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

(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:

$19,350.00

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:

$925.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$850.00

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

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$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	0	0	$10,975.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$0.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$2,325.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	$425.00
42	0	0	1	0	4	11	17	1	8	$19,350.00	Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	16	$425.00

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 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1	2	33.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2026	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$0.00
											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
44	0	0	1	0	5	12	17	1	8	$19,350.00	Total	Total	27	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	16	$925.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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
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	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Miller/Shaffer trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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