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

(24, Q1) Brian Miller/Christopher Shaffer

Brian Miller

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 26, 1994 (32 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:

$19,675.00

Christopher Shaffer

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thousand Oaks, CA

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (NORCECA Madero 2025)

Career AVP Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$1,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,500.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Brett Ryan - 17th	Christopher Griebenow - 89th
2018	Orlando Irizarry - 33rd	Did not play
2019	Christian Honer - 17th	Todd Travis - 41st
2021	Kyle Friend - 29th	Did not play
2022	Raffe Paulis - 7th	Earl Schultz - 41st
2023	Did not play	Owen Karlenzig - 33rd
2024	Wyatt Harrison - 13th	Alexander Biz - 57th
2025	Seain Cook - 13th	Skyler Kaufman - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	9/12-14/2025	Laguna Beach Contender Series	9	9th	1254	$850.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/13/2026

Qualifier 2

Jacob Ray / Dylan Zacca (Q64)

Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-9

Thu, 8/13/2026

Qualifier 3

Jonathan Low / Brendan Schmidt (Q33)

Won 21-17, 21-19

Thu, 8/13/2026

Qualifier 4

Kyle Baily / Soren Sotoodeh (Q17)

Won 22-20, 21-16

Fri, 8/14/2026

Winner 1

Miles Evans / Alex Ranghieri (9)

Lost 24-26, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	Total	31	20	3	0.548	6	1	0	2
	1	19	16	1	0.789	3	1	0	1
	2	12	4	2	0.167	3	0	0	1
Christopher Shaffer	Total	17	8	3	0.294	0	4	0	5
	1	8	4	1	0.375	0	2	0	3
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	0	2

Fri, 8/14/2026

Contender 1

Markus Koppke / Daniel Leathers (25, Q3)

Lost 21-14, 19-21, 7-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	Total	31	13	5	0.258	3	3	0	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	0	0	0
	2	14	7	0	0.500	1	1	0	1
	3	9	1	5	-0.444	0	2	0	0
Christopher Shaffer	Total	36	13	6	0.194	1	20	2	3
	1	11	7	0	0.636	1	5	1	2
	2	17	5	3	0.118	0	14	0	1
	3	8	1	3	-0.250	0	1	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Brian Miller	62	33	8	0.403	9	4	0	3
Christopher Shaffer	53	21	9	0.226	1	24	2	8

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$650.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Brian Miller												Christopher Shaffer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
17	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1	6	$1,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,050.00	Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,200.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	1	1	$11,300.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$325.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$2,325.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	$425.00
44	0	0	1	0	4	11	17	2	9	$19,675.00	Total	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	16	$750.00

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
2025	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$650.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Brian Miller													Christopher 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	2016	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$700.00	2017	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$0.00	2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$2,150.00	2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2021	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$4,650.00	2022	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$2,750.00	2023	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$0.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	$6,025.00	2024	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,075.00	2025	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$425.00
											2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$325.00	2026	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$325.00
											2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2026	NORCECA
45	0	0	1	0	5	12	17	2	8	$19,675.00	Total	Total	28	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	3	16	$1,250.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Evans/Ranghieri 0-1
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Evans/Ranghieri	9	Miller/Shaffer	24, Q1	26-24, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Connole/Klasnic 0-1
9/13/25	AVP	Laguna Beach Contender Series	Winner 1	Connole/Klasnic	11	Miller/Shaffer	9	21-17, 24-22
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Koppke/Leathers 0-1
8/14/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Koppke/Leathers	25, Q3	Miller/Shaffer	24, Q1	14-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:59
Lead the series against # Q17 Baily/Sotoodeh 1-0
8/13/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Miller/Shaffer	24, Q1	Baily/Sotoodeh	Q17	22-20, 21-16
Lead the series against # Q33 Low/Schmidt 1-0
8/13/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Miller/Shaffer	24, Q1	Low/Schmidt	Q33	21-17, 21-19
Lead the series against # Q64 Ray/Zacca 1-0
8/13/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Miller/Shaffer	24, Q1	Ray/Zacca	Q64	19-21, 22-20, 15-9