University of Rhode Island

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended West Warwick H.S… Member of the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams for four years earning four letters in each… In his senior year recorded a time of 17:16 in the 5k, 9:40 in the 3k, 4:20 in the 1500m, 2:46 in the 1000m, and 2:03 in the 800m… Was the captain for cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track during his junior and senior seasons… Selected Third Team All-Division Outdoor Track in the 4x800m in 2012… Was the 2012 Run4Kerri XC Team Leader Scholarship Winner… Named Second Team All-Class, All-Division Indoor Track in the 4x800m 2010-2012… Earned Second Team All-Class, All-Division Cross Country 2009-2011… Competed in the Indoor Track New England Championships in the 4x800m in 2009… Placed fourth in the Indoor Track State Meet in the 4x800m relay in 2009… Placed second in the New Balance Cross Country Invitational-Freshman race in 2008… Named to the Honor Roll-Highest Honors 2008-2012… Selected for the University of Rhode Island Book Award in 2011, Rensselaer Medalist in 2011, Society of Women Engineers Certificate of Achievement in 2011, and Foreign Language Honor Society-Highest Honors 2011-2012… Valedictorian of the Class of 2012… Named Academic All-State… Member of the Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse, National Honor Society 2010-2012, and Foreign Language Honor Society. Competed in the 24^thAnnual Worcester Polytechnic Institute Math Meet.

PERSONAL: Born October 4, 1994… Son of John and Mary Paquet… Enjoys running, basketball, biking, and watching professional sports… Lists favorite athlete as Bernard Lagat… Follows the US Olympic Team, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, and Boston Red Sox… Plans on making prosthetic devices for disabled people in the future… Majoring in Biomedical Engineering and German.