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$50,000 AVP Tour Series Huntington Beach Open
November 11 - 13, 2022

(12) Brian Miller/Raffe Paulis

Brian Miller

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 26, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mercer Island, WA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Washington State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (AVP Virginia Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

$19,350.00

Raffe Paulis

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 13, 1986 (39 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	21	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	$9,300.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Jeff Carlucci - 21st
2014	Did not play	Abel Gustafson - 21st
2015	Did not play	Jake Rosener - 17th
2016	Did not play	Tim May - 17th
2017	Did not play	Bill Strickland - 21st
FIVB 2018	Brett Ryan - 57th	Andrew Dentler - 33rd
2019	Jon Ferrari - 17th	Marty Lorenz - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-21/2022	Manhattan Beach Open	24	7th	1796	$6,400.00
AVP	7/7-9/2022	Waupaca Open	12	7th	1463	$1,000.00
AVP	7/1-3/2022	Denver Open	18, Q4	17th	1132	$0.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/12/2022	Winner 1	Mark Bucknam / Dillon Cox (21, Q16)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:47
Sat, 11/12/2022	Winner 2	Avery Drost / Chase Frishman (5)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:43
Sat, 11/12/2022	Contender 1	Tal Shavit / Brian Wells (22, Q24)	Won 21-14, 13-5 Retired	0:31
Sat, 11/12/2022	Contender 2	Owen Karlenzig / Leor Schiffer (19, Q12)	Won 24-22, 21-19	1:03
Sat, 11/12/2022	Contender 3	Evan Cory / Paul Lotman (2)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:45

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$)
Gold Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,400.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	$9,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Brian Miller												Raffe Paulis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
17	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1	1	$1,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	0	1	$11,400.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,050.00	Manhattan Beach	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$1,000.00
											Tour Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$1,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,200.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,350.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	$10,975.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	$2,700.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$2,325.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	13	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	$1,400.00
41	0	0	1	0	4	11	16	1	2	$19,350.00	Total	75	0	0	0	0	3	20	32	4	4	$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
2022	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	$7,900.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	$7,900.00	11	8	57.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Brian Miller													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
											2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$475.00
											2013	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$0.00
											2013	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$50.00
											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
											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	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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$700.00	2017	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	$3,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$0.00	2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	$4,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$2,150.00	2019	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	$2,225.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,950.00	2022	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$4,650.00
											2022	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
27	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	1	8	$6,800.00	Total	Total	65	0	0	0	1	2	16	23	8	15	$19,275.00

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	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	30.0%	7	70.0%	0-10	0.0%	9-7	56.3%	1-4	20.0%	1	0	11-11	50.0%
2021-2022	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6	66.7%	0-9	0.0%	9-6	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	1	0	11-10	52.4%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	8-6	57.1%	0-2	0.0%	1	0	5-4	55.6%

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
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Total	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11

Head to Head Results
Miller/Paulis 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 Cory/Lotman 0-1
11/12/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Cory/Lotman	2	Miller/Paulis	12	21-18, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 3 Brewster/Friend 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Miller/Paulis	24	Brewster/Friend	9	21-19, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 5 Drost/Frishman 0-1
11/12/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Drost/Frishman	5	Miller/Paulis	12	22-20, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Lorenz/Roberts 1-0
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Miller/Paulis	24	Lorenz/Roberts	21, Q1	21-12, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 19, Q12 Karlenzig/Schiffer 1-0
11/12/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Miller/Paulis	12	Karlenzig/Schiffer	19, Q12	24-22, 21-19	1:03
Lead the series against # 21, Q16 Bucknam/Cox 1-0
11/12/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Miller/Paulis	12	Bucknam/Cox	21, Q16	21-12, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 22, Q24 Shavit/Wells 1-0
11/12/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Miller/Paulis	12	Shavit/Wells	22, Q24	21-14, 13-5 Retired	0:31