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$150,000 AVP Heritage Huntington Beach Open
May 14 - 17, 2026

(12) Derek Bradford/Evan Cory

Derek Bradford

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Northridge, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Hawaii-Manoa

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Guadalajara 2025)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Virginia Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

$15,275.00

Evan Cory

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Metairie, LA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Lincoln Memorial University

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$93,959.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	US$9,750.00
NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	8	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	US$24,000.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Paul Lotman - 7th
2023	Did not play	Logan Webber - 13th
2024	Travis Woloson - 29th	Alison Cerutti - 5th
2025	Jordan Hoppe - 29th	Tri Bourne - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	12	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
NORCECA	12/12-14/2025	NORCECA Final - Juan Dolio	5	9th	460	US$0.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q9	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	23, Q1	25th	220	US$1,500.00
NORCECA	9/5-7/2025	NORCECA Guadalajara	4	1st	320	US$2,000.00
AVP	6/27-29/2025	Virginia Beach Contender Series	1	2nd	1621	$5,250.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 5/15/2026

Winner 1

Miles Partain / James Shaw (5)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	18	12	1	0.611	1	0	2	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	0	0	0	3
	2	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	2	0
Evan Cory	Total	16	9	6	0.188	0	4	0	4
	1	6	4	2	0.333	0	0	0	1
	2	10	5	4	0.100	0	4	0	3

Fri, 5/15/2026

Contender 1

Gage Basey / Thomas Hurst (13, Q1)

Won 18-21, 24-22, 15-12

1:11

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	36	25	3	0.611	6	1	4	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	1	1	0	0
	2	14	10	0	0.714	3	0	3	1
	3	8	6	2	0.500	2	0	1	0
Evan Cory	Total	28	18	0	0.643	0	16	0	3
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	7	0	2
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	7	0	1
	3	7	5	0	0.714	0	2	0	0

Sat, 5/16/2026

Contender 2

Troy Field / Ryan Wilcox (10)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	24	14	3	0.458	5	2	2	1
	1	16	9	2	0.438	2	2	2	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	3	0	0	0
Evan Cory	Total	18	12	0	0.667	0	8	3	2
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	4	1	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	4	2	0

Sat, 5/16/2026

Contender 3

Tim Bomgren / Avery Drost (9)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	25	19	4	0.600	1	3	1	1
	1	14	11	3	0.571	1	2	0	1
	2	11	8	1	0.636	0	1	1	0
Evan Cory	Total	15	11	1	0.667	0	6	0	4
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	0	2
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	2	0	2

Sat, 5/16/2026

Contender 4

Miles Partain / James Shaw (5)

Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-13

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	23	10	5	0.217	2	4	1	4
	1	13	4	2	0.154	1	2	0	2
	2	5	2	3	-0.200	0	0	0	2
	3	5	4	0	0.800	1	2	1	0
Evan Cory	Total	27	13	6	0.259	0	13	2	3
	1	11	3	3	0.000	0	6	1	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	5	1	0
	3	9	5	3	0.222	0	2	0	1

Sun, 5/17/2026

Semi-Finals

Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb (2)

Lost 16-21, 11-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	Total	22	10	4	0.273	2	0	0	5
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	0	0	4
	2	7	1	2	-0.143	1	0	0	1
Evan Cory	Total	11	6	3	0.273	0	4	0	3
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	0	2
	2	7	3	3	0.000	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Derek Bradford	148	90	20	0.473	17	10	10	15
Evan Cory	115	69	16	0.461	0	51	5	19

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$9,750.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00
Total	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$22,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Derek Bradford												Evan Cory
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	$4,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	1	0	0	1	2	4	4	7	0	$19,800.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
											Gold Series	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	$19,450.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,825.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	13	0	0	1	0	5	7	0	0	0	$22,525.00
9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	1	0	$4,725.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	11	4	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$25,825.00
27	0	1	2	0	4	7	4	4	3	$14,025.00	Total	64	6	3	2	1	13	15	6	8	0	$89,975.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	5	1	83.3 %
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2026	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,250.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$9,750.00	4	6	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Derek Bradford													Evan Cory
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
											2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$0.00
											2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,175.00
											2022	AVP	11	0	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	$21,525.00
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	$4,750.00
											2022	NORCECA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2023	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	$13,025.00
											2023	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$200.00	2024	AVP	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$14,900.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$6,500.00
											2024	NORCECA	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	$4,850.00	2025	AVP	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,850.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$3,125.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2026	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
30	1	1	3	0	4	8	4	4	5	$15,275.00	Total	Total	71	8	6	3	1	13	16	6	8	10	$93,725.00

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	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	13	9

Head to Head Results
Bradford/Cory lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Benesh/Crabb 0-1
5/17/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Crabb	2	Bradford/Cory	12	21-16, 21-11	0:38
Series tied with # 5 Partain/Shaw 1-1
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Bradford/Cory	12	Partain/Shaw	5	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Partain/Shaw	5	Bradford/Cory	12	21-14, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 9 Bomgren/Drost 1-0
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Bradford/Cory	12	Bomgren/Drost	9	21-14, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Field/Wilcox 1-0
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Bradford/Cory	12	Field/Wilcox	10	21-18, 21-16	0:47
Series tied with # 13, Q1 Basey/Hurst 1-1
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 1	Bradford/Cory	12	Basey/Hurst	13, Q1	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:11
6/29/25	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Finals	Basey/Hurst	5	Bradford/Cory	1	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # Q10 Freystaetter/Hartmann 1-0
6/28/25	AVP	Virginia Beach Contender Series	Pool A	Bradford/Cory	1	Freystaetter/Hartmann	12	26-24, 21-17	0:48