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XVII Pan Am Games
July 13 - 21, 2015

(1) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Taylor Pischke, Canada

Melissa Humana-Paredes
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

Career PAN AM Best:

2nd (Santiago 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$586,175.00

Taylor Pischke
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Winnipeg, MB

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career PAN AM Best:

4th (Toronto 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$114,458.36

Awards

Top Rookie 2014
Most Improved Player 2017
Best Setter 2018, 2019
Best Defensive Player 2019
Team of the Year 2019 (with Sarah Pavan)
VolleyballMag.com BPT Sportsmanship 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	8	7	1	US$154,650.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
NORCECA	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$16,500.00
PAN AM	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	39	3	3	3	1	4	0	9	0	8	7	1	US$171,150.00

Previous Toronto Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
NORCECA 2014	Taylor Pischke - 2nd	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	26	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	24	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	20	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	19	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	20	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2015	Prague Open	6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	7	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	6	5th	300	US$3,375.00
NORCECA	11/14-16/2014	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Trinidad and Tobago		1st	200	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	18	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	26	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q8	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	26, Q5	17th	240	US$9,000.00

XVII Pan Am Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/13/2015	Pool A	Ileann Powery / Chante Smith-Johnson, Cayman Islands (16)	Won 21-8, 21-10	0:31
Tue, 7/14/2015	Pool A	Lina Bernier / Eva Torruella, Puerto Rico (9)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:41
Wed, 7/15/2015	Pool A	Fabiana Gomez / Maria Eugenia Nieto, Uruguay (8)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:39
Sat, 7/18/2015	Winner 2	Natalia Alfaro / Karen Charles, Costa Rica (7)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:38
Sun, 7/19/2015	Semi-Finals	Lianma Flores / Leila Martinez, Cuba (12)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 7-15	1:01
Tue, 7/21/2015	Bronze Medal	Carolina Horta / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 9-21, 14-21	0:38

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	6	6	0	$125,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	$17,950.00
U23 World Championships	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	31	0	0	2	0	4	0	9	0	8	7	0	$154,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Melissa Humana-Paredes												Taylor Pischke
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$76,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00
7	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00	World Tour Finals
48	6	2	2	0	17	7	7	6	0	$287,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	8	0	$79,850.00
33	2	6	1	4	5	9	4	2	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	4	0	$12,475.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	$5,175.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
105	10	11	5	7	31	19	12	8	0	$576,075.00	Total	50	0	0	2	1	6	12	12	12	0	$105,400.00

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
2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,700.00	2	3	40.0 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$43,000.00	11	14	44.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	2	81.8 %
2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	0	$47,575.00	17	20	45.9 %
2015	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	4	4	0	$94,275.00	30	37	44.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	17	4	81.0 %
Total	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Melissa Humana-Paredes													Taylor Pischke
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2012	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00	2013	NORCECA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	2014	NORCECA	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	0	$23,787.50	2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	0	$23,787.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
30	3	4	2	1	4	6	5	5	0	$55,887.50	Total	Total	25	3	3	2	1	3	5	4	4	0	$54,687.50

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
2014-2015	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	17	34	0	0	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	46
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	15	12	0	0	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20
U23 World Championships	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	14	3
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	6	1	42	48	0	0	20	21	0	2	2	0	0	0	70	72

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Pischke lead the series against the field 7-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Horta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/21/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Bronze Medal	Horta/Maestrini	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	1	21-9, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Flint/Kolinske, United States 1-0
6/10/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	4, Q1	Flint/Kolinske	36, Q9	21-11, 21-18	0:28
Lead the series against # 4 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 2-0
5/22/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Gallay/Klug	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:01
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Gallay/Klug	11	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Candelas/Revuelta, Mexico 0-1
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Candelas/Revuelta	9	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	24-22, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Alfaro/Charles, Costa Rica 1-0
7/18/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	1	Alfaro/Charles	7	21-12, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Gomez/Nieto, Uruguay 1-0
7/15/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	1	Gomez/Nieto	8	21-15, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Bernier/Torruella, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/14/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	1	Bernier/Torruella	9	21-16, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Flores/Martinez, Cuba 0-1
7/19/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Semi-Finals	Flores/Martinez	12	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	1	21-18, 17-21, 15-7	1:01
Lead the series against # 16 Powery/Smith-Johnson, Cayman Islands 1-0
7/13/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	1	Powery/Smith-Johnson	16	21-8, 21-10	0:31