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AVP Tour
$175,000 Belmar Open Presented by Bud Light
July 8 - 11, 2004

(7) Canyon Ceman/Mike Whitmarsh

Canyon Ceman

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Resides:

Stamford, CT

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 (62 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Resides:

Deceased February 16, 2009

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

San Diego

Seasons:

Tournaments:

267

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,602,987.88

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 Belmar Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1991	Did not play	John Hanley - 7th
1992	Did not play	Ricci Luyties - 5th
1993	Did not play	Mike Dodd - 2nd
1994	David Swatik - 25th	Mike Dodd - 2nd
1995	Jeff Rodgers - 7th	Did not play
1996	Dain Blanton - 5th	Did not play
1997	Mike Whitmarsh - 1st	Canyon Ceman - 1st
1998	Mark Kerins - 5th	Kent Steffes - 1st
1999	Brian Lewis - 2nd	David Swatik - 1st
2000	Mike Whitmarsh - 1st	Canyon Ceman - 1st
2001	Mike Whitmarsh - 3rd	Canyon Ceman - 3rd
2002	Mike Whitmarsh - 1st	Canyon Ceman - 1st
2003	Mike Whitmarsh - 5th	Canyon Ceman - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/11-13/2004	San Diego Open	8	3	270	$5,825.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	7	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	5	7	180	$2,500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	9	144	$1,600.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	24	3	480	US$23,000.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	2	5	260	$3,750.00
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	5	2	388	$11,700.00
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	3	5	260	$4,200.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	2	3	324	$6,990.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	32	17	104	US$4,500.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	2	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	2	1	360	$14,500.00
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3	270	$5,825.00
AVP	9/5-7/2002	Las Vegas Shootout	2	2	0	$15,000.00
AVP	8/22-25/2002	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	4	5	260	$4,200.00
AVP	8/8-11/2002	Manhattan Beach Open	4	2	428	$14,000.00

Belmar Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/9/2004

Winner 1

Jeff Minc / Aaron Wachtfogel (26, Q4)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	11	10	0	0.909	0	4	1	2
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	1	1	2
	2	3	3	0	1.000	0	3	0	0
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	18	4	10	-0.333	1	2	3	0
	1	6	4	1	0.500	1	1	0	0
	2	12	0	9	-0.750	0	1	3	0

Fri, 7/9/2004

Winner 2

Paul Baxter / Scott Wong (10)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	20	13	1	0.600	0	10	0	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	5	0	1
	2	12	8	0	0.667	0	5	0	0
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	17	11	0	0.647	5	1	0	0
	1	9	6	0	0.667	4	1	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	0	0	0

Sat, 7/10/2004

Winner 3

Jake Gibb / Adam Jewell (2)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	31	16	3	0.419	1	10	0	2
	1	21	7	2	0.238	1	3	0	2
	2	10	9	1	0.800	0	7	0	0
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	17	6	4	0.118	5	1	0	0
	1	3	2	0	0.667	3	1	0	0
	2	14	4	4	0.000	2	0	0	0

Sat, 7/10/2004

Contender 4

Jim Nichols / Matt Olson (12)

Won 21-10, 24-26, 15-13

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	49	21	7	0.286	0	3	0	0
	1	23	9	6	0.130	0	2	0	0
	2	15	9	1	0.533	0	1	0	0
	3	11	3	0	0.273	0	0	0	0
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	25	8	2	0.240	1	0	0	0
	1	6	0	2	-0.333	0	0	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	0	0	0
	3	11	3	0	0.273	1	0	0	0

Sun, 7/11/2004

Contender 5

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (3)

Lost 18-21, 25-23, 9-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	30	14	3	0.367	0	13	1	5
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	1	1
	2	14	5	2	0.214	0	5	0	2
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	3	0	2
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	28	10	6	0.143	5	5	0	0
	1	10	4	3	0.100	2	4	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	3	1	0	0
	3	6	1	2	-0.167	0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	141	74	14	0.426	1	40	2	10
Mike Whitmarsh	105	39	22	0.162	17	9	3	0

Head to Head Results
Ceman/Whitmarsh lead the series against the field 18-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Gibb/Jewell 1-1
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Jewell	2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-19, 21-17	0:45
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	8	Gibb/Jewell	5	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:03
Series tied with # 3 Rosenthal/Witt 2-2
7/11/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-18, 23-25, 15-9	0:56
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Rosenthal/Witt	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	8	21-19, 21-15	0:34
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Rosenthal/Witt	2	24-22, 21-16	0:47
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Rosenthal/Witt	4	24-26, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-3
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Fonoimoana/Wong	9	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:15
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
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-2
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-16, 21-18	0:56
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
Series tied with # 8 Hyden/Witt 1-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Hyden/Witt	11	Ceman/Whitmarsh	1	21-19, 10-21, 15-11	0:57
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Hyden/Witt	15	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Baxter/Wong 1-1
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Baxter/Wong	10	21-17, 21-16	0:41
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Baxter/Wong	11	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against # 12 Nichols/Olson 2-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Nichols/Olson	12	21-10, 24-26, 15-13	1:06
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Nichols/Olson	13	21-13, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Heath/Roberts 1-0
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	8	Heath/Roberts	16	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Medel/Torsone 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Medel/Torsone	23	22-20, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Minc/Wachtfogel 1-0
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Minc/Wachtfogel	26, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q2 Fisher/Guigliano 1-0
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	8	Fisher/Guigliano	24	18-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:59