AVP Tour
$150,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 7 - 10, 2003
(2) Canyon Ceman/Mike Whitmarsh
 
Canyon Ceman
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 21, 1972 (52 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
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 18, 1962 (62 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: $1,602,987.88
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
AVP4048103643110 $343,390.00
FIVB30110000010 US$69,500.00
Overall4349113643120 US$412,890.00
Previous Manhattan Beach Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1991 Did not play John Hanley - 17th
1992 David Swatik - 17th Brent Frohoff - 5th
1993 Did not play Mike Dodd - 3rd
1994 David Swatik - 13th Mike Dodd - 5th
1995 Tim Hovland - 7th Mike Dodd - 3rd
1996 Dain Blanton - 7th Mike Dodd - 3rd
1999 Brian Lewis - 7th David Swatik - 1st
2000 Mike Whitmarsh - 2nd Canyon Ceman - 2nd
2001 Mike Whitmarsh - 3rd Canyon Ceman - 3rd
2002 Mike Whitmarsh - 2nd Canyon Ceman - 2nd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/31-8/3/2003 Austria Grand Slam 32 17th 104 US$4,500.00
AVP 7/25-27/2003 Belmar Open 2 5th 216 $3,500.00
AVP 4/25-27/2003 Tempe Open 2 1st 360 $14,500.00
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
Manhattan Beach Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 8/8/2003 Winner 2 Chris Harger / Chris Kosty (31, Q2) Won 21-17, 24-22 0:42
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Canyon CemanTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Mike WhitmarshTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A7N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A4N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A3N/A0N/A
Fri, 8/8/2003 Winner 3 Eli Fairfield / Fred Souza (15) Won 21-17, 21-18 0:39
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Canyon CemanTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Mike WhitmarshTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
Sat, 8/9/2003 Winner 4 Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (7) Won 21-18, 21-18 0:49
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Canyon CemanTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A0N/A0N/A
Mike WhitmarshTotalN/AN/AN/AN/A3N/A0N/A
 1N/AN/AN/AN/A2N/A0N/A
 2N/AN/AN/AN/A1N/A0N/A
Sun, 8/10/2003 Winner 5 Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (3) Won 25-23, 21-17 0:47
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Canyon CemanTotal2516N/AN/A080N/A
 165N/AN/A020N/A
 21911N/AN/A060N/A
Mike WhitmarshTotal2314N/AN/A320N/A
 11912N/AN/A120N/A
 242N/AN/A200N/A
Sun, 8/10/2003 Semi-Finals Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (7) Lost 21-15, 22-24, 17-19 1:12
PlayerGameAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Canyon CemanTotal4830N/AN/A0170N/A
 1118N/AN/A040N/A
 21810N/AN/A090N/A
 31912N/AN/A040N/A
Mike WhitmarshTotal2112N/AN/A350N/A
 195N/AN/A250N/A
 2105N/AN/A100N/A
 322N/AN/A000N/A
Overall Tournament Stats
PlayerAttacksKillsErrorsHitting Pct.BlocksDigsAcesService Errors
Canyon Ceman7346N/AN/A0250N/A
Mike Whitmarsh4426N/AN/A1870N/A
Total11772N/AN/A18320N/A
Opponents12572N/AN/A18275N/A
Head to Head Results
Ceman/Whitmarsh lead the series against the field 16-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 1 Doble/Kiraly 6-1
7/27/03AVPBelmar Open Contender 6 Doble/Kiraly 3 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 20-22, 21-15, 15-11 1:05
4/27/03AVPTempe Open Winner 4 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Doble/Kiraly 3 21-16, 26-24 0:59
4/6/03AVPFort Lauderdale Open Winner 4 Ceman/Whitmarsh 3 Doble/Kiraly 2 19-21, 22-20, 16-14 1:12
8/11/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Semi-Finals Ceman/Whitmarsh 4 Doble/Kiraly 2 21-14, 17-21, 15-13 1:13
6/30/02AVPBelmar Open Semi-Finals Ceman/Whitmarsh 6 Doble/Kiraly 3 21-18, 15-21, 15-13 1:03
6/29/02AVPBelmar Open Winner 3 Ceman/Whitmarsh 6 Doble/Kiraly 3 21-19, 15-21, 15-13 1:02
5/26/02AVPHuntington Beach Open Semi-Finals Ceman/Whitmarsh 4 Doble/Kiraly 8 21-8, 21-23, 15-13 0:56
Lead the series against # 3 Ayakatubby/Lewis 2-0
8/10/03AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 5 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Ayakatubby/Lewis 3 25-23, 21-17 0:47
4/27/03AVPTempe Open Semi-Finals Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Ayakatubby/Lewis 8 21-16, 21-18 0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
4/6/03AVPFort Lauderdale Open Semi-Finals Fuerbringer/Jennings 13 Ceman/Whitmarsh 3 22-20, 21-16 0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Blanton/Nygaard 1-0
4/27/03AVPTempe Open Finals Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Blanton/Nygaard 13 21-17, 18-21, 15-12 1:06
Series tied with # 7 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-1
8/10/03AVPManhattan Beach Open Semi-Finals Fonoimoana/Wong 7 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 15-21, 24-22, 19-17 1:12
8/9/03AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 4 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Fonoimoana/Wong 7 21-18, 21-18 0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Rogers/Scott 2-0
9/5/02AVPLas Vegas Shootout Winner 1 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Rogers/Scott 7 21-17, 21-18 0:53
8/11/02AVPManhattan Beach Open Contender 7 Ceman/Whitmarsh 4 Rogers/Scott 8 21-17, 23-21 0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Elliott/Soldano 1-0
6/15/02AVPSanta Barbara Open Winner 2 Ceman/Whitmarsh 3 Elliott/Soldano 14 21-19, 21-17 0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Fairfield/Souza 1-0
8/8/03AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 3 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Fairfield/Souza 15 21-17, 21-18 0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Ring/Wong 0-1
7/27/03AVPBelmar Open Winner 4 Ring/Wong 19 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 15-21, 22-20, 15-13 1:02
Lead the series against # 31, Q2 Harger/Kosty 1-0
8/8/03AVPManhattan Beach Open Winner 2 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Harger/Kosty 31, Q2 21-17, 24-22 0:42
Lead the series against # Q12 Kaslow/Wooliver 1-0
7/26/03AVPBelmar Open Winner 1 Ceman/Whitmarsh 2 Kaslow/Wooliver 31, Q18 21-12, 21-15 0:33