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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
May 20 - 24, 2026

Joshua Howat/Luke Ryan, Australia

Joshua Howat
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 31, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$4,334.25

Luke Ryan
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

South Brisbane

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	US$3,350.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Luke Ryan - 17th	Joshua Howat - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen			0	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	4	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joshua Howat												Luke Ryan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,000.00
18	0	1	0	1	3	11	2	0	0	$1,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
27	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	0	$4,100.00	Total	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	1	$5,350.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$700.00	7	3	70.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,350.00	11	7	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joshua Howat													Luke Ryan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	$50.00	2022	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$450.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	$1,150.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,250.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	$4,800.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
27	0	1	0	1	3	11	5	4	2	$4,100.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	2	3	$5,350.00

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	10	76.9%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	10-4	71.4%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	11-7	61.1%
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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	4
Total	0	0	3	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	11	7

Head to Head Results
Howat/Ryan trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with Bushby/Schumann, Australia 1-1
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Bronze Medal	Bushby/Schumann	5, Q2	Howat/Ryan	4	17-21, 26-24, 15-9	0:52
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool D	Howat/Ryan	4	Bushby/Schumann	5, Q2	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against Nemec/Petruf, Slovakia 0-1
11/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Qualifier 2	Nemec/Petruf	20, Q16	Howat/Ryan	Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against Pearse/Potts, Australia 0-1
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Semi-Finals	Pearse/Potts	2	Howat/Ryan	4	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against Reinhardt/Sowa, Germany 1-0
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Howat/Ryan	17	Reinhardt/Sowa	32, Q20	21-17, 21-19	0:29