Chevannah Paalvast

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

Chevannah Paalvast

Personal information
Born	(1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 33) 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
WNBL champion (2016) Third-team All-MAAC (2014)
Medals Representing  New Zealand Women's Basketball Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team competition FIBA Oceania Championships 2015 Australia / New Zealand Team

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

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

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.