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Head Coach Jack Leggett on Paulsen: "I'm really excited about Ben. He has improved a great deal from last season. He saw a lot a time in 2007 as our designated hitter. He hit some home runs as a freshman and had some big hits. He cooled off a little down the stretch, but he is a player who went out during the summer and got some confidence. I look for him to be one of our top hitters in the top of our lineup. He's going to play a very solid first base for us."
Sophomore first-baseman with a promising future as a Tiger and beyond...has a tremendous upside...has shown good power to the opposite field...son of Tiger Associate Head Coach Tom Riginios, who is in his sixth season at Clemson.
2007: Hit .258 with 27 runs scored, nine doubles, five homers, and 20 RBIs in 58 games (46 starts, including 39 as the DH, six at first base, and one at third base)...Clemson was 5-0 in games that he hit a home run...had two sacrifice bunts...hit .310 at home...batted .324 in non-ACC regular-season games...had 14 multi-hit games...hit .301 as the DH...hit .455 in February...batted .325 as the leadoff batter of an inning...was 13-for-23 (.565) in the sixth inning...totaled 67 putouts and four assists with only one error, good for a .986 fielding percentage...went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and a two-run homer (his first hit as a Tiger) against High Point on Feb. 21...went 2-for-4 with a double against Winthrop on Feb. 28...went 2-for-3 against #17 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 7...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk at Maryland on Mar. 25...went 5-for-5 with a double, homer, four runs scored, and six RBIs against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 27; the five hits were the most by a Tiger all season, and the four runs scored and six RBIs both tied for the most by a Tiger all season; his father (Tom Riginos) was coaching third in a game Paulsen played in for the first time...went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs against Western Carolina on Mar. 28...had a team-tying-season-high 15 putouts at Virginia Tech on Apr. 6...went 3-for-4 at Wake Forest on Apr. 15; he was 5-for-10 in the series...went 3-for-5 with a double and three-run homer against #5 South Carolina on Apr. 25...went 3-for-3 with a double, walk, and two runs scored against Boston College on May 5...went 2-for-4 with a homer, double, and walk against Wofford at Greenville, SC on May 8...walked a team-tying-season-high three times at #2 Florida State on May 12...played for Keene in the NECBL in the summer, where he hit .318 with two homers and 11 RBIs in 18 starts.
BEFORE CLEMSON: All-state as a senior at Kell High School...#135 prospect in the nation by Perfect Game...#5 prospect in Georgia by Perfect Game...lettered two times in baseball at Kell High, where he was coached by Donnie English.
PERSONAL: Son of Tiger Associate Head Coach Tom Riginos...majoring in pre-business...born Benjamin Michael Paulsen on Oct. 27, 1987 in Plymouth, WI.
| Paulsen's Overall Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2007 | .258 | 58-46 | 178 | 27 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 70 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .332 | 0-0 |
| Paulsen's ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2007 | .234 | 30-25 | 94 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .305 | 0-0 |
| Paulsen's ACC Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2007 | .000 | 2-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0-0 |
| Paulsen's NCAA Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2007 | .000 | 3-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0-0 |
