Georgia State University Athletics

CAREER

Veteran of 84 games and 48 starts in three years at GSU...Named to All-CAA Academic first team two straight years as chemistry major and mathematics minor...CAA Scholar-Athlete of Year in 2010-11...Named CoSIDA Academic All-District first team member in 2011-12.

Excellent shot blocker with 133 in career, third-most school history and 33 behind all-time record...Has scored 438 points (5.2) and grabbed 312 rebounds...Has 17 career double-figure scoring games and two double-figure rebounding games...Has two career double-double games...Has 21 games with three or more blocked shots.

Career 48.3% shooter, topping 50% in two of her three seasons...Shot better than 70% from free throw line past two seasons.

2011-12

Led team with 56 blocked shots to rank 2nd in CAA and 48th in NCAA...Was second on team in rebounding (121, 4.0)...Led team by shooting 51.1% from field...Shot 71.8% from free throw line...Started 20 of 30 games...

Produced nine double-figure scoring games as junior, topped by personal-best 23-point game vs. VCU (2-23-12)...Had one double-double game with 21 points and 13 rebounds at Towson (2-5-12).

In addition to 23-point and 21-point games above, she scored 18 points at George Mason (2-19-12) and 16 against UNCW twice (2-9-12 and 2-29-12).

Had 10 games with six or more rebounds as junior, led by the 13 boards vs. (Towson)...Had eight offensive rebounds in that game.

Tied personal-best with six blocked shots at UNCW (2-29-12) and had four rejections each against Hofstra (12-4-11) and Bethune-Cookman (1-2-12).

Shot 83.3% from field at Western Carolina (5-of-6 on 11-29-11) and hit 71.4% from field at Jacksonville State on 5-of-7 (12-28-11)...Hit 69.2% against VCU with nine-of-13 shots...Had eight games above 60% on season.

Had 6-for-6 free throw game at George Mason (2-19-12), with a 6-for-7 game vs. UNCW (2-9-12).

Top steals game of season was five at Towson (2-5-12) with four steals against James Madison (1-8-12)

Voted to CoSIDA All-District Academic first team as well as CAA All-Academic first team and Georgia State All-Academic team...Took only chemisty and physics classes as junior.

2010-11

Was No. 2 in the CAA and the team leader with 56 blocked shots in 31 games...Finished second on the team with 154 rebounds (5.0) and finished strong with 98 rebounds in final 14 games (7.0).

Named CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's basketball and to the CAA All-Academic first team...Also named to the Georgia State All-Academic team.

Scored 159 points (5.1) with six double-figure scoring games...Shot 70% from free throw line (21-of-30)...Had 37 steals to finish fourth on the team...Shot 44.2% from the field to finish second on the team.

Had 95 career offensive rebounds and 97 on the defensive end to show her effectiveness on both ends of court.

Top game was a 15-point, 10-rebound, 6-block afternoon vs. UNC Wilmington (2/6/11) as she shot 7-of-11 from the field...Had 13 points and nine rebounds with four blocks in win at Northeastern (2/27/11)...Netted 12 points and had nine rebounds vs. James Madison (2/24/11)...Scored 12 points with eight rebounds in win over Towson (2/13/11)...Added 10 points and eight rebounds with three blocks in win over George Mason (2/10/11).

In addition to six-block game vs. UNC Wilmington, had a six-block effort in win over Alabama A&M (11/27/10)...Swatted away five shots each at Old Dominion (1/30/11) and at James Madison (2/3/11)...Added four blocks in games at Northeastern (2/27/11) and VCU (3/2/11)...Formed the school's best-ever block duo for a season with Chan Harris as they combined for 105 blocks.

In addition to her 10-rebound game vs. UNC Wilmington, had three games with nine rebounds, four games with eight rebounds and five games with seven rebounds...Season high for steals was five vs. Mississippi Valley State (12/29/10) with three steals in a game four times.

Had a streak of 13 consecutive free throws made in February games vs. James Madison, UNC Wilmington, George Mason and Towson...The 6-for-6 made from the line vs. Mason (2/10/11) was her best individual game at the line...Despite being a shot blocker, she had only 61 fouls for the season compared to the 56 blocks with many fouls coming from setting screens on offense to positioning for rebounds.

2009-10

Led team with 21 blocked shots in her 23 games played...Her 0.9 shots blocked per game average ranked No. 6 in the CAA...Started 3 games (Drexel, 2/25; George Mason, 2/28; UNC Wilmington, 3/3) after injuries to Chan Harris and Danyiell McKeller.

Finished rookie season with 40 points, 38 rebounds and 21 blocked shots in 193 minutes...Logged 92 minutes in final four regular season games (23 per game average)...Shot .514 for the season (18-of-35).

Had her first career double-figure game when she came off the bench at Northeastern (2/21) when McKeller was hurt in the second minute of the game. Paulk hit 5-of-9 shots for 10 points, grabbed 8 rebounds, blocked 2 shots and had 2 rebounds in her 36 minutes of playing time...

Got second career double-digit game in finale at UNC Wilmington (3/3) with 4-of-8 shots for 10 points, to go with personal-best 9 rebounds, including seven offensive boards, in 24 minutes.

Had personal-best 5 blocked shots in win over William and Mary (2/7) and scored 6 points (3-of-4), with 2 rebounds...Blocked 2 shots in five other games.

PREP

Was a major force on a Gadsden City (Ala.) High School team that was 25-5 and ranked No. 4 in the state....One of top post players in Alabama high school ball with impressive shot blocking and rebounding to go with her offensive game...Signed with the program in August of 2009...

Proved to be one of top shot blockers in state with 6.7 shots rejected per game...Was a double-double producer as a senior with 12 points and 11 rebounds per game.

Was second-team All-State 6A pick by the Alabama Sportswriters Association and a first-team pick and the headliner on the All-Area team.

Earned Tournament All-Team honors in postseason to conclude her careet...Played for the GCHS Titans of Coach Jeremy Brooks...Stepped up big in triple-overtime playoff win over Clay-Chalkville with 23 points and 10 rebounds...In the tournament win over Vesta Was a double-double producer as a senior with 12 points and 11 rebounds per game.

Was second-team All-State 6A pick by the Alabama Sportswriters Association and a first-team pick and the headliner on the All-Area team.

Earned Tournament All-Team honors in postseason to conclude her career...Played for the GCHS Titans of Coach Jeremy Brooks...Stepped up big in triple-overtime playoff win over Clay-Chalkville with 23 points and 10 rebounds...In the tournament win over Vestavia Hills, added 12 points, eight rebounds and five blocks to the win.

Produced a triple-double game in points, rebounds and blocks in win over Anniston...Blocked 11 shots and had 10 points in a win over Oxford...Received recruiting interest from multiple schools and made an official visit Providence of the Big East.

Had also drawn interest of Nicholls State and had considered a walk-on offer from Auburn...Played AAU ball with the Alabama Lasers.

Earned membership into the National Honor Society and was in the Mu Alpha Theta mathematics club...Also a musician, she played the viola in school orchestras.

PERSONAL

Born June 3, 1991, and raised in Gadsden, Ala...Daughter of Darron and Chaun Paulk...Cody-achauna is the only daughter in the family.

Basketball was a part of her family as her 6-foot-6 father had played at Georgia Southwestern...Her brother, Justin De'Andre, had starred at Gadsden City and was playing at Southern Union CC when he was tragically hit by a car and killed in August, 2008, on a Christian teen trip to Texas.

Hometown of Gadsden is in the northeast mountains of Alabama...The junior is majoring in chemistry with a minor in mathematics at Georgia State with goals to study pharmacy...Has been a Dean's List student three semesters and an honors student the other semesters with a 3.6 GPA despite the challenging courses and time for basketball.

Cody Paulk's Georgia State Statistics