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Paula Edwards (Kovinksy) Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming Paula Edwards (Kovinksy) Main NavigationAthletics Headlines UPEI Athletes Only Sports Centre Programs Sports Centre Hours Fitness and Wellness UPEI Sports Hall of Fame Summer Camps Student Athletic Council 2001Inductee UPEI 19841989Citation by teammate Heather Howatt Paula Edwards made her presence felt in the AUAA Womens Basketball League from her very first season A graduate of Oakwood Collegiate in Toronto she arrived at UPEI in the fall of 1984 to join her sister Sonya who was already a Panther By the end of that 8485 rookie season everyone knew there was another talented Edwards in town as she was named the AUAA Rookie of the Year and an AUAA AllStar and finished among the top players in the league in scoring and rebounding Over the next four years Paula continued to be one of the strongest players in the AUAA leading the Panthers to AUAA championships in 198687 and 198889 She also received four more Allconference selections a CIAU AllCanadian award the Most Valuable Player award on her team and two selections as UPEIs Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year One of the highlights in her career came in the 198889 season when she scored 18 secondhalf points as the Panthers defeated Dalhousie Tigers at Alumni Gym to win the AUAA crown A week later they were at Laurentian University in Sudbury at the CIAUs where they would lose the gold medal game to Calgary Over her five years at UPEI Paula scored 918 pointsa 137 pointspergame average She had 616 rebounds88 per gameand shot 48 per cent from the floor and 69 per cent from the foul line In her final year she led UPEI in scoring and led the League in free throws made defensive rebounds and total rebounds In earlier years she twice set season records for free throws made in a game and total rebounds in a game19 vs UNB in 198889 Her coach Dave (Hermie) MacNeill says Paula had tremendous individual skills and was the go to person in pressure situations She was the ultimate team player If scoring was needed she did that if rebounding was needed she did that She was quite simply says her coach the best female player to play basketball here at UPEI Ladies and gentlemen please join me in inducting Paula EdwardsKovinsky into the UPEI Sports Hall of Fame UPEI Hall Of Fame Inductees2008Dick Tingley Dr William Bill Stanish Janet Rogers UPEI Mens Baske...