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$20,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Austin Open
April 17 - 18, 2026

(3) Gage Basey/Thomas Hurst

Gage Basey

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lyons, CO

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Colorado

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$21,625.00

Thomas Hurst

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Plano, TX

Height:

6'4"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$12,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	Money
AVP	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	$19,450.00
FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	US$3,950.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	14	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	2	US$23,400.00

Previous Austin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/30-4/2/2026	BPT Futures Tahiti	1	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	17	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	5	2nd	360	US$700.00
NORCECA	9/12-14/2025	NORCECA El Salvador	2	5th	192	US$0.00
AVP	7/9-11/2025	Waupaca Contender Series	4	3rd	1540	$2,700.00
AVP	6/27-29/2025	Virginia Beach Contender Series	5	1st	1706	$9,750.00

Austin Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 1	Michael Klentzman / William Mota (30)	Won 21-9, 21-16
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 2	Alex Harthaller / Diego Perez (14)	Won 21-15, 21-19
Fri, 4/17/2026	Winner 3	Seain Cook / Earl Schultz (6)	Won 21-18, 21-17
Sat, 4/18/2026	Winner 4	Cody Caldwell / Jacob LaBouliere (15)	Lost 23-21, 17-21, 13-15
Sat, 4/18/2026	Contender 6	Markus Koppke / Jeff Samuels (8)	Won 21-10, 21-11
Sat, 4/18/2026	Semi-Finals	Mischa Freystaetter / Adam Hartmann (13)	Won 21-14, 21-15
Sat, 4/18/2026	Finals	Peter Connole / Djordje Klasnic (4)	Won 21-17, 21-15

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	0	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,000.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$17,450.00
Total	12	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$23,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Gage Basey												Thomas Hurst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,750.00	Gold Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	$3,725.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$1,000.00
12	2	0	3	0	1	5	1	0	0	$10,725.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	12	2	0	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	$9,025.00
26	3	2	3	0	1	11	3	0	2	$21,625.00	Total	25	3	1	1	0	0	4	5	3	7	$12,000.00

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
2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2023	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$200.00	1	3	25.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2024	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	1	2	33.3 %
2025	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,450.00	10	1	90.9 %
2026	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,400.00	6	1	85.7 %
2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,950.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	AVP	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$17,450.00	18	7	72.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,950.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Gage Basey													Thomas Hurst
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	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	$5,850.00	2023	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$2,200.00	2024	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$200.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,950.00	2025	AVP	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00	2026	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,975.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,975.00
26	3	2	3	0	2	11	3	0	2	$20,625.00	Total	Total	25	3	1	1	0	1	4	5	3	7	$11,000.00

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	16	69.6%	2	8.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3-4	42.9%	16-3	84.2%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	21-9	70.0%
2025-2026	15	75.0%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	15-1	93.8%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	19-4	82.6%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0		0		0		0-0		16-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	9-1	90.0%

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	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	7	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	18	6
Total	0	0	4	3	10	3	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	0	3	1	31	14

Head to Head Results
Basey/Hurst lead the series against the field 9-1 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Connole/Klasnic 1-0
4/18/26	AVP	Austin Open	Finals	Basey/Hurst	3	Connole/Klasnic	4	21-17, 21-15
Lead the series against # 6 Cook/Schultz 1-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	Basey/Hurst	3	Cook/Schultz	6	21-18, 21-17
Lead the series against # 8 Koppke/Samuels 1-0
4/18/26	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 6	Basey/Hurst	3	Koppke/Samuels	8	21-10, 21-11
Lead the series against # 13 Freystaetter/Hartmann 2-0
4/18/26	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Basey/Hurst	3	Freystaetter/Hartmann	13	21-14, 21-15
6/29/25	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Winner 2	Basey/Hurst	5	Freystaetter/Hartmann	12	21-18, 11-21, 15-6	1:02
Lead the series against # 14 Harthaller/Perez 2-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Basey/Hurst	3	Harthaller/Perez	14	21-15, 21-19
7/11/25	AVP	Waupaca Contender Series	Winner 2	Basey/Hurst	4	Harthaller/Perez	18, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Caldwell/LaBouliere 0-1
4/18/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 4	Caldwell/LaBouliere	15	Basey/Hurst	3	21-23, 21-17, 15-13
Lead the series against # 30 Klentzman/Mota 1-0
4/17/26	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 1	Basey/Hurst	3	Klentzman/Mota	30	21-9, 21-16
Lead the series against # Q2 Campbell/Kaufman 1-0
2/6/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Pool D	Basey/Hurst	5	Campbell/Kaufman	12, Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:30