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AVP Tour
$150,000 Chicago Open Presented by Bud Light
August 28 - 31, 2003

(5) 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 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
2002	Mike Whitmarsh - 5th	Canyon Ceman - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	3	5th	260	$4,200.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	2	3rd	324	$6,990.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/29/2003

Winner 1

Ryan Mariano / Rich VanHuizen (28, Q2)

Won 23-21, 22-20

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
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	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Fri, 8/29/2003

Winner 2

Jason Ring / Scott Wong (12)

Won 21-13, 21-18

0:37

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	4	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	3	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 8/30/2003

Winner 3

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (4)

Won 24-26, 21-17, 15-10

0:56

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	4	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	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	1	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 8/31/2003

Winner 4

Brent Doble / Karch Kiraly (1)

Lost 16-21, 21-17, 12-15

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
	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	0	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	1	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 8/31/2003

Contender 6

John Hyden / Andy Witt (15)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	30	14	N/A	N/A	0	16	0	N/A
	1	17	9	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
	2	13	5	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	28	11	N/A	N/A	5	9	0	N/A
	1	13	3	N/A	N/A	2	5	0	N/A
	2	15	8	N/A	N/A	3	4	0	N/A

Sun, 8/31/2003

Semi-Finals

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (6)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	30	19	N/A	N/A	0	14	0	N/A
	1	20	13	N/A	N/A	0	9	0	N/A
	2	10	6	N/A	N/A	0	5	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	16	6	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	1	5	2	N/A	N/A	1	2	0	N/A
	2	11	4	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A

Sun, 8/31/2003

Finals

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (8)

Lost 18-21, 25-27

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	26	13	N/A	N/A	0	12	0	N/A
	1	16	9	N/A	N/A	0	10	0	N/A
	2	10	4	N/A	N/A	0	2	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	34	18	N/A	N/A	4	4	0	N/A
	1	25	11	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	N/A
	2	9	7	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	86	46	N/A	N/A	0	42	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	78	35	N/A	N/A	23	16	0	N/A
Total	164	81	N/A	N/A	23	58	0	N/A
Opponents	164	85	N/A	N/A	29	50	11	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	6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$46,715.00	25	8	75.8 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	13	2	4	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	$108,585.00	51	18	73.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$46,500.00	5	3	62.5 %

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
7	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$23,882.50	2003	AVP	6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$23,357.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
155	7	13	19	13	44	37	13	7	2	$543,684.75	Total	Total	259	28	49	38	25	71	33	13	1	1	$1,347,326.38

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	15	60.0%	7	28.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	10	55.6%	4-14	22.2%	30-20	60.0%	22-14	61.1%	0	0	26-17	60.5%

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
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 22-8 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Doble/Kiraly 6-2
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 4	Doble/Kiraly	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Doble/Kiraly	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:05
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
Series tied with # 2 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-1
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	1	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
4/6/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-2
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	21-16, 21-18	0:50
8/10/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fonoimoana/Wong	7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	15-21, 24-22, 19-17	1:12
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Fonoimoana/Wong	7	21-18, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 1-0
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Rosenthal/Witt	4	24-26, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 Ayakatubby/Lewis 3-1
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Ayakatubby/Lewis	6	21-16, 21-18	0:39
8/17/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Ayakatubby/Lewis	4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	23-21, 21-16	0:46
8/10/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 5	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Ayakatubby/Lewis	3	25-23, 21-17	0:47
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Ayakatubby/Lewis	8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Rogers/Scott 2-0
9/5/02	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Rogers/Scott	7	21-17, 21-18	0:53
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 Blanton/Nygaard 1-1
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-18, 27-25	0:53
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
Series tied with # 12 Ring/Wong 1-1
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Ring/Wong	12	21-13, 21-18	0:37
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Ring/Wong	19	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	15-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 14 Fairfield/Souza 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Fairfield/Souza	15	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Hyden/Witt 1-0
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Hyden/Witt	15	21-18, 21-19	0:43
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 Baxter/Henkel 1-0
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Baxter/Henkel	22	21-17, 21-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Mariano/VanHuizen 1-0
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Mariano/VanHuizen	28, Q2	23-21, 22-20	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	30, Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:36