Mark Paolini

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Position:
Defenseman
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Toronto, Ont.
High School:
St. Michael's College School

Awards
ECAC All-Academic Team (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22)
ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year Nominee (2021-22)
Academic All-Ivy (2021-22)

2021-22: ECAC All-Academic Team ... ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year nominee ... Academic All-Ivy ... Skated in 29 games ... Second among defensemen in scoring with 11 points on two goals and nine assists ... Had assists in three consecutive games to open the season, picking up helpers at Army West Point (10/29), Brown (11/5) and Yale (11/6) ... Had a two-point game at Yale (11/6), scoring the game-winning goal on the power play ... Tallied two helpers against Clarkson (11/20) ... Scored against Brown (1/28) ... Had a four-game assist streak from 2/4-11 ... Notched assists against RPI (2/4), Union (2/5), Yale (2/8) and Clarkson (2/11).

2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: ECAC All-Academic selection ... Appeared in 27 games ... Scored four goals and added six assists ... Ranked ninth overall and second among defensemen in scoring ... Tied for fourth on team with two power-play goals ... Scored game-winning goal in overtime to clinch series sweep of Dartmouth (3/7) in ECAC First Round ... Scored goals against Cornell (2/1), Yale (2/8) and St. Lawrence (2/14) ... Had an assist in the season-opener at St. Cloud State (11/1) ... Tallied two assists against Harvard (1/4) ... Had an assist at Clarkson (1/10) ... Registered an assist against Brown (2/7) ... Had an assist against Yale (2/28).

2018-19: Played in 27 games and scored two goals and six assists ... Took 25 shots and blocked 21 ... Committed four penalties ... Had two assists in a 3-2 loss to No. 20 Cornell on Jan. 4 ... Scored in a 4-3 loss to Colgate on Jan. 5 ... Tallied an assist in a 5-3 win over St. Lawrence on Feb. 23 ... Chipped in an assist in a 3-2 win at Yale on Feb. 1 ... Scored a goal and added two assists in a 5-1 win at Brown on March 2.

2017-18: Skated in 18 games and had one goal and three assists ... Blocked 18 shots ... Made his collegiate debut against Yale on Nov. 17 and earned his first career point with an assist ... Tallied an assist in a 9-2 win over Dartmouth on Dec. 1 ... Had a goal and an assist in a 6-3 win at Dartmouth on Jan. 13.

Before Princeton: Spent two seasons with the St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL) ... In 100 regular-season games he had 22 goals and 60 assists for 82 points ... Added five points in six playoff appearances in 2016 ... Named OJHL first-team all-star in 2016-17, was runner-up for the OJHL Defenseman of the Year and was the league's Player of the Month in November ... Named the team's Defender of the Year twice and was also the team Academic Player of the Year and MVP ... A 2016 graduate of St. Michael's College School ... Also played varsity lacrosse ... Helped his team the Blue Gaels to two Provincial Lacrosse Championships and was named the St. Michael's Academic Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Personal: Full name is Mark Emmett Paolini ... Parents are Greg Paolini (Wilfred Laurier '82) and Sabrina Davis (Ryerson '82) ... Greg is the retired director of admissions at St. Michael's College School ... Sabrina is the head of guidance at Marshall McLuhan Secondary School ... Has two older brothers Chris (Western Ontario '13) and Patrick (Wilfred Laurier '15) .. Chris played lacrosse at Western Ontario.