Paul Bingham

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

• School Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• High School South Western High School

• Born March 7, 1988

Paul Bingham was drafted in 2010.

Bingham hit .463 as a college senior, .004 shy of the team record. He set a conference record with 45 swipes and tied the conference record of 12 triples. He set IUP records in hits (88), runs (70) and total bases (134). He had an OBP of .530 and a .705 slugging percentage. He finished as the school and conference career leader in triples (28) and steals (98) and as the school all-time leader in runs (204), hits (268), walks (111), total bases (378) and average (.417).

Bingham was named a first-team All-American by Daktronics and the National Colelgiate Baseball Writers Association at shortstop and was picked at second team by the American Baseball Coaches Association. He was the first first-team All-American from IUP in 20 years, since Kevin McMullan.

The San Diego Padres chose Paul in the 20th round of the 2010 amateur draft, the first IUP player chosen in seven years and the first position player since 1992. Assigned to the AZL Padres, he had a strong pro debut, going two for four with a walk, steal, two runs and a RBI on June 21. It was a good time to debut in the Arizona League if you were a shortstop from a southwestern Pennsylvania college as Danny Lopez from Pitt had also begun with a bang.