Chevannah Paalvast (born 4 September 1991) is a professional basketball player from New Zealand.
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Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||
League | WNBL | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 30) West Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
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College | Monmouth (2010–2014) | |||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2014–present | |||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Waitakere Lady Rangers | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Southern Peninsula Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Townsville Fire | |||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Canberra Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Bendigo Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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]
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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