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$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
August 13 - 16, 2026

Chaim Schalk/James Shaw

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Red Deer College
Trinity Western

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$548,975.00

James Shaw

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2024)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$67,300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$22,450.00
FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	3	0	US$82,950.00
Overall	20	0	0	3	0	3	2	5	1	3	3	0	US$105,400.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Marty Lorenz - 13th	Did not play
2018	Tim Bomgren - 7th	Did not play
2019	Jeremy Casebeer - 5th	Did not play
2021	Theo Brunner - 3rd	Did not play
2022	Theo Brunner - 2nd	Did not play
2023	Tri Bourne - 7th	Jordan Hoppe - 33rd
2024	James Shaw - 17th	Chaim Schalk - 17th
2025	James Shaw - 3rd	Chaim Schalk - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg			0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	15	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
AVP	8/14-17/2025	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	3	3rd	2321	$12,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$48,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$20,650.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Total	20	0	0	3	0	3	2	5	1	6	0	0	$105,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chaim Schalk												James Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	$46,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	World Tour Finals
58	0	1	4	0	5	22	18	5	3	$243,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	1	0	$30,550.00
67	1	2	6	1	17	11	8	6	15	$108,712.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$9,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	Challenger
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,675.00	Manhattan Beach
4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$21,062.50	Tour Championships
7	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00	Gold Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	2	2	4	0	0	4	1	0	0	$44,275.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$14,825.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
167	4	8	20	3	32	42	28	11	19	$542,150.00	Total	33	1	0	4	0	9	10	7	1	1	$66,800.00

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
2024	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,200.00	6	5	54.5 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	$9,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
2025	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,250.00	4	3	57.1 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	$67,750.00	19	19	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$22,450.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	5	0	0	$82,950.00	28	27	50.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chaim Schalk													James Shaw
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2009	NORCECA
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2010	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2011	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2012	NORCECA
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00	2013	FIVB
3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,725.00	2013	NORCECA
11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2014	NORCECA
11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	NORCECA
15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50	2016	FIVB
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$8,762.50	2017	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	$29,000.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	2017	Other
7	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	$21,225.00	2018	AVP
8	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$37,200.00	2019	AVP
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	NORCECA
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2020	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	2021	AVP
9	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	$9,000.00	2021	FIVB
8	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$43,300.00	2022	AVP
6	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$26,625.00	2022	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2022	NORCECA
6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$28,950.00	2023	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$300.00
14	0	0	0	1	5	2	5	0	1	$20,950.00	2023	FIVB
											2023	NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,600.00	2024	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$6,600.00
9	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$8,375.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,125.00	2025	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,125.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,200.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$9,300.00
179	7	8	24	5	32	45	28	11	19	$548,975.00	Total	Total	34	1	1	4	0	9	10	7	1	1	$67,300.00

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	9	69.2%	0	0.0%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	9-3	75.0%	1-5	16.7%	0	0	10-8	55.6%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	3-1	75.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	7	11	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	7
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	3	1	19	14	0	0	13	15	0	3	1	0	0	0	38	35

Head to Head Results
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