Kalam Paull was born in LaSalle, Manitoba on May 11, 1973. Paull had a myriad of achievements in his baseball career, and he was an all-round fantastic player. He was a provincial title winner with his Elmwood Giants midget team, and a bronze medal winner with the 1989 Manitoba Youth team. In 1990 he was a member of Team Canada 18U. Paull was also a Manitoba Junior Baseball League (MJBL) champion in 1990, while receiving an MJBL all-star award and the Top Right-Handed Pitcher award. In this same year, he also won Manitoba Senior Player of the Year. Paull’s Manitoba baseball career was impressive enough that he was able to attend Itasca Community College from 1991-92. Here, he was named Junior College Athletic Association All-Region XIII Pitcher, and he set the school record for lowest earned run average. Paull went on to attend the National Baseball Institute in Vancouver, BC in 1993. After a brief stint in Saskatchewan, Paull went on to play in Division 1 at Illinois State University in 1994. In 1996, he was All-Conference Pitcher for Valley City State University. Paull later came back to Canada to play in the Northern League, and he was a member of the 2000 Senior Team Canada.
