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$150,000 AVP Heritage Huntington Beach Open
May 14 - 17, 2026

(1) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans

Chase Budinger

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

Arizona

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$318,575.00

Miles Evans

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'4"

College(s):

Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$249,657.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
AVP	11	1	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$135,900.00
FIVB	40	1	2	1	3	9	0	10	3	5	2	2	2	US$183,450.00
NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	52	3	6	4	3	12	0	10	3	5	2	2	2	US$321,350.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Matt Jones - 17th
2016	Did not play	Curt Toppel - 5th
2017	Did not play	Brian Cook - 17th
FIVB 2018	Sean Rosenthal - 33rd	Billy Kolinske - 17th
2019	Casey Patterson - 2nd	Did not play
2023	Miles Evans - 5th	Chase Budinger - 5th
2025	Miles Evans - 2nd	Chase Budinger - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	15	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	16	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	1	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
AVP	8/14-17/2025	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	1	1st	2572	$30,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	11	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	9, Q1	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	20, Q4	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	19	5th	600	US$5,000.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2026

Winner 1

Alex Harthaller / Diego Perez (16, Q13)

Won 21-19, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	19	15	1	0.737	3	5	3	3
	1	11	8	1	0.636	1	0	1	1
	2	8	7	0	0.875	2	5	2	2
Miles Evans	Total	16	9	0	0.563	0	6	0	2
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	4	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	1

Fri, 5/15/2026

Winner 2

Paul Lotman / Chaim Schalk (8)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	20	14	0	0.700	1	3	2	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	0	1	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	3	1	1
Miles Evans	Total	23	14	3	0.478	0	11	2	2
	1	13	8	2	0.462	0	8	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	2	1

Sat, 5/16/2026

Winner 3

Miles Partain / James Shaw (5)

Won 23-21, 20-22, 15-13

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	25	17	7	0.400	4	5	0	3
	1	10	8	2	0.600	1	3	0	1
	2	11	6	4	0.182	1	1	0	2
	3	4	3	1	0.500	2	1	0	0
Miles Evans	Total	33	19	5	0.424	0	9	4	3
	1	16	9	2	0.438	0	5	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	2	4	1
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	0	1

Sun, 5/17/2026

Semi-Finals

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse (3)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	24	14	5	0.375	4	4	1	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	2	1	1	2
	2	13	7	3	0.308	2	3	0	0
Miles Evans	Total	29	13	5	0.276	0	10	3	4
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	3	0	2
	2	15	6	2	0.267	0	7	3	2

Sun, 5/17/2026

Finals

Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb (2)

Lost 18-21, 21-23

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	Total	33	16	4	0.364	2	0	1	3
	1	18	9	1	0.444	1	0	0	1
	2	15	7	3	0.267	1	0	1	2
Miles Evans	Total	28	12	2	0.357	0	10	4	9
	1	12	3	1	0.167	0	5	3	5
	2	16	9	1	0.500	0	5	1	4

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chase Budinger	121	76	17	0.488	14	17	7	12
Miles Evans	129	67	15	0.403	0	46	13	20

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	5	1	0	$74,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	2	1	3	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	$94,750.00
Gold Series	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$44,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	1	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$91,900.00
Total	51	2	6	4	3	12	0	10	3	9	2	0	$319,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chase Budinger												Miles Evans
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
20	0	0	0	0	4	7	7	2	0	$42,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	1	4	7	6	1	0	$42,350.00
52	4	5	5	3	9	10	5	4	0	$134,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	1	3	1	3	9	11	15	1	0	$83,250.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$6,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	1	4	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	$12,045.00
3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$21,000.00	Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,075.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,825.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00
7	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$37,950.00	Gold Series	6	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$33,200.00
13	1	4	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,300.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	11	1	3	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$49,150.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,750.00
108	5	13	11	3	22	24	15	7	0	$317,575.00	Total	120	4	11	6	4	20	32	27	3	0	$239,070.00

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
2023	AVP	6	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$60,900.00	22	12	64.7 %
2023	FIVB	13	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	$50,250.00	32	19	62.7 %
2024	AVP	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00	9	3	75.0 %
2024	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	$49,000.00	24	28	46.2 %
2025	AVP	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	9	1	90.0 %
2025	FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	3	1	0	$69,000.00	32	21	60.4 %
2026	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	AVP	11	1	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$135,900.00	44	17	72.1 %
Total	FIVB	40	1	2	1	3	9	0	10	3	9	2	0	$183,450.00	92	74	55.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chase Budinger													Miles Evans
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	Wide Open
											2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2014	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2015	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$375.00
											2016	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,600.00
											2016	NORCECA	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$1,275.00
											2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2017	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,625.00
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2017	NORCECA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
6	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$14,975.00	2018	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$5,750.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	0	5	$10,695.00
7	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,000.00	2019	AVP	6	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$14,150.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	4	$12,500.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$8,250.00
											2019	NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2020	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,750.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$6,075.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$3,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,250.00
9	0	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	$26,550.00	2022	AVP	8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$19,150.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$6,250.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$8,200.00
6	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$30,450.00	2023	AVP	6	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$30,450.00
13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	2024	AVP	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	2025	AVP	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
13	0	1	0	1	3	4	3	1	0	$34,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	3	4	3	1	0	$34,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2026	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00
109	6	13	11	3	22	23	15	7	9	$316,950.00	Total	Total	132	7	12	8	7	21	32	27	3	15	$247,970.00

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	29	72.5%	7	17.5%	4	10.0%	36-4	90.0%	8	38.1%	1	4.8%	12	57.1%	8-13	38.1%	29-12	70.7%	15-5	75.0%	0	0	44-17	72.1%
2025-2026	8	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	8-2	80.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	13-2	86.7%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	16-2	88.9%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	11-1	91.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	5	14	18	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	26	12	2	0	20	11	3	4	1	3	1	2	59	33
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	11	6
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	4	3	2	0	0	1	3	33	11
Total	0	0	15	6	44	35	5	0	46	31	7	7	1	3	2	6	136	91

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans lead the series against the field 11-5 (Lead 6 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
5/17/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Benesh/Crabb	2	Budinger/Evans	1	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse 1-4
5/17/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	1	Tijan/Younousse	3	21-19, 21-19	0:45
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Budinger/Evans	9	21-18, 21-13	0:32
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	10	Budinger/Evans	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	8	Budinger/Evans	9	21-19, 21-14	0:34
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	12	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 4 Crabb/Dalhausser 2-0
8/17/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Finals	Budinger/Evans	1	Crabb/Dalhausser	4	21-19, 21-16	0:58
8/16/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 4	Budinger/Evans	1	Crabb/Dalhausser	4	18-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # 5 Partain/Shaw 1-0
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Budinger/Evans	1	Partain/Shaw	5	23-21, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 6 Smith/Webber 3-0
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 4	Budinger/Evans	5	Smith/Webber	7	21-15, 21-16	0:41
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Smith/Webber	12	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:06
7/8/23	AVP	Pro Series Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Budinger/Evans	4	Smith/Webber	10	21-13, 22-20	0:49
Lead the series against # 8 Lotman/Schalk 1-0
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	1	Lotman/Schalk	8	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 16, Q13 Harthaller/Perez 1-0
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	1	Harthaller/Perez	16, Q13	21-19, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q4 Maarek/Priima 2-0
8/30/24	AVP	Chicago Heritage Series	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	4	Maarek/Priima	13	21-14, 21-15	0:39
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 3	Budinger/Evans	5	Maarek/Priima	20, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:46