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

(31, Q16) Michael Groselle/Ryan Smith

Michael Groselle

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Plano, TX

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Citadel

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$9,175.00

Ryan Smith

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Parker, CO

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Vanguard

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$650.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	US$650.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	David Smith - 41st	Did not play
2019	Ty Coutts - 41st	Did not play
2021	David Vander Meer - 25th	Did not play
2022	Nathan Yang - 25th	Heath Hughes - 41st
2023	Nathan Yang - 25th	Ian Carlson - 41st
2024	Raffe Paulis - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/4-6/2025	Denver Contender Series	22, Q7	17th	1022	$0.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	Q11	21st	60	€ 0.00

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 2

Art Barron / Gabriel Vega (Q80)

Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-12

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 3

Tomer Hadar / Nemanja Komar (Q17)

Won 21-18, 21-19

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 4

Shaw Clements / Gabriel Domecus (Q64)

Won 21-18, 21-19

Fri, 8/15/2025

Winner 1

Taylor Crabb / Taylor Sander (2)

Lost 15-21, 18-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	20	13	3	0.500	1	4	0	2
	1	13	9	2	0.538	1	2	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	0	1
Ryan Smith	Total	17	8	5	0.176	2	4	3	1
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	1	1	1
	2	13	5	5	0.000	2	3	2	0

Fri, 8/15/2025

Contender 1

Bryce Mayer / Tyler Penberthy (18)

Lost 20-22, 14-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	Total	29	10	4	0.207	1	3	1	0
	1	18	6	1	0.278	1	1	1	0
	2	11	4	3	0.091	0	2	0	0
Ryan Smith	Total	14	6	1	0.357	0	9	1	2
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	6	1	1
	2	4	1	1	0.000	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Michael Groselle	49	23	7	0.327	2	7	1	2
Ryan Smith	31	14	6	0.258	2	13	4	3

Head to Head Results
Groselle/Smith lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Crabb/Sander 0-1
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Crabb/Sander	2	Groselle/Smith	31, Q16	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 18 Mayer/Penberthy 1-1
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 1	Mayer/Penberthy	18	Groselle/Smith	31, Q16	22-20, 21-14	0:41
7/5/25	AVP	Denver Contender Series	Pool C	Groselle/Smith	22, Q7	Mayer/Penberthy	15	21-19, 13-21, 22-20	1:09
Trail the series against # 30 Carlson/del Sol 0-1
7/5/25	AVP	Denver Contender Series	Lucky Loser	Carlson/del Sol	19	Groselle/Smith	22, Q7	21-15, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # Q17 Hadar/Komar 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 3	Groselle/Smith	31, Q16	Hadar/Komar	Q17	21-18, 21-19
Lead the series against # Q45 Fuchs/Hull 1-0
7/4/25	AVP	Denver Contender Series	Qualifier 2	Groselle/Smith	22, Q7	Fuchs/Hull	Q26	21-19, 21-14
Lead the series against # Q64 Clements/Domecus 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 4	Groselle/Smith	31, Q16	Clements/Domecus	Q64	21-18, 21-19
Lead the series against # Q80 Barron/Vega 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 2	Groselle/Smith	31, Q16	Barron/Vega	Q80	17-21, 21-17, 15-12