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AVP Tour
$20,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Virginia Beach Open
June 12 - 14, 2026

(2) Diego Perez/Jeff Samuels

Diego Perez

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 20, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Irvine, CA

Height:

5'11"

College(s):

Orange Coast College
Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Virginia Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$14,700.00

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$37,155.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00

Previous Virginia Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Brian Miller - 17th	Christopher Vaughan - 13th
2023	Alec Podrasky - 33rd	Raffe Paulis - 9th
2024	Ryan Ierna - 5th	Did not play
2025	Jeff Samuels - 3rd	Diego Perez - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/27-29/2025	Virginia Beach Contender Series	6	3rd	1540	$2,700.00

Virginia Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/13/2026	Pool B	Colton Beverly / Briley Codey (23, Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-11
Sat, 6/13/2026	Pool B	Angel Dache / Sami Jindyeh (11)	Won 21-17, 21-11
Sat, 6/13/2026	Winner 1	Brian O'Neill / David Updegrove (14)	Won 21-15, 21-4
Sun, 6/14/2026	Winner 2	Angel Dache / Sami Jindyeh (11)	Won 21-13, 21-12
Sun, 6/14/2026	Semi-Finals	Earl Schultz / Alex Ukkelberg (5)	Won 21-11, 27-25
Sun, 6/14/2026	Finals	Cody Caldwell / Avery Drost (1)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 10-15

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$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00
Total	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Diego Perez												Jeff Samuels
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	5	$6,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$225.00
											Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$1,450.00
											Tour Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$1,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,150.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	$3,650.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$2,000.00
21	0	1	3	0	4	6	5	0	2	$7,150.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	20	0	2	1	0	3	12	2	0	0	$6,125.00
33	0	1	4	0	4	9	7	2	6	$13,200.00	Total	56	0	2	1	0	4	21	16	4	8	$18,375.00

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
2025	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	4	1	80.0 %
2026	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00	9	2	81.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Diego Perez													Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											2013	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$675.00
											2014	NVL	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
											2015	NVL	8	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$11,675.00
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
											2016	NVL	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,475.00
											2017	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,175.00
											2018	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$2,525.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$0.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$250.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	$1,775.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	$2,650.00	2023	AVP	7	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$2,400.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$3,125.00	2024	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB
3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	NORCECA
7	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	$3,775.00	2025	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	$2,675.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2026	AVP	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,300.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00	2026	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2026	NORCECA
35	0	2	6	0	4	8	7	2	6	$13,300.00	Total	Total	78	0	3	6	0	14	24	17	5	9	$36,525.00

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	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	7-1	87.5%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	9-2	81.8%
2025-2026	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	7-1	87.5%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	9-2	81.8%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	9	2
Total	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	9	2

Head to Head Results
Perez/Samuels lead the series against the field 6-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Caldwell/Drost 0-1
6/14/26	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Finals	Caldwell/Drost	1	Perez/Samuels	2	21-18, 19-21, 15-10
Lead the series against # 5 Schultz/Ukkelberg 1-0
6/14/26	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Perez/Samuels	2	Schultz/Ukkelberg	5	21-11, 27-25
Lead the series against # 8 Barnes/Keeter 1-0
6/29/25	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Winner 2	Perez/Samuels	6	Barnes/Keeter	16	21-14, 21-18	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Dache/Jindyeh 2-0
6/14/26	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Winner 2	Perez/Samuels	2	Dache/Jindyeh	11	21-13, 21-12
6/13/26	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Pool B	Perez/Samuels	2	Dache/Jindyeh	11	21-17, 21-11
Lead the series against # 14 O'Neill/Updegrove 1-0
6/13/26	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Winner 1	Perez/Samuels	2	O'Neill/Updegrove	14	21-15, 21-4
Lead the series against # 23, Q7 Beverly/Codey 1-0
6/13/26	AVP	Virginia Beach Open	Pool B	Perez/Samuels	2	Beverly/Codey	23, Q7	21-14, 21-11