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2021-22 (Graduate): Returned for her final season of eligibility and finished with Third-Team All-MEAC honors and NTCA Honorable Mention All-Region honors ... Finished No 11 in the country in Leadoff bowler First-frame strike percentage (47.8%) ... No. 5 in the country in overall  individual spare conversion percentage (75.9%), No. 12 in Traditional spare conversion percentage (76.4%) and No. 10 in Baker spare conversion percentage (75.7%) ... No. 12 in the nation in Tradition "Makeable" spare conversion percentage (88.1%) ... Finished No. 47 in the NTCA Player Composite Performance Index ... Led the team in complete frames (1,299) ... Second on the team in average frame (19.8) ... Tied for the team lead in Overall fill percentage with Brooke Roberts (86.5%) ... Averaged 198.0 overall, 199.7 in Baker games and 195.4 in Traditional play over 1,299 complete frames ... She finished her Hawks career with 46 games of 200 or more pins ...

2020-21 (Senior): Lost season due to COVID 19 pandemic ... Named NTCA All-Academic Team ...

2019-20 (Junior): Finished in second place in singles competition over the summer at the 2019 Pan American Bowling Federation (PABCON) Youth Championships — averaged a 203.33 over six games (with a high of 235) to take the silver medal with a 1,220 total ... Helped lead Puerto Rico to a second-place team finish at  2019 PABCON Youth Championship ... Finished season No. 11 in the country in Baker "Makable" spare conversion with 86.5% … No. 15 in Baker individual Spare Conversion percentage with 74.0% … Bowled 61% of team frames (719) ... Posted a Baker average of 186.1 and a Traditional average of 189.5 ... Finished the season with 24 career 200 games ... Posted a Hawks career-high 279 (2/1/20) at the Prairie View A&M Invitational ... 2nd on the team with a 73.8% overall spare percentage ... Converted 86.3% of makable spares to lead the team ... 3rd on the team with a 93% single-pin spare conversion percentage ... Led the team in multiple-pin makable spare conversion with 78.5% ... Named to MEAC All-Academic team ... Named the team's Most Improved at the end-of-year Digital Harrys Awards ... Member of Hawks' Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... 

2018-19 (Sophomore): Named MEAC All-Academic Team for the season ... Made MEAC Commissioners' All-Academic Team ... Rolled season-high 269 at the Hawk Classic where she averaged 221.2 in Traditional play and made All-Tournament Team ... Won a a share of MEAC Bowler of the Week honor for her Hawk Classic performance ... Strong play in spot duty during the NCAA Tournament helped the team to a semifinal appearance ... Averaged 190.9 overall (190.0 Baker, 192.1 Traditional) ...  Bowled 892 complete frames ... Finished sixth overall at Caldwell invitational to open the season with a 186.33 traditional average ... Bowled a perfect 300 game during the 2018 Pan American Bowling Federation (PABCON) Women's Doubles Championships ... Averaged 193.3 Baker and 200.2 Traditional at James Brown Invitational where she earned Second-Team All-Tournament ... 

2017-18 (Freshman): Posted a season-high 195 at the Stormin' Ladyjack Classic... Averaged 185.0 in Baker competition and 166.9 in Traditional Play... Bowled 174 frames (15.4 percent of team's frames)... NTCA All-Academic Honoree...

High School/Amatuer: Was a member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll, and The National Society of Collegiate Scholars... Participated in the Caribe Bowling Youth League from 2009 to 2017... Earned a 206 average in the league breaking the record of being the first female bowler to average over 200... Played in the Puerto Rico Bowling Federation ... Earned a bronze medal at Pabcon 2013 single and master ... Participated in the Central American Games 2014 Panama silver single event, gold all event, and bronze master event... Participated in the Central American Games 2015 silver single event, gold all event, and masters bronze event ... Participated in the Central American Games 2016 silver single events, silver double events, trio events, and team events ... As an adult, earned a classification for the Central American Games 2017 in the silver double event and the bronze team all event ... Her highest score earned is 289 and her highest series score for 3 games in 776.

Personal: Full name is Paulina Chantal Torres Galarda, but friends call her Pau... Major is Biology... Daughter of Jose A. Torres Pacheco and Jacqueline N. Galarza Lopez... Plans upon graduation include attending medical school... Personal Best sports moment was winning her first international medal, a bronze medal in a single event, at the Pabcon 2013 in Puerto Rico...  Hobbies outside of sports include watching tv and going to the beach...Personal athletic goal for the season is to help her team win and get better... Personal athletic goals before graduation include becoming an NCAA champion... Favorite Movie is the Fast and the Furious... Her first language is Spanish and she was born in the United States because her dad was in the military.