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

(3) 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:

181

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$558,475.00

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 (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$79,300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$34,450.00
FIVB	16	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	2	2	3	0	US$87,950.00
Overall	22	0	0	4	0	3	2	5	2	3	3	0	US$122,400.00

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	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 1

Brian O'Neill / David Updegrove (30, Q11)

Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-7

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	Total	40	24	3	0.525	0	14	0	3
	1	16	10	1	0.563	0	3	0	1
	2	14	9	2	0.500	0	5	0	1
	3	10	5	0	0.500	0	6	0	1
James Shaw	Total	26	17	3	0.538	2	2	1	4
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	2	0	2
	2	11	8	0	0.727	1	0	0	2
	3	7	6	1	0.714	1	0	1	0

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 2

Alex Harthaller / Diego Perez (19)

Won 22-24, 23-21, 15-12

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	Total	49	21	9	0.245	0	13	0	3
	1	19	6	4	0.105	0	7	0	1
	2	16	7	3	0.250	0	2	0	1
	3	14	8	2	0.429	0	4	0	1
James Shaw	Total	17	10	3	0.412	8	0	7	5
	1	8	5	2	0.375	5	0	3	4
	2	5	2	1	0.200	2	0	4	1
	3	4	3	0	0.750	1	0	0	0

Sat, 8/15/2026

Winner 3

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (6)

Lost 14-21, 21-19, 9-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	Total	40	17	7	0.250	0	12	0	2
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	2	0	1
	2	16	6	4	0.125	0	3	0	1
	3	10	4	2	0.200	0	7	0	0
James Shaw	Total	10	9	0	0.900	5	0	4	5
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	0	2	3
	2	3	3	0	1.000	4	0	2	1
	3	4	4	0	1.000	0	0	0	1

Sat, 8/15/2026

Contender 4

Seain Cook / Will Rottman (23)

Won 21-15, 21-18

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	Total	22	11	2	0.409	0	8	0	1
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	2	0	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	6	0	0
James Shaw	Total	20	13	2	0.550	2	2	3	7
	1	6	5	1	0.667	1	0	2	5
	2	14	8	1	0.500	1	2	1	2

Sat, 8/15/2026

Contender 5

Troy Field / Ryan Wilcox (7)

Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-12

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	Total	36	22	5	0.472	0	10	1	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	4	1	0
	2	16	9	4	0.313	0	3	0	2
	3	8	6	0	0.750	0	3	0	1
James Shaw	Total	12	7	3	0.333	6	4	3	6
	1	4	2	1	0.250	2	2	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	4	2	2	4
	3	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	1

Sat, 8/15/2026

Contender 6

Miles Evans / Alex Ranghieri (9)

Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-13

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	Total	43	14	9	0.116	0	18	0	2
	1	24	7	5	0.083	0	10	0	1
	2	8	2	3	-0.125	0	3	0	1
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	5	0	0
James Shaw	Total	30	16	5	0.367	7	8	5	6
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	2	1	1
	2	12	8	2	0.500	4	2	3	3
	3	9	3	1	0.222	3	4	1	2

Sun, 8/16/2026

Semi-Finals

Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb (2)

Lost 11-21, 13-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	Total	22	9	2	0.318	0	5	0	1
	1	13	5	0	0.385	0	2	0	0
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	3	0	1
James Shaw	Total	23	6	7	-0.043	0	4	0	4
	1	9	2	4	-0.222	0	2	0	1
	2	14	4	3	0.071	0	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chaim Schalk	252	118	37	0.321	0	80	1	15
James Shaw	138	78	23	0.399	30	20	23	37

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	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	0	$53,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$32,650.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Total	22	0	0	4	0	3	2	5	2	6	0	0	$122,400.00

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
59	0	1	4	0	5	23	18	5	3	$245,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	1	0	0	8	5	1	0	$35,550.00
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
14	2	2	5	0	0	4	1	0	0	$50,275.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	$20,825.00
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
169	4	8	21	3	32	43	28	11	19	$550,650.00	Total	36	1	0	5	0	9	12	7	1	1	$77,800.00

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	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,200.00	1	6	14.3 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$34,450.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	2	5	0	0	$87,950.00	28	30	48.3 %

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
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,250.00	2026	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$8,700.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	$11,800.00
181	7	8	25	5	32	46	28	11	19	$557,475.00	Total	Total	36	1	1	5	0	9	11	7	1	1	$75,800.00

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	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	4	40.0%	4-6	40.0%	10-4	71.4%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	15-10	60.0%
2025-2026	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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	14	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	21
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	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	9
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	17	0	0	15	16	0	4	1	0	0	0	43	40

Head to Head Results
Schalk/Shaw 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 # 2 Benesh/Crabb 0-1
8/16/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Crabb	2	Schalk/Shaw	3	21-11, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Lotman/Partain 0-1
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Lotman/Partain	6	Schalk/Shaw	3	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 7 Field/Wilcox 1-0
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Schalk/Shaw	3	Field/Wilcox	7	21-15, 21-23, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 Evans/Ranghieri 1-0
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Schalk/Shaw	3	Evans/Ranghieri	9	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 19 Harthaller/Perez 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Schalk/Shaw	3	Harthaller/Perez	19	22-24, 23-21, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 23 Cook/Rottman 1-0
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Schalk/Shaw	3	Cook/Rottman	23	21-15, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 O'Neill/Updegrove 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Schalk/Shaw	3	O'Neill/Updegrove	30, Q11	15-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:49