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Brandon Paul
Senior
Goalkeeper
Flemington, N.J. / St. Benedict's Prep
At Delaware: Fourth-year player • two-year letterwinner who will again challenge for a starting spot in the Blue Hen goal • one of just three seniors on the squad • has played in 25 games with 23 starts during his Blue Hen career • has played 2,203 minutes and allowed 40 goals (1.60 goals against average) while posting 104 saves (.723 pct.) to go with seven shutouts.
2011 Season: Helped team enjoy its finest season in school history, going 13-6-4, capturing the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title, and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for head coach Ian Hennessy • made five starts in goal for the Blue Hens while posting a 2-2-1 record • in 496:44 minutes, posted a 1.63 goals against average and .690 save percentage with one shutout victory, a 3-0 win on Aug. 26 vs. Massachusetts • had career-high eight saves in win over Northeastern (Oct. 5) and added six saves in tie with Seton Hall (Sept. 1) • also added three stops vs. Drexel (Oct. 12) and two vs. James Madison (Oct. 9).
2010 Season: Played in nine games, making eight starts • started the final four games of the year • allowed just one goal in his last five starts of the season and had three consecutive shutout victories to help the Hens reach the CAA Tournament for the first time • concluded the season with a goals against average of 0.237 in his final four starts • finished the season with a goals against average of 1.39 while saving 78.9 percent of opponents shots on goal • saw action in 776 minutes • posted a season-high eight saves at James Madison (Oct. 9) and tallied 25 stops in the last four games, including seven in the CAA Tournament semifinals against top-seeded and No. 12 ranked William & Mary in double overtime • earned three different weekly awards in one week - ECAC Division I Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 2), CAA Co-Player of the Week Nov. 1, and National 5 & 10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Nov. 1) after shutting out Towson (Oct. 27) and UNC Wilmington (Oct. 30) • team went 6-9-3 and made first post-season tournament appearance in 14 years.
2009 Season: Played in 11 games • won the starting spot five games into the season • recorded three shutouts on the season against Saint Joseph's (Sept. 23), La Salle (Sept. 29), and James Madison (Oct. 3) • made a season-high seven saves against No. 25 ranked William & Mary (Oct. 17) • named CAA Rookie of the Week on Oct. 5 • team went 7-12, improving four games from the previous season.
High School: Four-year member of soccer team at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School • member of 2005 and 2006 national championship squads with each squad going undefeated • led St. Benedict’s to four consecutive state championships • goalkeeper for 2006-2009 New Jersey Prep A State Champions • named captain and selected third team All-American during his senior year • twice named to first team all-prep team • honor roll student.
Personal: Brandon Kevin Paul • son of Kevin and Susan Paul • born Sept. 19, 1991 • criminal justice major at Delaware • would like to become a lawyer • enjoys fishing and playing ice hockey • worked construction during the summer.
Career Statistics at Delaware
| Year | GP/GS | W-L-T | Min. | GA | Saves | GAA | Sv. Pct. | SH |
| 2009 | 11/10 | 5-5-0 | 930:09 | 19 | 39 | 1.84 | .672 | 3 |
| 2010 | 9/8 | 3-5-0 | 776:08 | 12 | 45 | 1.39 | .789 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5/5 | 2-2-1 | 496:44 | 9 | 20 | 1.63 | .690 | 1 |
| Totals | 25/23 | 10-12-1 | 2203.01 | 40 | 104 | 1.60 | .723 | 7 |
Career-High Saves: 8 (at James Madison 10/09/10)
Career-High Consecutive Games Won: 3 (twice, most recently from 10/27/10-11/7/10)
