Chevannah Paalvast
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 September 1991 West Auckland, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Career information | |
| College | Monmouth (2010–2014) |
| WNBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| 2014 | Waitakere Lady Rangers |
| 2015 | Southern Peninsula Sharks |
| 2015–2017 | Townsville Fire |
| 2017–2018 | Canberra Capitals |
| 2020 | Bendigo Spirit |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Medals | |
Chevannah Paalvast (born 4 September 1991) is a professional basketball player from New Zealand.
Professional career
[edit]College
[edit]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
[edit]Source[2]
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Chevannah Paalvast bio - Monmouth University Athletics". monmouthhawks.com.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Paalvast Returns for Championship Defence". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "UC CAPITALS LURE KIWI INTERNATIONAL ACROSS THE TASMAN". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Chevannah Paalvast". Basketball.org.nz.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball
- Guards (basketball)
- Monmouth Hawks women's basketball players
- New Zealand expatriate basketball people in the United States
- New Zealand women's basketball players
- Sportspeople from the Auckland Region
- Townsville Fire players
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen