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$150,000 AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open
September 18 - 20, 2026

Billy Kolinske/Raffe Paulis

Billy Kolinske

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Big Bend, WI

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Wisconsin-Whitewater

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$104,445.00

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Chicago, IL

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Northeastern Illinois

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (NORCECA Managua 2022)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$24,075.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00

Previous Laguna Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Djordje Klasnic - 3rd	Devon Burki - 17th
2025	Did not play	Riley Owen - 21st

Recent Results 1st Tournament

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Billy Kolinske												Raffe Paulis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
43	0	0	3	0	5	11	11	2	11	$47,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	0	8	$11,400.00
13	0	1	1	0	0	6	4	1	0	$9,745.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	$8,700.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$5,200.00	Tour Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$1,650.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,125.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$5,350.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	1	0	$9,825.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	4	$2,700.00
9	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	$8,450.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	13	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	$1,400.00
93	0	3	7	0	13	28	21	5	16	$98,920.00	Total	77	0	0	0	0	3	20	32	4	18	$23,500.00

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
2013	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Billy Kolinske													Raffe Paulis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	NVL
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2012	Pro Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$475.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	$1,375.00	2013	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$875.00	2013	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$3,000.00	2014	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
											2014	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$175.00	2014	NORCECA
7	0	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	$18,350.00	2015	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$1,650.00
											2015	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2015	NORCECA
7	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	$10,700.00	2016	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	$1,400.00
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$525.00	2016	NORCECA
											2017	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2017	FIVB
3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2017	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	2017	Other
											2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	$4,775.00
16	0	1	1	0	0	2	7	0	5	$11,445.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,150.00	2019	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	$2,225.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$8,250.00	2019	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$400.00	2021	FIVB
11	0	2	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	$19,225.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$5,350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2022	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$6,650.00	2023	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	$3,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	NORCECA
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$1,200.00	2024	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$1,000.00
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2025	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$325.00	2026	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
110	2	5	9	0	17	30	25	6	16	$104,445.00	Total	Total	86	0	0	0	1	3	22	33	8	19	$24,075.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
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