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Chevannah Paalvast
Personal information
Born (1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 33)
West Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
CollegeMonmouth (2010–2014)
WNBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
PositionGuard
Career history
2014Waitakere Lady Rangers
2015Southern Peninsula Sharks
2015–2017Townsville Fire
2017–2018Canberra Capitals
2020Bendigo Spirit
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBL champion (2016)
  • Third-team All-MAAC (2014)
Medals
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Basketball
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Team competition
FIBA Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Australia / New Zealand Team

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

Professional career

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College

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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

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Source[2]

Legend
  GP Games 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
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11 Monmouth 28 58 28.8% 26.3% 50.0% 1.5 0.5 0.3 - 2.1
2011-12 Monmouth 32 205 34.8% 29.6% 55.1% 3.2 1.5 1.1 0.7 6.4
2012-13 Monmouth 28 307 39.1% 24.6% 57.1% 4.9 1.4 1.0 0.8 11.0
2013-14 Monmouth 33 436 39.9% 23.5% 65.8% 5.2 2.3 1.5 0.8 13.2
Career 121 1006 37.8% 26.0% 59.6% 3.8 1.5 1.0 0.6 8.3

Australia

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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

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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.

References

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  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.