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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
August 14 - 17, 2025

(3) Kelly Cheng/Molly Shaw

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

132

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$680,650.00

Molly Turner Shaw

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Naperville, IL

Height:

5'8"

College(s):

Grand Canyon University

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$147,499.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	US$109,800.00
Overall	11	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	US$125,800.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Sara Hughes - 33rd	Did not play
2015	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2016	Did not play	Morgan Martin - 57th
2017	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Mackenzie Ponnet - 57th
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 2nd	Bailey Bars - 33rd
2019	Did not play	Brittany Howard - 7th
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 3rd	Macy Jerger - 17th
2022	Betsi Flint - 2nd	Torrey Van Winden - 7th
2023	Did not play	Madelyne Anderson - 17th
2024	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Michelle Shaffer - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
AVP	5/9-11/2025	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	4	3rd	2321	$7,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	6	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	6	4th	900	US$12,000.00

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/15/2025

Winner 1

Charlotta Bell / Erin Inskeep (30, Q13)

Won 21-12, 21-11

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	20	14	0	0.700	2	5	2	3
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	2	2	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	3	0	1
Molly Shaw	Total	17	11	1	0.588	0	14	1	0
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	5	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	9	0	0

Fri, 8/15/2025

Winner 2

Kennedy Coakley / Ashley Pater (19)

Won 29-27, 17-21, 25-23

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	38	30	3	0.711	4	8	2	3
	1	15	11	2	0.600	3	4	1	2
	2	11	7	1	0.545	1	3	0	0
	3	12	12	0	1.000	0	1	1	1
Molly Shaw	Total	45	17	7	0.222	0	15	1	3
	1	18	6	4	0.111	0	5	1	0
	2	12	4	3	0.083	0	5	0	2
	3	15	7	0	0.467	0	5	0	1

Sat, 8/16/2025

Winner 3

Kelly Belardi / Natalie Myszkowski (27, Q5)

Won 21-11, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	23	12	3	0.391	3	6	0	1
	1	10	4	1	0.300	1	4	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	2	2	0	0
Molly Shaw	Total	26	14	3	0.423	0	19	1	0
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	9	1	0
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	10	0	0

Sat, 8/16/2025

Winner 4

Terese Cannon / Megan Kraft (2)

Lost 21-19, 20-22, 17-19

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	35	21	4	0.486	2	4	3	4
	1	12	6	2	0.333	2	1	3	1
	2	14	6	2	0.286	0	3	0	1
	3	9	9	0	1.000	0	0	0	2
Molly Shaw	Total	34	21	2	0.559	0	19	1	3
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	8	1	0
	3	10	8	0	0.800	0	5	0	2

Sat, 8/16/2025

Contender 6

Kennedy Coakley / Ashley Pater (19)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	30	18	6	0.400	1	5	3	4
	1	15	9	3	0.400	1	3	2	1
	2	15	9	3	0.400	0	2	1	3
Molly Shaw	Total	22	9	1	0.364	0	9	1	3
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	2	1	1
	2	12	5	0	0.417	0	7	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	146	95	16	0.541	12	28	10	15
Molly Shaw	144	72	14	0.403	0	76	5	9

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	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
Total	11	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$125,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Molly Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$46,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00
44	3	7	7	1	14	7	2	1	0	$163,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	1	2	2	0	3	10	5	3	0	$41,800.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
5	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$20,000.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,762.50
4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,650.00
6	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,550.00	Gold Series	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$10,400.00
11	3	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$55,250.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	13	0	0	2	0	3	6	1	1	0	$21,925.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	6	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	$3,300.00
125	15	12	25	7	26	25	7	1	0	$663,225.00	Total	76	4	3	6	3	14	25	9	4	0	$141,437.50

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
2025	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$45,000.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$45,000.00	14	10	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Molly 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2014	NORCECA
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2015	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	2015	NORCECA
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2016	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2016	NORCECA
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00	2017	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$2,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2017	Other
6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	$5,300.00
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
											2018	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
5	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,700.00	2019	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	$12,350.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	2020	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,562.50
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
9	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,050.00	2022	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$15,300.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00
											2022	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	2023	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$9,000.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
											2023	NORCECA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2024	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$3,325.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
											2024	NORCECA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2025	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	$22,500.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	$22,500.00
128	17	13	28	6	25	25	7	1	6	$648,250.00	Total	Total	78	8	4	6	2	13	25	9	4	7	$114,537.50

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	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2024-2025	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	3	0	0	11	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	27	13
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	16	6	1	3	0	3	1	0	33	16

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brasher/Nuss 0-2
5/11/25	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 3	Brasher/Nuss	1	Cheng/Shaw	4	21-15, 21-17	0:37
3/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Bronze Medal	Brasher/Nuss	1	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Cannon/Kraft 1-2
8/16/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 4	Cannon/Kraft	2	Cheng/Shaw	3	19-21, 22-20, 19-17	1:06
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Semi-Finals	Cannon/Kraft	3	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-18, 21-19	0:35
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 2	Cheng/Shaw	6	Cannon/Kraft	3	18-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Newberry/Whitmarsh 1-0
5/10/25	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Cheng/Shaw	4	Newberry/Whitmarsh	13, Q1	21-23, 21-14, 18-16	1:02
Series tied with # 19 Coakley/Pater 1-1
8/16/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 6	Coakley/Pater	19	Cheng/Shaw	3	21-19, 21-17
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 2	Cheng/Shaw	3	Coakley/Pater	19	29-27, 17-21, 25-23	1:15
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Belardi/Myszkowski 1-0
8/16/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 3	Cheng/Shaw	3	Belardi/Myszkowski	27, Q5	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Bell/Inskeep 1-0
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Cheng/Shaw	3	Bell/Inskeep	30, Q13	21-12, 21-11	0:32