBI games...Selected to the Frisco Classic All-Tournament Team as an outfielder after playing in 3-of-4 games and hitting .429 (6x14) with seven runs, three doubles, one triple, five RBI, and two walks...Saw 30 chances defensively in the outfield and registered a .967 fielding percentage.
POSTSEASON: Made two postseason appearances without a start, hitting .333 (1x3) with a run scored...Went 1-for-2 with a run in game three of the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss...Logged one at-bat in the Wildcats College World Series matchup against Stanford.
Arizona 2020 (Junior)*
Logged time in 11 games with five starts as a junior...Hit .200 (4x20) with four runs scored, two home runs, and four RBI...Finished the year with a .500 slugging percentage and a .429 on-base percentage (six walks)...Posted first career multi-home run game on Feb. 23 vs. Nebraska at the Tony Gwynn Legacy event; went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two home runs, and three RBI (drove in all three runs in Arizona's 3-2 victory)...Made two starts in right field and three as the designated hitter.
Summer 2019
Played in 42 games Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Baseball League...Helped lead the team to an Alaska League Championship...Collected a league-best eight home runs, 26 runs, six doubles, and 25 RBI...In six playoff contests he posted a .286 batting average and drove in four runs.
Arizona 2019 (Sophomore)
Pac-12 All-Academic First-Team selection...Played in 35 games with 12 starts as a sophomore...Hit .269 (14-for-52) with 11 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs, and 14 RBI...Registered a .577 slugging percentage and a .443 on-base percentage after drawing 13 walks...Hit first career home run on February 22 at Houston, went 1-for-3...Also hit homers on April 28 at No. 3 Stanford, May 4 against Oregon, and May 23 at Washington State...Drove in a career-high three RBI three times: April 28 at No. 3 Stanford (1x2, R, HR, 3 RBI), May 4 against Oregon (2x4, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI), and May 16 at Penn State (2x2, 2B, 3 RBI)...Played defensively in the outfield, posting a .923 fielding percentage.
Arizona 2018 (Freshman)
Appeared in 26 games with eight starts as a freshman...Finished with a .261 batting average with three doubles and 10 RBI...Registered a multiple-hit game on March 10 against North Dakota State, going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI...Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored against New Mexico State on March 20...Went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI against Washington State on March 25...Drove in a pair, going 1-for-2 against USC on April 15...Went 1-for-3 with an RBI at Utah on April 28...Posted a .414 on-base percentage for the season.
High school
Prepped at Scottsdale Chaparral High School for coach Sam Messina…Named First-Team All-District as a senior…Hit .350 with six home runs and 30 RBI as a senior…Finished his high school career with a .320 average, 15 home runs and 65 RBI…2016 Area Codes participant…Three-year varsity letterman…Graduated with a 4.0 grade point average.
Personal
Son of Tom and Dawn Paugh…Has one sister, Arden…Majored in Finance...Seeking a graduate degree in Real Estate Development…Chose Arizona because “I love the school and the coaching that this prestigious baseball program has.”
*2020 season cut short (15 games) due to COVID-19 pandemic.
