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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
August 14 - 17, 2025

(26, Q6) Markus Koppke/Jeff Samuels

Markus Koppke

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Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (AVP Virginia Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

$1,500.00

Jeff Samuels, II

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Blanc, MI

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Michigan State
Davenport

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$35,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Michael Brunsting - 13th
2018	Did not play	Raffe Paulis - 25th
2021	Did not play	Kyle Radde - 29th
2022	Joe Osmani - 41st	Christopher Vaughan - 25th
2023	Did not play	Adam Roberts - 17th
2024	Jeff Samuels - 33rd	Markus Koppke - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/9-11/2025	Waupaca Contender Series	17	9th	1254	$600.00
AVP	8/15-18/2024	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Q8	33rd	1022	$0.00

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 2

Teddy Cook / Jhony Salvador (Q59)

Won 21-11, 21-18

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 3

Alexander Biz / Leor Schiffer (Q27)

Won 20-22, 21-18, 15-10

Thu, 8/14/2025

Qualifier 4

Mark Bucknam / Raffe Paulis (Q11)

Won 21-17, 21-10

Fri, 8/15/2025

Winner 1

Avery Drost / Wyatt Harrison (7)

Lost 9-21, 21-23

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Koppke	Total	32	18	6	0.375	1	2	0	0
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	1	0	0
	2	19	12	3	0.474	1	1	0	0
Jeff Samuels	Total	14	5	3	0.143	0	5	0	1
	1	6	2	1	0.167	0	2	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	3	0	1

Fri, 8/15/2025

Contender 1

Chase Frishman / Ian Satterfield (23)

Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-9

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Koppke	Total	28	20	3	0.607	5	3	2	3
	1	14	8	3	0.357	2	1	0	0
	2	9	7	0	0.778	2	1	0	2
	3	5	5	0	1.000	1	1	2	1
Jeff Samuels	Total	27	17	4	0.481	0	9	0	2
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	5	0	2
	2	8	4	3	0.125	0	2	0	0
	3	6	5	0	0.833	0	2	0	0

Fri, 8/15/2025

Contender 2

Seain Cook / Brian Miller (8)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Koppke	Total	31	16	10	0.194	1	0	2	2
	1	14	8	3	0.357	1	0	1	1
	2	17	8	7	0.059	0	0	1	1
Jeff Samuels	Total	13	7	1	0.462	0	4	0	4
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	2	0	2
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Koppke	91	54	19	0.385	7	5	4	5
Jeff Samuels	54	29	8	0.389	0	18	0	7

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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,200.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Koppke												Jeff Samuels
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1	1	$6,000.00
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$600.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	$2,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	$900.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	15	0	1	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$4,525.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	6	$1,500.00	Total	49	0	1	1	0	2	19	15	4	3	$16,550.00

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	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2025	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,800.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00	7	5	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Koppke													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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2022	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	$1,775.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2023	AVP	7	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$2,400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$0.00	2024	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$600.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	$1,500.00	2025	AVP	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,250.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	7	$1,500.00	Total	Total	73	0	2	6	0	13	22	17	5	8	$34,800.00

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	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-4	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
2024-2025	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-4	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5

Head to Head Results
Koppke/Samuels lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Drost/Harrison 0-1
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Drost/Harrison	7	Koppke/Samuels	26, Q6	21-9, 23-21	0:53
Trail the series against # 8 Cook/Miller 0-1
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 2	Cook/Miller	8	Koppke/Samuels	26, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Frishman/Satterfield 1-0
8/15/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 1	Koppke/Samuels	26, Q6	Frishman/Satterfield	23	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	1:03
Lead the series against # Q11 Bucknam/Paulis 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 4	Koppke/Samuels	26, Q6	Bucknam/Paulis	Q11	21-17, 21-10
Lead the series against # Q27 Biz/Schiffer 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 3	Koppke/Samuels	26, Q6	Biz/Schiffer	Q27	20-22, 21-18, 15-10
Lead the series against # Q59 Cook/Salvador 1-0
8/14/25	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 2	Koppke/Samuels	26, Q6	Cook/Salvador	Q59	21-11, 21-18
Lead the series against # Q60 Amylon/Lauer 1-0
8/15/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Qualifier 2	Koppke/Samuels	Q8	Amylon/Lauer	Q72	21-13, 21-15