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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
August 13 - 16, 2026

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:

$20,250.00

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:

$99,234.25

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	US$19,700.00
NORCECA	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	11	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	2	US$33,950.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Jon Justice - 57th
2021	Did not play	Logan Webber - 9th
2022	Did not play	Billy Kolinske - 13th
2023	Did not play	Troy Field - 13th
2024	Zephyr Dew - 33rd	Alison Cerutti - 7th
2025	John Schwengel - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg			0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	22, Q5	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	20	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	25th	220	US$1,500.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	12	3rd	2572	$7,000.00
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

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$13,500.00
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	9	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	$31,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Derek Bradford												Evan Cory
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$3,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$6,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	1	0	0	1	2	4	5	8	9	$21,675.00
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	1	$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
10	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$4,725.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	12	4	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$26,125.00
31	0	1	2	0	4	8	6	5	5	$19,000.00	Total	68	6	3	2	1	13	17	7	9	10	$95,250.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$18,200.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	$19,700.00	8	12	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
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2026	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,800.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,100.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,100.00
34	1	1	3	0	4	9	6	5	5	$20,250.00	Total	Total	75	8	6	3	1	13	18	7	9	10	$99,000.00

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	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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
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	1	1	7	7	0	0	4	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	17	15

Head to Head Results
Bradford/Cory lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with 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 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