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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Heritage Manhattan Beach Open
August 13 - 16, 2026

Jon Mesko/Bill Strickland

Jon Mesko

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 30, 1977 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Traverse City, MI

Height:

6'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Gros Islet 2012)

Career AVP Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$39,715.00

Bill Strickland

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malibu, CA

Height:

6'9"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

1 (NORCECA Boca Chica 2006)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$139,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Vince Fierro - 57th	Did not play
2005	Tom Slauterbeck - 41st	Dan Mintz - 33rd
2006	John Braunstein - 33rd	Ran Kumgisky - 17th
2007	John Moran - 33rd	Canyon Ceman - 13th
2008	David Fischer - 17th	Dax Holdren - 7th
2009	William Chenoweth - 25th	Reid Priddy - 17th
Pro Beach 2011	Paul Baxter - 17th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 9th
Pro Beach 2012	Aaron Wachtfogel - 13th	Casey Jennings - 9th
2013	Drew Mallin - 17th	Mike Placek - 13th
2014	Mike Maghy - 17th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 13th
2015	Did not play	Justin Phipps - 17th
2016	Did not play	Ian Satterfield - 33rd
2017	Skylar del Sol - 57th	Aaron Wachtfogel - 33rd
2019	Did not play	Tim May - 57th
2021	Kevin Villela - 53rd	Did not play
2022	Kacey Losik - 41st	Did not play
2023	Gabriel Ospina Rodriguez - 57th	Did not play
2024	Travis Hannemann - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jon Mesko												Bill Strickland
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
55	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	15	20	$12,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	0	4	0	12	30	8	3	12	$93,370.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	$3,015.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	4	$14,830.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Gold Series
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	$250.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
82	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	20	33	$16,165.00	Total	83	0	0	5	0	13	33	11	4	17	$114,450.00

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
2013	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jon Mesko													Bill Strickland
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2005	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$175.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$600.00	2006	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	$1,275.00
											2006	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	$2,200.00	2007	AVP	16	0	0	0	0	4	9	3	0	0	$23,512.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$4,150.00	2008	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	4	10	2	0	0	$36,700.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$5,090.00	2009	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	$26,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,100.00	2010	AVP	7	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00
											2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$2,062.50	2011	NVL
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$637.50	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,762.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	NORCECA	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$125.00	2012	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	Wide Open
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$2,250.00	2012	Pro Beach	6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$6,875.00
											2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2012	NORCECA
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$1,775.00	2013	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$4,075.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2013	NVL
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$500.00	2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2015	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$400.00
8	0	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	$9,975.00	2015	NVL
											2016	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	$4,625.00	2016	NVL
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2017	NORCECA
											2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
											2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	AVP
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	$250.00	2022	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$0.00	2023	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2024	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2025	AVP
121	1	2	4	1	12	18	29	21	33	$39,715.00	Total	Total	103	1	0	6	0	23	39	12	5	17	$139,600.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
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