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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Championships
September 7 - 9, 2012

(1) 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 Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Heather Lowe - 9th	Did not play
2002	Heather Lowe - 17th	Did not play
2004	Jennifer Meredith - 5th	Did not play
2005	Holly McPeak - 2nd	Did not play
2006	Nancy Reynolds - 13th	Keao Burdine - 41st
2008	April Ross - 2nd	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd
2010	April Ross - 5th	Jennifer Kessy - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/30-9/2/2012	AVP Cincinnati Open	2	1st	3000	$20,000.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	4	2nd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	4	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
NVL	5/17-19/2012	NVL Preakness	1	1st	800	$7,500.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
Pro Beach	9/23-25/2011	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	1	1st	720	$15,000.00
Pro Beach	9/16-18/2011	Miami Beach Pro	1	3rd	576	$7,500.00
NVL	9/10-11/2011	NVL Miami Beach	1	1st	1500	$20,000.00

AVP Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/7/2012	Pool A	Olaya Pazo / Kendra VanZwieten (12)	Won 21-17, 21-17
Fri, 9/7/2012	Pool A	Angie Akers / Brittany Hochevar (7)	Won 21-16, 21-14
Sat, 9/8/2012	Pool A	Brooke Niles / Tyra Turner (6)	Won 11-21, 21-12, 15-13
Sat, 9/8/2012	Semi-Finals	Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (4)	Won 21-14, 21-12
Sun, 9/9/2012	Finals	Nicole Branagh / Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)	Won 21-19, 21-16

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	11	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$219,700.00	51	7	87.9 %
2009	FIVB	12	3	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$278,200.00	58	13	81.7 %
2010	AVP	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$95,500.00	31	4	88.6 %
2010	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	0	100.0 %
2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	$213,350.00	61	25	70.9 %
2011	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
2011	Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	9	1	90.0 %
2011	FIVB	14	1	3	3	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	67	22	75.3 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	6	1	85.7 %
2012	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$67,500.00	10	0	100.0 %
2012	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	5	0	100.0 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$108,200.00	36	13	73.5 %
Total	AVP	46	10	12	13	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	$714,250.00	185	59	75.8 %
Total	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	0	100.0 %
Total	NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00	11	0	100.0 %
Total	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	9	1	90.0 %
Total	FIVB	70	9	11	9	3	19	3	8	1	3	2	2	$1,111,450.00	304	104	74.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	6	1	85.7 %

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
12	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$133,550.00	2009	AVP	12	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$110,350.00
12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00	2009	FIVB	12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00
6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,750.00	2010	AVP	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2010	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00	2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2011	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00
14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2011	FIVB	14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,750.00	2012	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2012	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
9	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$54,100.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$54,100.00
215	26	31	41	4	56	26	16	6	9	$1,259,259.50	Total	Total	141	23	24	24	3	35	13	10	4	5	$970,187.50

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%
2011-2012	9	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	9-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	10-0	100.0%
Against the Field	14	93.3%	0	0.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	28-2	93.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	15-3	83.3%

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 12-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Branagh/Walsh Jennings 2-2
9/9/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	2	21-19, 21-16
9/2/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	21-11, 21-18
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	3	Kessy/Ross	6	12-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:55
10/11/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Gold Medal	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	3	21-18, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 3 Fopma/Sweat 1-0
9/1/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Fopma/Sweat	6	21-18, 21-12
Lead the series against # 4 Kropp/Pavlik 5-2
9/8/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-14, 21-12
9/2/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Kropp/Pavlik	1	21-12, 21-16
5/18/12	NVL	NVL Preakness	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	2	21-13, 21-16	0:44
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-12, 21-16	0:50
9/25/11	Pro Beach	Pro Beach Volleyball Series Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-19, 21-16	0:49
9/18/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-19, 11-21, 15-12	1:05
9/4/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Semi-Finals	Kropp/Pavlik	4	Kessy/Ross	1	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 6 Niles/Turner 1-0
9/8/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Niles/Turner	6	11-21, 21-12, 15-13
Lead the series against # 7 Akers/Hochevar 1-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Hochevar	7	21-16, 21-14
Lead the series against # 11 Lima/Miller 1-0
9/1/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Lima/Miller	10	21-16, 21-18
Lead the series against # 12 Pazo/VanZwieten 1-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Pazo/VanZwieten	12	21-17, 21-17