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AVP Tour
$250,000 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 22, 2021

(17, Q6) Avery Drost/Grant O'Gorman

James Avery Drost

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redlands, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Westmont College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

139

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$167,000.00

Grant O'Gorman

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 2, 1993 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Scarborough, ON

Height:

6'2"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career AVP Best:

9th (Muskegon 2022)

Career Winnings:

$107,512.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Andrew McGuire - 65th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2011	Will Montgomery - 13th	Did not play
Pro Beach 2012	Andrew McGuire - 17th	Did not play
2013	Will Montgomery - 17th	Did not play
2014	Derek Olson - 9th	Did not play
2015	Russ Marchewka - 9th	Did not play
2016	Billy Kolinske - 13th	Did not play
2017	Chase Frishman - 9th	Did not play
2018	John Mayer - 9th	Did not play
2019	Chase Frishman - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/19/2021

Qualifier 4

Cole Aidnik / Michael Cavataio (Q39)

Won 21-14, 21-16

Thu, 8/19/2021

Qualifier 5

Ray Birtcher / Dillon Cox (Q22)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:46

Thu, 8/19/2021

Qualifier 6

Alex Diaz / Brett Greiner (Q19)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:48

Fri, 8/20/2021

Winner 1

Jacob Landel / Lev Priima (16, Q5)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Avery Drost	Total	25	16	4	0.480	4	0	1	3
	1	11	8	3	0.455	2	0	1	2
	2	14	8	1	0.500	2	0	0	1
Grant O'Gorman	Total	17	11	3	0.471	0	12	3	1
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	6	0	1
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	6	3	0

Fri, 8/20/2021

Winner 2

Chase Budinger / Casey Patterson (1)

Lost 21-23, 18-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Avery Drost	Total	36	21	4	0.472	2	1	2	2
	1	21	12	3	0.429	2	1	0	0
	2	15	9	1	0.533	0	0	2	2
Grant O'Gorman	Total	17	8	5	0.176	0	13	0	2
	1	9	4	3	0.111	0	4	0	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	9	0	1

Fri, 8/20/2021

Contender 1

Bruno Amorim / Angel Dache (18)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Avery Drost	Total	18	13	4	0.500	4	2	0	1
	1	8	5	2	0.375	4	0	0	0
	2	10	8	2	0.600	0	2	0	1
Grant O'Gorman	Total	21	14	2	0.571	0	3	2	1
	1	12	9	1	0.667	0	2	0	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	2	1

Sat, 8/21/2021

Contender 2

Miles Evans / Piotr Marciniak (8)

Lost 22-24, 17-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Avery Drost	Total	44	19	9	0.227	2	6	0	3
	1	23	12	3	0.391	0	4	0	2
	2	21	7	6	0.048	2	2	0	1
Grant O'Gorman	Total	21	11	3	0.381	0	19	0	0
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	11	0	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	8	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Avery Drost	123	69	21	0.390	12	9	3	9
Grant O'Gorman	76	44	13	0.408	0	47	5	4

Head to Head Results
Drost/O'Gorman lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Budinger/Patterson 0-1
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Budinger/Patterson	1	Drost/O'Gorman	17, Q6	23-21, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Evans/Marciniak 0-1
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Evans/Marciniak	8	Drost/O'Gorman	17, Q6	24-22, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 16, Q5 Landel/Priima 1-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Drost/O'Gorman	17, Q6	Landel/Priima	16, Q5	21-14, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 18 Amorim/Dache 1-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Drost/O'Gorman	17, Q6	Amorim/Dache	18	21-18, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # Q19 Diaz/Greiner 1-0
8/19/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 6	Drost/O'Gorman	17, Q6	Diaz/Greiner	Q19	21-18, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # Q22 Birtcher/Cox 1-0
8/19/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 5	Drost/O'Gorman	17, Q6	Birtcher/Cox	Q22	21-16, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # Q39 Aidnik/Cavataio 1-0
8/19/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Drost/O'Gorman	17, Q6	Aidnik/Cavataio	Q39	21-14, 21-16