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

Professional career

College

Paalvast played college basketball for the

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, participating in

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. In her final season, she was awarded a place on the All-MAAC Third Team.

Monmouth statistics

Source

Australia

After a season with the Southern Peninsula Sharks in the

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, Paalvast was signed by the WNBL defending champions, the

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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. In September 2017, Paalvast was signed by the

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for the 2017–18 season.

National team

At the

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Paalvast made her international debut where she won a silver medal as part of the

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New Zealand women's basketball team. She represented New Zealand at

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2016. Unfortunately, the Tall Ferns fell short on Olympic qualification.

References

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