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$150,000 Nissan US Championships of Beach Volleyball Presented by Xbox
August 22 - 25, 2002

(4) Canyon Ceman/Mike Whitmarsh

Canyon Ceman

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

18

Tournaments:

224

Career Wins:

7

Career Winnings:

$682,442.25

Mike Whitmarsh

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 18, 1962 (63 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

San Diego

Seasons:

15

Tournaments:

267

Career Wins:

28

Career AVP Wins:

25

Career Winnings:

$1,603,987.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	40	4	8	10	3	6	4	3	1	1	0	$343,390.00
FIVB	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$69,500.00
Overall	43	4	9	11	3	6	4	3	1	2	0	US$412,890.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1990	Did not play	Jon Stevenson - 13th
1991	Did not play	Adam Johnson - 5th
1992	Did not play	Brent Frohoff - 4th
1993	Did not play	Mike Dodd - 2nd
1994	Did not play	Mike Dodd - 2nd
1995	Jeff Rodgers - 17th	Mike Dodd - 7th
1996	Dain Blanton - 5th	Mike Dodd - 2nd
1997	Dain Blanton - 4th	Mike Dodd - 3rd
1998	Mark Kerins - 7th	Kent Steffes - 1st
1999	Did not play	David Swatik - 17th
2000	Brian Lewis - 4th	Matt Unger - 5th
FIVB 2000	Brian Lewis - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/8-11/2002	Manhattan Beach Open	4	2nd	428	$14,000.00
AVP	6/28-30/2002	Belmar Open	6	1st	360	$14,500.00
AVP	6/14-16/2002	Santa Barbara Open	3	7th	180	$2,500.00
AVP	6/7-9/2002	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	3	9th	172	$1,920.00
AVP	5/24-26/2002	Huntington Beach Open	4	2nd	324	$9,750.00
AVP	8/24-26/2001	Open at Manhattan Beach	3	3rd	288	$8,160.00

US Championships of Beach Volleyball Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/23/2002

Winner 1

David Smith / Scott Wong (29)

Won 15-21, 21-11, 15-11

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Fri, 8/23/2002

Winner 2

Mark Reilly / Rich VanHuizen (20)

Won 16-21, 21-16, 15-8

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 8/24/2002

Winner 3

Scott Davenport / Eli Fairfield (12)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 8/24/2002

Winner 4

Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren (1)

Lost 21-18, 16-21, 13-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	1	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 8/25/2002

Contender 6

Eduardo Bacil / Fred Souza (3)

Lost 17-21, 27-25, 10-15

1:20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	1	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	N/A	1	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	N/A	2	N/A
Opponents	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	N/A	2	N/A

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$42,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$27,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	4	4	8	2	3	4	3	1	1	0	0	$221,518.00
Manhattan Beach	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$52,650.00
Tour Championships	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50,472.00
Total	41	4	8	11	3	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	$394,140.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Canyon Ceman												Mike Whitmarsh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$14,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$69,350.00
168	6	7	13	9	41	48	36	5	0	$365,101.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	192	25	31	20	17	57	31	10	1	0	$814,944.00
15	0	2	2	0	4	3	2	1	0	$38,670.00	Manhattan Beach	12	1	2	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	$59,427.50
21	1	2	4	3	6	4	0	1	0	$94,836.00	Tour Championships	27	0	9	4	4	7	2	1	0	0	$150,986.88
209	7	12	20	12	51	55	39	8	0	$534,357.25	Total	238	27	45	30	21	67	33	13	1	0	$1,115,708.38

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
1997	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$42,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2002	AVP	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$46,870.00	24	9	72.7 %
Total	AVP	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$46,870.00	24	9	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$42,000.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Canyon Ceman													Mike Whitmarsh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	AVP	13	0	0	1	0	1	10	1	0	0	$16,081.25
											1990	PBVA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											1991	AVP	22	0	2	0	4	8	5	3	0	0	$48,773.63
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,546.25	1992	AVP	25	1	3	3	4	12	1	1	0	0	$87,873.75
											1993	AVP	24	1	5	4	1	9	4	0	0	0	$110,613.75
15	0	0	0	1	1	7	3	3	0	$18,024.00	1994	AVP	26	3	9	5	3	5	0	1	0	0	$158,439.00
20	0	1	0	0	7	10	2	0	0	$40,035.00	1995	AVP	25	6	7	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	$192,362.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	1995	FIVB	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
18	0	1	0	1	9	5	1	1	0	$46,555.00	1996	AVP	21	1	5	6	1	6	2	0	0	0	$132,555.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$7,000.00	1996	FIVB	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$74,250.00
23	2	1	6	4	6	1	3	0	0	$148,779.00	1997	AVP	22	3	2	5	2	6	2	2	0	0	$157,781.50
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,650.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00
19	1	0	2	2	9	3	1	1	0	$66,648.00	1998	AVP	17	3	1	1	4	4	3	1	0	0	$47,898.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,600.00	1998	FIVB	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$29,275.00
10	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	0	0	$27,150.00	1999	AVP	11	3	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$61,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	1999	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$2,500.00
12	2	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	$71,500.00	2000	AVP	12	2	1	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	$92,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2000	FIVB
8	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$25,130.00	2001	AVP	8	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$34,380.00
6	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$23,435.00	2002	AVP	6	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$23,435.00
146	6	11	17	13	42	36	12	7	2	$510,052.25	Total	Total	251	27	47	36	25	69	33	12	1	1	$1,314,218.88

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	46	69.7%	13	19.7%	7	10.6%	59-7	89.4%	10	30.3%	7	21.2%	16	48.5%	10-23	30.3%	46-16	74.2%	23-14	62.2%	0	0	69-30	69.7%
2001-2002	13	50.0%	9	34.6%	4	15.4%	22-4	84.6%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	4	40.0%	4-6	40.0%	13-4	76.5%	13-6	68.4%	0	0	26-10	72.2%
Against the Field	15	60.0%	7	28.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4-7	36.4%	30-8	78.9%	22-12	64.7%	0	0	26-10	72.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	52	21
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	5
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	52	12	5	4	1	0	0	0	78	32

Head to Head Results
Ceman/Whitmarsh lead the series against the field 19-7 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fonoimoana/Holdren 1-4
8/24/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 4	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:03
8/11/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	21-15, 21-18	1:00
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 5	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	21-17, 19-21, 18-16	1:07
6/30/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	21-18, 21-16	0:50
5/26/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Fonoimoana/Holdren	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	21-18, 21-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 2 Doble/Kiraly 4-0
8/11/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Doble/Kiraly	2	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	1:13
6/30/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Doble/Kiraly	3	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	1:03
6/29/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Doble/Kiraly	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	1:02
5/26/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Doble/Kiraly	8	21-8, 21-23, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Bacil/Souza 1-2
8/25/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Contender 6	Bacil/Souza	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	21-17, 25-27, 15-10	1:20
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Bacil/Souza	5	21-18, 21-23, 15-8	1:13
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Bacil/Souza	6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong 2-0
6/30/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Metzger/Wong	2	21-18, 21-19	0:47
5/26/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Metzger/Wong	1	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Rogers/Scott 1-0
8/11/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Rogers/Scott	8	21-17, 23-21	0:50
Series tied with # 8 Hannemann/Nygaard 1-1
6/8/02	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	Winner 3	Hannemann/Nygaard	6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
5/25/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Hannemann/Nygaard	5	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Davenport/Fairfield 1-0
8/24/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Davenport/Fairfield	12	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Delahoz/Makos 2-0
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Delahoz/Makos	18	23-21, 21-13	0:43
6/8/02	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Delahoz/Makos	19	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 19 Elliott/Soldano 1-0
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Elliott/Soldano	14	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Reilly/VanHuizen 2-0
8/23/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Reilly/VanHuizen	20	16-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:55
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Reilly/VanHuizen	30	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Hyden/McCaw 1-0
6/8/02	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Hyden/McCaw	30	21-23, 21-13, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 28 Roberts/Walls 1-0
6/29/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Roberts/Walls	27	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 29 Smith/Wong 1-0
8/23/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Smith/Wong	29	15-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:51