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AVP Tour
$125,000 Tempe Open
April 25 - 27, 2003

(2) 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:

Tournaments:

224

Career Wins:

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:

Tournaments:

267

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

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 Tempe Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3rd	270	$5,825.00
AVP	9/5-7/2002	Las Vegas Shootout	2	2nd	0	$15,000.00
AVP	8/22-25/2002	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	4	5th	260	$4,200.00
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

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/26/2003

Winner 2

Pepe Delahoz / Ed Ratledge (18)

Won 27-25, 21-14

0:54

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	2	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	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 4/26/2003

Winner 3

Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong (7)

Won 21-17, 25-23

0:46

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	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

Sun, 4/27/2003

Winner 4

Brent Doble / Karch Kiraly (3)

Won 21-16, 26-24

0:59

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	2	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	1	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Semi-Finals

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (8)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	36	21	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	1	14	8	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
	2	22	13	N/A	N/A	0	7	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	3	2	N/A	N/A	5	0	0	N/A
	1	1	1	N/A	N/A	3	0	0	N/A
	2	2	1	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Finals

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (13)

Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-12

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	30	21	N/A	N/A	2	24	0	N/A
	1	14	10	N/A	N/A	1	5	0	N/A
	2	9	6	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	3	7	5	N/A	N/A	1	8	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	49	19	N/A	N/A	2	8	0	N/A
	1	9	3	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	2	25	9	N/A	N/A	1	4	0	N/A
	3	15	7	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	66	42	N/A	N/A	2	35	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	52	21	N/A	N/A	14	8	1	N/A
Total	118	63	N/A	N/A	16	43	1	N/A
Opponents	120	56	N/A	N/A	22	32	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	7	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$61,870.00	26	10	72.2 %
2003	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,325.00	9	1	90.0 %
Total	AVP	9	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$82,195.00	35	11	76.1 %
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
7	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$30,935.00	2002	AVP	7	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$30,935.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,162.50	2003	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,162.50
149	7	12	18	13	42	36	12	7	2	$527,714.75	Total	Total	254	28	48	37	25	69	33	12	1	1	$1,331,881.38

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%
2002-2003	34	66.7%	10	19.6%	7	13.7%	44-7	86.3%	7	36.8%	3	15.8%	9	47.4%	7-12	36.8%	34-9	79.1%	17-10	63.0%	0	0	51-19	72.9%
Against the Field	16	66.7%	6	25.0%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	4	25.0%	3	18.8%	9	56.3%	4-12	25.0%	32-18	64.0%	20-10	66.7%	0	0	26-14	65.0%

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 17-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fonoimoana/Holdren 1-5
9/7/02	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Finals	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	26-24, 21-18	0:52
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 # 3 Doble/Kiraly 6-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Doble/Kiraly	3	21-16, 26-24	0:59
4/6/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Doble/Kiraly	2	19-21, 22-20, 16-14	1:12
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 # 4 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
4/6/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Metzger/Wong 4-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Metzger/Wong	7	21-17, 25-23	0:46
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Metzger/Wong	6	21-17, 22-20	0:48
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 # 8 Ayakatubby/Lewis 1-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Ayakatubby/Lewis	8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Blanton/Nygaard 1-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Delahoz/Ratledge 1-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Delahoz/Ratledge	18	27-25, 21-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 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 # Q16 Braunstein/Souikane 1-0
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Braunstein/Souikane	30, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:41