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$240,000 AVP Crocs Tour Panama City Beach Open
March 27 - 29, 2009

(2) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

271

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,045,362.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2007
Best Hitter 2009, 2011
Best Offensive Player 2009
Best Server 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	CQ	Money
AVP	51	12	13	15	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$769,750.00
FIVB	78	10	12	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$1,204,850.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,100.00
NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00
P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Overall	136	26	26	26	4	28	6	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$2,042,700.00

Previous Panama City Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	1	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	2	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	3	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
AVP	9/17-20/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	4	2nd	468	$75,000.00
AVP	9/12-14/2008	AVP Shootout San Francisco	2	3rd	270	$10,500.00
AVP	9/6-7/2008	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	8/29-31/2008	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	2	3rd	390	$9,500.00
AVP	8/1-3/2008	AVP Slam San Diego	1	3rd	390	$9,500.00
AVP	7/24-27/2008	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	4	2nd	468	$15,000.00
AVP	7/18-20/2008	AVP Slam Brooklyn	4	2nd	468	$15,000.00
AVP	7/10-13/2008	AVP Slam Chicago Open	4	3rd	390	$9,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	8	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	8	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	5	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	6	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
AVP	5/8-10/2008	AVP Charleston	3	2nd	324	$15,000.00
AVP	5/1-3/2008	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	3	5th	216	$6,000.00
AVP	4/17-20/2008	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
AVP	4/10-13/2008	AVP Gold Crown Miami	4	3rd	270	$9,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	7	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Panama City Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 3/29/2009

Winner 2

Saralyn Smith / Beth Van Fleet (18)

Won 21-6, 21-14

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	10	1	0.563	0	8	2	0
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	1	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	7	1	0
April Ross	Total	21	15	4	0.524	1	7	7	2
	1	6	6	0	1.000	1	1	4	2
	2	15	9	4	0.333	0	6	3	0

Sun, 3/29/2009

Winner 3

Nancy Reynolds / Michelle Williams (10)

Won 21-17, 21-12

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	26	17	2	0.577	0	9	2	3
	1	13	10	1	0.692	0	4	0	0
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	5	2	3
April Ross	Total	22	13	1	0.545	0	2	0	1
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	2	0	1
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	0	0	0

Sun, 3/29/2009

Semi-Finals

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Won 21-19, 19-21, 21-19

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	59	35	4	0.525	1	17	0	3
	1	16	9	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	24	13	3	0.417	0	6	0	2
	3	19	13	0	0.684	1	7	0	1
April Ross	Total	30	12	5	0.233	1	8	5	3
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	3	3	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	1	1	0	0
	3	7	2	0	0.286	0	4	2	3

Sun, 3/29/2009

Finals

Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs (1)

Lost 21-16, 18-21, 9-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	26	16	4	0.462	0	6	0	2
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	0	0	2
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	5	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	0	0
April Ross	Total	30	16	4	0.400	2	7	5	4
	1	10	8	1	0.700	2	2	4	1
	2	17	7	1	0.353	0	4	1	2
	3	3	1	2	-0.333	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	127	78	11	0.528	1	40	4	8
April Ross	103	56	14	0.408	4	24	17	10

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$81,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	4	3	4	2	10	0	10	0	1	1	0	$588,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	14	19	17	2	15	6	2	1	2	1	0	$1,089,300.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$92,000.00
Tour Championships	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$67,500.00
Total	124	21	24	22	4	27	6	12	1	3	2	0	$1,918,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jennifer Kessy												April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$46,075.00	World Championships	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$105,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$46,000.00
53	4	3	4	2	12	14	7	5	0	$355,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	67	13	5	4	5	18	15	3	3	0	$694,950.00
156	15	25	35	3	38	20	13	3	0	$757,282.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	145	40	24	23	3	30	11	8	3	0	$859,512.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger
11	0	1	3	0	4	3	0	0	0	$66,660.00	Manhattan Beach	10	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$102,400.00
5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$40,610.00	Tour Championships	9	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$95,450.00
											Gold Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
234	23	30	43	5	56	39	22	8	0	$1,272,177.50	Total	251	65	34	34	9	54	31	13	6	0	$1,914,062.50

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
2007	AVP	15	0	2	4	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	$132,550.00	50	27	64.9 %
2007	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	$106,100.00	29	14	67.4 %
2008	AVP	12	0	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$199,000.00	43	21	67.2 %
2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	$174,600.00	53	17	75.7 %
2009	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	AVP	28	0	8	10	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	$349,550.00	96	49	66.2 %
Total	FIVB	20	3	2	1	1	7	0	3	0	1	0	2	$280,700.00	82	31	72.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jennifer Kessy													April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$2,157.00	2000	BVA
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$3,535.00	2001	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	BVA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,680.00	2002	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$6,900.00	2003	AVP
12	0	1	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	$32,912.50	2004	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
14	0	2	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	$80,650.00	2005	AVP
8	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	1	$30,875.00	2005	FIVB
16	0	4	5	0	6	1	0	0	0	$76,850.00	2006	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	2	$6,287.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$15,100.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
16	0	2	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	$73,525.00	2007	AVP	16	0	2	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	$76,025.00
8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00	2007	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00
13	1	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$125,250.00	2008	AVP	13	0	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	$104,750.00
12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00	2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2009	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
139	5	17	28	2	40	20	14	4	9	$603,784.50	Total	Total	65	3	10	11	1	19	6	8	2	5	$337,912.50

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	161	81.3%	25	12.6%	12	6.1%	186-12	93.9%	21	29.2%	10	13.9%	41	56.9%	21-51	29.2%	161-41	79.7%	46-22	67.6%	0	1	207-64	76.4%
2008-2009	71	77.2%	14	15.2%	7	7.6%	85-7	92.4%	9	31.0%	3	10.3%	17	58.6%	9-20	31.0%	71-17	80.7%	23-10	69.7%	0	1	94-28	77.0%
Against the Field	42	73.7%	8	14.0%	7	12.3%	50-7	87.7%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	14	60.9%	6-17	26.1%	84-28	75.0%	28-20	58.3%	0	0	56-24	70.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	5	0	86	16	0	0	45	21	7	6	4	2	4	3	152	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	6	1	0	0	196	48	33	18	6	2	5	8	336	113
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	5
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Total	1	1	7	0	105	19	0	0	261	72	45	25	10	4	10	12	530	171

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 26-20 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 7-16
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	2	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:55
9/20/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	1:21
9/13/08	AVP	AVP Shootout San Francisco	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	2	21-11, 21-19	0:46
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	3	23-21, 21-19	0:50
8/30/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Cincinnati	Winner 4	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	2	21-23, 21-18, 18-16	1:17
7/27/08	AVP	AVP Slam Long Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	3	21-19, 22-24, 15-6	1:03
7/20/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	3	9-21, 21-13, 15-10	1:04
7/13/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	3	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-14	0:51
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	7	21-10, 21-17	0:35
5/10/08	AVP	AVP Charleston	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	1	Kessy/Ross	3	22-20, 21-15	0:54
4/20/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Dallas	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-18, 21-17	0:43
4/13/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	4	21-15, 21-19	0:48
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	5	21-13, 21-13	0:45
9/15/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:03
8/11/07	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 14-21, 22-20	1:17
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Kessy/Ross	16	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:59
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	5	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Branagh/Youngs	11	22-20, 21-18	0:49
5/12/07	AVP	Glendale Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:07
5/6/07	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	6	21-14, 21-16	0:43
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Finals	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	11	21-19, 21-15	0:56
4/15/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	11	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 7-4
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-19, 19-21, 21-19	1:17
9/7/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Kessy/Ross	3	21-16, 24-22	0:56
5/2/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Huntington Beach	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	6	Kessy/Ross	3	12-21, 31-29, 15-13	1:13
4/12/08	AVP	AVP Gold Crown Miami	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:10
9/14/07	AVP	San Francisco Best of the Beach	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-16, 25-23	0:54
8/25/07	AVP	Brooklyn Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Kessy/Ross	5	21-13, 21-16	0:45
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	21-19, 21-19	0:48
7/8/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	21-14, 21-13	0:44
6/2/07	AVP	Tampa Open	Contender 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	8	Kessy/Ross	5	23-21, 21-18	0:48
4/21/07	AVP	Dallas Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	14-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:10
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	11	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 8 Jameson/Jones 3-0
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Jameson/Jones	12, Q2	21-18, 21-10	0:41
8/2/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Jameson/Jones	8	21-11, 21-16	0:34
7/21/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	Jameson/Jones	20	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Reynolds/Williams 1-0
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Reynolds/Williams	10	21-17, 21-12	0:43
Lead the series against # 12 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 1-0
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	5	22-20, 22-20	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
9/6/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Santa Barbara	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	3	Fopma/Hochevar	14	21-18, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 15 Brannon/Pavlik 3-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Brannon/Pavlik	32, Q9	25-23, 21-12	0:42
7/18/08	AVP	AVP Slam Brooklyn	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Brannon/Pavlik	13	21-18, 21-16	0:42
7/11/08	AVP	AVP Slam Chicago Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Brannon/Pavlik	13	21-14, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Smith/Van Fleet 1-0
3/29/09	AVP	Panama City Beach Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Smith/Van Fleet	18	21-6, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # Q4 Duffner-Hand/Zamparelli-Flavia 1-0
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	2	Duffner-Hand/Zamparelli-Flavia	31, Q10	21-10, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q5 Allinger/Carson 1-0
8/1/08	AVP	AVP Slam San Diego	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Allinger/Carson	32	21-10, 21-12	0:32