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AVP Tour
$150,000 Las Vegas Aquafina AVP Shootout Presented by Bud Light
September 4 - 6, 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 Las Vegas Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Various - 3rd
1997	Various - 11th	Various - 5th
1998	Various - 3rd	Various - 4th
1999	Various - 8th	Various - 4th
2000	Various - 4th	Various - 1st
2001	Various - 7th	Various - 2nd
2002	Mike Whitmarsh - 2nd	Canyon Ceman - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	5	2nd	388	$11,700.00
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

Las Vegas AVP Shootout Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 9/4/2003

Winner 1

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (7)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	18	11	N/A	N/A	0	10	0	N/A
	1	8	5	N/A	N/A	0	2	0	N/A
	2	10	6	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	32	15	N/A	N/A	5	3	0	N/A
	1	13	8	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	N/A
	2	19	7	N/A	N/A	3	1	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	18	11	N/A	N/A	0	10	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	32	15	N/A	N/A	5	3	0	N/A
Total	50	26	N/A	N/A	5	13	0	N/A
Opponents	49	31	N/A	N/A	3	15	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	7	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50,465.00	25	9	73.5 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	14	2	4	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	$112,335.00	51	19	72.9 %
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
8	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$25,757.50	2003	AVP	7	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$25,232.50
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
156	7	13	19	13	45	37	13	7	2	$545,559.75	Total	Total	260	28	49	38	25	72	33	13	1	1	$1,349,201.38

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	9	56.3%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	9	60.0%	3-12	20.0%	18-18	50.0%	16-10	61.5%	0	0	17-14	54.8%

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 16-11 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 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
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 Blanton/Nygaard 1-2
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	21-18, 21-19	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 8 Fonoimoana/Holdren 2-5
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Fonoimoana/Holdren	7	23-21, 21-17	0:54
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