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AVP Tour
$20,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Austin Open
April 17 - 18, 2026

(12) Avery Drost/Jack Walmer

James Avery Drost

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redlands, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Westmont College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

148

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$176,500.00

Jack Walmer

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (AVP Austin 2026)

Career Winnings:

$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00

Previous Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Mark Burik - 9th	Did not play
2018	Chase Frishman - 9th	Did not play
2019	Eric Zaun - 9th	Did not play
2022	Eric Beranek - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/9-11/2025	Waupaca Contender Series	8	19th	971	$0.00

Austin Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 1	Mojib Ashouri / Trenton Lance (21)	Won 21-13, 32-30
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 2	Dylan Maarek / Lev Priima (5)	Won 21-14, 21-15
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 3	Mischa Freystaetter / Adam Hartmann (13)	Lost 19-21, 17-21
Fri, 4/17/2026	Contender 4	Stefan Boermans / Evan Cory (2)	Lost 17-21, 24-22, 12-15

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Avery Drost												Jack Walmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
56	0	0	4	0	4	27	5	1	0	$62,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
9	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	$11,537.50	Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$9,725.00	Tour Championships
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$25,250.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	$28,750.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	3	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	$11,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
113	1	3	8	1	23	48	8	1	0	$156,537.50	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$0.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2025	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Avery Drost													Jack Walmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2009	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$175.00	2010	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2010	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2011	Pro Beach
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$575.00	2011	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	NVL
6	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,125.00	2012	Pro Beach
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2012	NORCECA
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$3,400.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	NVL
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,150.00	2013	FIVB
5	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$1,475.00	2013	NORCECA
7	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$10,000.00	2014	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$4,500.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$950.00	2014	NORCECA
7	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	$11,300.00	2015	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2015	FIVB
7	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	$12,050.00	2016	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$525.00	2016	NORCECA
8	0	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	$13,962.50	2017	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,300.00	2017	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$11,075.00	2018	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,000.00	2018	FIVB
4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2018	NORCECA
8	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	$13,500.00	2019	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$4,750.00	2020	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$4,775.00	2021	AVP
13	0	3	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$20,950.00	2022	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	$22,800.00	2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	2024	AVP
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	NORCECA
4	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00	2025	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00	2025	FIVB
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2025	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
148	4	6	14	5	30	57	10	1	21	$176,500.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	$0.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2025-2026	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

Head to Head Results
Drost/Walmer trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Boermans/Cory 0-1
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Boermans/Cory	2	Drost/Walmer	12	21-17, 22-24, 15-12
Lead the series against # 5 Maarek/Priima 1-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Drost/Walmer	12	Maarek/Priima	5	21-14, 21-15
Trail the series against # 8 Koppke/Samuels 0-1
7/10/25	AVP	Waupaca Contender Series	Pool E	Koppke/Samuels	17	Drost/Walmer	8	21-17, 23-21	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 Freystaetter/Hartmann 0-1
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Freystaetter/Hartmann	13	Drost/Walmer	12	21-19, 21-17
Lead the series against # 21 Ashouri/Lance 1-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Drost/Walmer	12	Ashouri/Lance	21	21-13, 32-30