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AVP Tour
$240,000 AVP Championships
September 7 - 9, 2012

(2) Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh Jennings

Nicole Branagh

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Minnesota

Seasons:

Tournaments:

193

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,100,692.50

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

135

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,651,635.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Awards

Tour Champion 2002 (with Misty May-Treanor)
Best Blocker 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
Best Hitter 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016
Sportsperson 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
Best Offensive Player 2007, 2014
Most Outstanding 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
Most Inspirational 2011, 2012, 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
AVP	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$34,000.00
FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	1	US$118,100.00
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	16	2	2	0	1	2	0	6	0	2	0	1	US$153,100.00

Previous Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2005	Angie Akers - 7th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2006	Holly McPeak - 7th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2008	Elaine Youngs - 3rd	Misty May-Treanor - 3rd
2010	Misty May-Treanor - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/30-9/2/2012	AVP Cincinnati Open	4	2nd	2160	$11,500.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$8,000.00

AVP Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/7/2012	Pool B	Priscilla Lima / Morgan Miller (11)	Won 21-19, 21-14
Fri, 9/7/2012	Pool B	Kristen Batt-Rohr / Raquel Ferreira (8)	Won 21-12, 21-12
Sat, 9/8/2012	Pool B	Christal Engle / Tealle Hunkus (5)	Won 21-16, 21-19
Sat, 9/8/2012	Semi-Finals	Jennifer Fopma / Brooke Sweat (3)	Won 21-15, 21-19
Sun, 9/9/2012	Finals	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross (1)	Lost 19-21, 16-21

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	2	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$107,600.00
Tour Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Total	15	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	$152,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Kerri Walsh Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$125,500.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	27	5	1	3	12	8	4	0	0	$867,600.00
115	18	19	16	6	20	26	4	3	0	$609,417.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	152	83	23	12	4	12	13	3	1	0	$1,281,485.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
9	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$76,825.00	Manhattan Beach	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$118,612.50
7	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$32,325.00	Tour Championships	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$27,250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Gold Series
177	19	28	22	7	33	41	12	6	0	$937,617.50	Total	242	124	32	18	7	25	24	9	1	0	$2,440,947.50

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
2008	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2010	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,100.00	11	3	78.6 %
2012	AVP	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$34,000.00	8	2	80.0 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$34,000.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$75,100.00	20	4	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Kerri Walsh Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	BVA	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,375.00
											2001	FIVB	9	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$60,500.00
											2002	FIVB	11	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$97,570.00
											2003	AVP	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$71,550.00
											2003	FIVB	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$126,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	$2,430.00	2004	AVP	11	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,862.50
											2004	FIVB	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$91,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$14,712.50	2005	AVP	13	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$153,500.00
											2005	FIVB	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,500.00
16	0	2	6	1	4	3	0	0	0	$65,850.00	2006	AVP	16	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$230,150.00
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB	8	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$100,700.00
15	3	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$119,225.00	2007	AVP	16	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$182,000.00
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$154,750.00
13	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$114,250.00	2008	AVP	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$196,250.00
12	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00	2008	FIVB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$79,250.00
15	9	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$168,200.00	2009	AVP	6	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$25,465.00
5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00	2009	FIVB
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00	2010	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
11	1	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	$67,325.00	2010	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,550.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	AVP
											2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$312.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2011	Wide Open
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,125.00	2011	Pro Beach
14	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	2	$41,450.00	2011	FIVB	12	3	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$148,450.00
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	2012	AVP	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2012	Pro Beach
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$11,650.00	2012	FIVB	8	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$59,650.00
154	19	26	29	6	26	30	8	2	8	$909,217.50	Total	Total	177	109	29	12	3	14	9	1	0	0	$2,041,385.00

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	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	7-2	77.8%	0-0	0	0	8-2	80.0%
2011-2012	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	7-2	77.8%	0-0	0	0	8-2	80.0%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	14-4	77.8%	0-0	0	0	8-2	80.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	7	5	0	0	18	7	3	1	0	1	2	0	37	16
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	1	1	1	0	15	8	0	0	19	10	4	1	0	1	2	0	47	24

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 10-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Kessy/Ross 2-2
9/9/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	2	21-19, 21-16
9/2/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	21-11, 21-18
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	3	Kessy/Ross	6	12-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:55
10/11/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Gold Medal	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	3	21-18, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 3 Fopma/Sweat 2-0
9/8/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	2	Fopma/Sweat	3	21-15, 21-19
9/2/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	Fopma/Sweat	6	21-14, 21-12
Lead the series against # 4 Kropp/Pavlik 1-0
9/1/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	Kropp/Pavlik	1	21-13, 21-12
Lead the series against # 5 Engle/Hunkus 2-0
9/8/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool B	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	2	Engle/Hunkus	5	21-16, 21-19
8/31/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	Engle/Hunkus	13	21-12, 21-12
Lead the series against # 6 Niles/Turner 1-0
9/1/12	AVP	AVP Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	4	Niles/Turner	5
Lead the series against # 8 Batt-Rohr/Ferreira 1-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool B	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	2	Batt-Rohr/Ferreira	8	21-12, 21-12
Lead the series against # 11 Lima/Miller 1-0
9/7/12	AVP	AVP Championships	Pool B	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	2	Lima/Miller	11	21-19, 21-14