Paulson twice finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Division III Championships, including tying for second as a senior in 2012. She played 23 rounds during the 2011-12 season and had a 78.8 stroke average. She was a three-time Iowa Conference champion and was a National Golf Coaches Association All-American in 2009 and 2012.
"We're excited to have a former player of her caliber helping out this spring," Wilkinson said. "Her experience and success at the national level is certainly a unique quality."
She was a CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2012 and a two-time Academic All-Iowa Conference honoree
Coaching experience for Paulson includes volunteering with the Pella High School girls' basketball team during the 2017-18 season. Paulson also played for the women's basketball team at Central.
"We're going to give her as many opportunities to develop as a coach as we can," Wilkinson said. "I'm excited to have her around the team, not just as a player or as a coach, but as a person.
Paulson graduated from Central with a degree in Spanish and a teaching endorsement. She was a middle school religion teacher at St. Augustine Preparatory School in Managua, Nicaragua from July 2016 to June 2017. She also spent the 2012-13 academic year as a teacher at Ottumwa High School.
