Cascades Hall of Fame
Aaron Pauls joined the Cascades men's golf program as a walk-on in 2009, when he was named rookie of the year. In his playing career at UFV from 2009-2015 he went on to be named a four-time team MVP. Pauls earned a CCAA All-Canadian nod in 2013 and was named an Academic All-Canadian that same year. In the 2012-2013 season, Pauls was named team captain, and led the Cascades to their first-ever CCAA national championship title, taking home CCAA individual silver medalist honours in the process.
Pauls' crowning achievement came in 2014 when he became the first UFV golfer to compete for Team Canada in the World University Golf Championships in Switzerland. One year later, he again competed on the international stage, representing UFV and Canada at the FISU Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. In 2015 Paul's was named UFV's Male Athlete of the Year across all sports and captured an individual bronze medal at the Golf Canada University / College Championships.
During his time as a player, Pauls helped his team capture three PACWEST gold medals and three PACWEST silver medals, as well as three bronze, one silver, and a gold medal at the CCAA National Championships. Following his university playing career, Pauls returned to the UFV Cascades as an assistant coach and helped lead the men's golf team to two PACWEST titles, two CCAA national medals (gold in 2017, bronze in 2018), a Canadian University/College Championship (2018), and a Canada West Golf Championship (2019) before taking over as head coach of the men's program in 2020 and leading the team to a pair of Canada West medals (silver in 2021, bronze in 2022) and a third place finish at the Canadian University/College Championship in 2023.
