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Junior first-baseman who is an All-America candidate...has shown good power to the opposite field...son of Tiger Associate Head Coach Tom Riginios, who is in his seventh season at Clemson...a career .287 hitter with 27 doubles, one triple, 18 home runs, and 69 RBIs in 116 games (104 starts)...in three career games at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC, he is 9-for-13 (.692) with three doubles, one homer, seven runs, and seven RBIs...named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List in the preseason...#20 player in the nation in the preseason by TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com...#24 college prospect in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America...won the Omaha Challenge competition among position players in the fall of 2008.
2008: Hit .310 with 46 runs, 18 doubles, one triple, 13 homers, 49 RBIs, and a .393 on-base percentage in 58 games (all starts at first base)...led or tied for the team lead in runs, hits (70), doubles, total bases (129), extra-base hits (32), and slugging percentage (.571)...tied for ninth in the ACC in home runs...had a team-tying-high 21 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games, including a team-high nine games with at least three RBIs...hit .394 with a .496 on-base percentage (both team-bests) in 26 non-ACC regular-season games...five of his 13 homers drove in at least three runs...started at the cleanup spot in the lineup a team-high 50 times...was 16-for-33 (.485) with five doubles, one triple, two homers, and 16 RBIs in the first inning...committed only four errors (.992 fielding percentage)...led the team in chances (484) and putouts (452)...went 2-for-2 with a homer, two runs, four RBIs, and two walks against High Point on Feb. 27...went 3-for-5 with a double and home run at College of Charleston on Feb. 29...went 3-for-5 with a double against Wofford on Mar. 5...went 2-for-4 with a double, homer, and two runs at Wake Forest on Mar. 8...went 3-for-5 with a homer, double, three runs, and three RBIs against North Carolina-Greensboro on Mar. 11; he hit two homers in the two-game series...hit a three-run homer and walked twice against N.C. State on Mar. 21...hit a double, homer, and scored two runs against Elon on Mar. 25...went 3-for-5 with two doubles and one RBI at Maryland on Mar. 30...went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer against Georgia on Apr. 2...went 2-for-4 with a double, home run, and two RBIs at #2 Miami (FL) on Apr. 4...went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs at #2 Miami (FL) on Apr. 6; he was 6-for-12 with a double, two homers, and seven RBIs in the series...hit the game-tying, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning at Duke on Apr. 20...went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs, and four RBIs against Presbyterian at Greenville, SC on Apr. 23...went 2-for-5 with a double, homer, and three runs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 25...went 2-for-4 with three RBIs against #3 Florida State on May 4...went 4-for-5 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs against Furman at Greenville, SC (Fluor Field) on May 7...hit two doubles and scored two runs at #25 Georgia Tech on May 11...went 2-for-4 with his first career triple and three RBIs at Central Florida on May 15...went 3-for-5 with a double and his first career stolen base at Central Florida on May 17; he went 6-for-13 (.462) with two doubles and a triple in the series...hit his first career grand slam in the seventh inning to give Clemson a 7-3 lead against #24 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 24...played for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .290 with nine doubles, one triple, eight homers, and 33 RBIs in 44 games; he did not commit an error in 408 chances to establish a league record...second in the Cape Cod League in RBIs, tied for second in home runs, tied for fourth in extra-base hits (18), and fifth in slugging percentage (.497)...starting first-baseman for the Western team in the All-Star game and earned team MVP honors by going 2-for-4 with a two-run double...All-Cape Cod League selection...#11 Cape Cod League prospect by Baseball America.
2007: Hit .258 with 27 runs, 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 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 and a walk at Maryland on Mar. 25...went 5-for-5 with a double, homer, four runs, and six RBIs against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 27; the five hits were the most by a Tiger all season, and the four runs 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 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 New England Collegiate Baseball League 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 management...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 |
| 2008 | .310 | 58-58 | 226 | 46 | 70 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 129 | 27 | 6 | 3 | .393 | 1-1 |
| Total | .287 | 116-104 | 404 | 73 | 116 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 69 | 199 | 45 | 8 | 4 | .367 | 1-1 |
| 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 |
| 2008 | .267 | 29-29 | 120 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .331 | 0-0 |
| Total | .252 | 59-54 | 214 | 32 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 86 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .319 | 0-0 |
