Chevannah Paalvast

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Chevannah Paalvast
No. 15Bendigo Spirit
Position Guard
League WNBL
Personal information
Born (1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 30)
Waitakere, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
College Monmouth (2010–2014)
WNBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014Waitakere Lady Rangers
2015 Southern Peninsula Sharks
2015–2017 Townsville Fire
2017–2018 Canberra Capitals
2020–present Bendigo Spirit
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBL champion (2016)
  • Third-team All-MAAC (2014)

Chevannah Paalvast (born 4 September 1991) is a professional basketball player from New Zealand.

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Professional career

College

Paalvast played college basketball for the Monmouth Hawks in West Long Branch, New Jersey, participating in NCAA Division I. [1] In her final season, she was awarded a place on the All-MAAC Third Team.

Monmouth statistics

Source [2]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2010-11Monmouth285828.8%26.3%50.0%1.50.50.3-2.1
2011-12Monmouth3220534.8%29.6%55.1%3.21.51.10.76.4
2012-13Monmouth2830739.1%24.6%57.1%4.91.41.00.811.0
2013-14Monmouth3343639.9%23.5%65.8%5.22.31.50.813.2
Career121100637.8%26.0%59.6%3.81.51.00.68.3

Australia

After a season with the Southern Peninsula Sharks in the Big V, Paalvast was signed by the WNBL defending champions, the Townsville Fire for the 2015–16 season. She would go on to take home her maiden WNBL title and help the Fire achieve back-to-back titles. Paalvast has been re-signed for the 2016–17 season. [3]

In September 2017, Paalvast was signed by the Canberra Capitals for the 2017–18 season. [4]

National team

At the 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship Paalvast made her international debut where she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team. [5] She represented New Zealand at FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016. Unfortunately, the Tall Ferns fell short on Olympic qualification.

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References

  1. "Chevannah Paalvast bio - Monmouth University Athletics". monmouthhawks.com.
  2. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. "Paalvast Returns for Championship Defence". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. "UC CAPITALS LURE KIWI INTERNATIONAL ACROSS THE TASMAN". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. "Chevannah Paalvast". Basketball.org.nz.