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

(27, Q8) Jessica Foster/Michelle Shaffer

Jessica Gaffney Foster

Photo: Han Duong

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Temecula, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

San Francisco
California-Berkeley

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Klaipeda 2022)

Career AVP Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$25,621.75

Michelle Shaffer

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thousand Oaks, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Juan Dolio 2026)

Career AVP Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$5,848.43

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Mariko Coverdale - 57th
2018	Elise Zappia - 41st	Did not play
2019	Chelsea Rice - 17th	Did not play
2021	Tory Paranagua - 17th	Did not play
2022	Megan Rice - 17th	Did not play
2023	Katie Horton - 13th	Did not play
2024	Carli Lloyd - 41st	Molly Shaw - 25th
2025	Katie Spieler - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	Q21	21st	1540	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/13/2026

Qualifier 2

Cora Loomer / Shayla Martinez (Q25)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:43

Thu, 8/13/2026

Qualifier 3

Emma Eden / Chloe Hoffman (Q24)

Won 21-12, 13-21, 15-9

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 1

Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint (6)

Won 23-21, 21-18

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jessica Foster	Total	22	14	3	0.500	0	3	1	1
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	0	1	1
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	3	0	0
Michelle Shaffer	Total	17	11	2	0.529	1	14	4	1
	1	10	8	1	0.700	1	8	3	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	6	1	1

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 2

Emma Donley / Erin Inskeep (22)

Won 21-14, 21-10

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jessica Foster	Total	24	15	4	0.458	3	4	3	2
	1	12	9	2	0.583	2	1	2	1
	2	12	6	2	0.333	1	3	1	1
Michelle Shaffer	Total	20	9	0	0.450	1	11	6	2
	1	10	4	0	0.400	0	4	2	0
	2	10	5	0	0.500	1	7	4	2

Sat, 8/15/2026

Winner 3

Torrey Van Winden / Abby Van Winkle (14)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:44

Sat, 8/15/2026

Contender 4

Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango (9)

Lost 21-18, 17-21, 8-15

1:04

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jessica Foster	46	29	7	0.478	3	7	4	3
Michelle Shaffer	37	20	2	0.486	2	25	10	3

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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jessica Foster												Michelle Shaffer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	2	$4,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,162.50	Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Tour Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,125.00	Gold Series
12	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	1	2	$11,475.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$2,475.00
7	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$2,850.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
45	0	0	1	0	8	16	10	2	8	$25,387.50	Total	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	3	$3,825.00

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
2026	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jessica Foster													Michelle Shaffer
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	2013	NVL
											2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$250.00	2018	AVP
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	$2,100.00	2019	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$400.00	2019	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$562.50	2021	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2021	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	$11,450.00	2022	AVP
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$3,475.00	2022	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$4,275.00	2023	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2024	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$725.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$575.00	2025	AVP
											2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00
											2025	NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,150.00	2026	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$3,050.00
											2026	NORCECA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
46	0	0	1	0	8	16	10	2	9	$25,387.50	Total	Total	13	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	1	3	$5,825.00

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	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2025-2026	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3

Head to Head Results
Foster/Shaffer lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 6 Deberg/Flint 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Foster/Shaffer	27, Q8	Deberg/Flint	6	23-21, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 9 Rice/Urango 0-1
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Rice/Urango	9	Foster/Shaffer	27, Q8	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	1:04
Trail the series against # 14 Van Winden/Van Winkle 0-1
8/15/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Van Winden/Van Winkle	14	Foster/Shaffer	27, Q8	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Donley/Inskeep 1-0
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Foster/Shaffer	27, Q8	Donley/Inskeep	22	21-14, 21-10	0:43
Lead the series against # Q24 Eden/Hoffman 1-0
8/13/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Foster/Shaffer	27, Q8	Eden/Hoffman	Q24	21-12, 13-21, 15-9
Lead the series against # Q25 Loomer/Martinez 1-0
8/13/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Foster/Shaffer	27, Q8	Loomer/Martinez	Q25	21-19, 21-12	0:43