2008 Woodie Awards
Senior Stands Tall
Hilary Armstrong '08
Issue date: 11/10/06 Section: Sports
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At a staggering 6'5", #34, senior Zoya Pavlovskaya, holds center for the Hawks on the Basketball Court.
Being the ninth foreign athlete to suit up for the hawks, she calls St. Petersburg, Russia home.
Pavlovskaya's first season here, the 2004-05 season, she swept-in 17 games, but unfortunately, missed 10 games due to an injury.
Averaging 7.5 minutes a game, at Massachusetts (1/24) she scored a career-high four points and five rebounds, took 3 points and 4 rebounds in 14 minutes vs. Fordham (2.4), snatched up 3 points and 4 rebounds vs. Xavier (1/21), and took 3 rebounds against Boston University (11/12).
In 2005-06 she played 15 games while, averaging 0.5 ppg. She scored 2 points and snatched 3 rebounds in a win vs. Saint Louis (1/13), added a point and a rebound to win over Duquesne (1/3), notched another point and two rebounds in the Wildcat Classic title game on 12/3, swept-up an amazing 4 rebounds in 8 minutes at Bucknell (11/27) and made her first college start with 2 points to win over Princeton (11/18).
The coaches think she is playing great in practice, and is now fighting for a starting center spot.
This summer she has been getting stronger, working on lifting and improving her low post game.
Pavlovskaya is already a very versatile player with a great jump shot. Her reach has improved tremendously in the backcourt. Her goals this year match the teams: win the Big 5, win A-10s and to make a post season appearance.
Her favorite part about playing basketball for the Hawks has global reasoning.
Since all of her family is back is Russia, her teammates and coaches are her support here.
Off the court, Pavlovskaya is working on getting her degree in International Marketing. After college she wants to continue her education in grad school here in the United States.
Something you may not all know about Zoya is that she loves her grandmother's Russian pancakes- blinci and a soup called borsh.
Dedication to basketball runs in the family; her grandparents, Valentina and Vladimir Fomichev both earned the Masters of Sport Award for basketball and participated in the World University Games in the 1960.
Maybe it's the pancakes.
Being the ninth foreign athlete to suit up for the hawks, she calls St. Petersburg, Russia home.
Pavlovskaya's first season here, the 2004-05 season, she swept-in 17 games, but unfortunately, missed 10 games due to an injury.
Averaging 7.5 minutes a game, at Massachusetts (1/24) she scored a career-high four points and five rebounds, took 3 points and 4 rebounds in 14 minutes vs. Fordham (2.4), snatched up 3 points and 4 rebounds vs. Xavier (1/21), and took 3 rebounds against Boston University (11/12).
In 2005-06 she played 15 games while, averaging 0.5 ppg. She scored 2 points and snatched 3 rebounds in a win vs. Saint Louis (1/13), added a point and a rebound to win over Duquesne (1/3), notched another point and two rebounds in the Wildcat Classic title game on 12/3, swept-up an amazing 4 rebounds in 8 minutes at Bucknell (11/27) and made her first college start with 2 points to win over Princeton (11/18).
The coaches think she is playing great in practice, and is now fighting for a starting center spot.
This summer she has been getting stronger, working on lifting and improving her low post game.
Pavlovskaya is already a very versatile player with a great jump shot. Her reach has improved tremendously in the backcourt. Her goals this year match the teams: win the Big 5, win A-10s and to make a post season appearance.
Her favorite part about playing basketball for the Hawks has global reasoning.
Since all of her family is back is Russia, her teammates and coaches are her support here.
Off the court, Pavlovskaya is working on getting her degree in International Marketing. After college she wants to continue her education in grad school here in the United States.
Something you may not all know about Zoya is that she loves her grandmother's Russian pancakes- blinci and a soup called borsh.
Dedication to basketball runs in the family; her grandparents, Valentina and Vladimir Fomichev both earned the Masters of Sport Award for basketball and participated in the World University Games in the 1960.
Maybe it's the pancakes.
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