Paulik verbally commits to Taylor

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Carson Paulik

Rochester senior Carson Paulik has verbally committed to continue his baseball and academic careers at Taylor University.

Paulik went 5-2 with a 1.83 ERA last year on the mound. In 46 innings, he allowed 37 hits and 12 earned runs while walking 20 and striking out 65. He has a career 15-7 record in three varsity seasons with a 2.59 career high school ERA and 177 strikeouts over 140 ⅓ innings.

Offensively, he hit .300 with one homer and 13 RBIs last year and an .850 OPS. He has a .333 career batting average with a .914 OPS.

Paulik plays for the Indiana Bulls travel organization.

He also plays football and basketball at Rochester.

Taylor went 47-11 last season and won the Crossroads League regular season and tournament titles. The 47 wins broke the school record, and the team was ranked No. 9 in the final NAIA poll of the year. Taylor pitcher Gabel Pentecost was a sixth-round pick of the Houston Astros in the MLB draft last month.