2010-11
Played in ten tournaments during his senior season, finishing as the top Panther at the Wolfpack Invitational, Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and JU Invitational...Finished tied for 16th at the Wolfpack Invitational hosted by N.C. State, opening the tournament with a 68, State's low round of the fall, following that with a second round 70...Shot back-to-back 74's at the JU Invitational, leading the Panthers with a tie for 32nd...Shot a final round 73 on the last day of the Insperity Augusta State Invitational...Finished tied for 18th at the Yellow Jacket Classic...Placed tied for 32nd at the CAA Championship, opening the event with a 74...Final round 72 at the Jerry Pate to tie for 38th...Finished season with a 76.76 scoring average.
2009-10
Posted a season-best 11th place finish at the Samford Intercollegiate after carding his best three-round total of the year, a 219 (+3)... Missed out on a top-25 at the Turtle Bay Resort Invitational by one shot, picking up a share of 26th... Finished tied for 26th at the CAA Championship...Fired back-to-back rounds of 72 at the Administaff/Augusta State Invitational.
2008-09
Appeared in seven tournaments during his sophomore season, tying for 17th at the CAA Championship, his best finish of the year...Shot a career-best 69 to end the season at the NCAA Southeast Regional as the Panthers fell just one spot short of the NCAA Championship...Set a personal-best first round score with a 71 in the opening round of the CAA Championship...Scored a top-25 finish in his first event of the year, the Hartford Invitational, shooting a final round 71 in the rain-shortened event.
2007-08
Appeared in four tournaments as a freshman...Finished tied for 19th in the CAA Championships (76-75-71 - 222), where he posted a career-best three-round score of 222 and career-best low round of 71 on the final day...Posted a career-best fifth-place finish in the one-round Fairfield Spring Invitational where he shot a 78...Finished third on the team in stroke average (76.00)...Recorded two top-20 and three top-60 finishes...Fired a final round 73 at the NCAA East Regional in Chattanooga...Fired a second round 73 at the Administaff/Augusta State Invitational.
Amateur
Finished in a tie for seventh at the 2009 Spirit of America, shooting three rounds of 72 and a round of 70, outdueling several other teammates as the top Panther finisher...Finished tied for 19th at the 2009 Greystone Invitational, including a pair of 73's to open the event...Qualified for the 2009 Georgia Amateur at the Country Club of Columbus...Tied for 29th at the 2009 Southeastern Am, shooting 69-70-70-77 at the Country Club of Columbus. ..In the summer of 2008, tied for 35th at the Georgia State Amateur Championship, shooting rounds of 74-74-73-74--295...Finished tied for sixth at the 2008 Chattahoochee Valley Amateur with rounds of 69 and 74...Qualified for the 2008 Southern Amateur, just missing the cut after shooting 77 and 72...Just missed the cut at the 2008 Spirit of America Classic, shooting 72-71-80--223...Finished tied for 11th at the 2007 Spirit of America Classic, shooting an opening round 67...Qualified for the 2006 Georgia Amateur.
Prep
Graduated from Hardaway High School in 2007 where he garnered four letters in golf...Won the Hardaway Invitational with rounds of 67 and 70 He was a member of the National Art Honors Society...Named the All Bi-City Golf Player of the Year for 2006 and 2007...Named to the All-Bi-City Team for each year of his high school career (2004-07).
Personal
Michael Brent Paul was born on August 14, 1989...He is the son of Mike and Carol Paul...In addition to State, he was recruited by Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern and Mercer...Scheduled to graduate in summer of 2011 with a degree in psychology.
