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$200,000 AVP Seaside Heights Open presented by Bud Light
July 5 - 8, 2007

(17) Paul Baxter/Dain Blanton

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	$13,075.00

Previous Seaside Heights Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Ian Clark - 17th
2006	Fred Souza - 17th	Eric Fonoimoana - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/14-17/2007	Charleston Open	19	9th	144	$2,875.00

Seaside Heights Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 1

Adam Jewell / Matt Prosser (16)

Won 21-17, 21-13

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	15	7	1	0.400	6	0	0	4
	1	9	5	0	0.556	3	0	0	1
	2	6	2	1	0.167	3	0	0	3
Dain Blanton	Total	24	15	3	0.500	0	14	0	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	7	0	3
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	7	0	0

Fri, 7/6/2007

Winner 2

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers (1)

Lost 21-19, 13-21, 7-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	14	7	0	0.500	0	3	2	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	2	2	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	1	0	1
	3	3	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
Dain Blanton	Total	42	22	10	0.286	0	9	1	2
	1	17	11	5	0.353	0	5	0	0
	2	15	6	4	0.133	0	2	1	2
	3	10	5	1	0.400	0	2	0	0

Sat, 7/7/2007

Contender 2

Canyon Ceman / Jose Loiola (18)

Lost 18-21, 25-27

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	32	20	2	0.563	2	2	2	7
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	1	0	3
	2	23	13	1	0.522	2	1	2	4
Dain Blanton	Total	13	10	0	0.769	0	5	0	3
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	2	0	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	61	34	3	0.508	8	5	4	13
Dain Blanton	79	47	13	0.430	0	28	1	8

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$12,175.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$900.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	$13,075.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Dain Blanton
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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$31,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	0	$56,700.00
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	193	7	9	16	6	40	61	42	8	0	$447,661.25
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	$16,517.50
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	18	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	0	$67,195.50
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	242	9	10	22	10	52	71	52	11	0	$619,574.25

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
2007	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,575.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,575.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Dain Blanton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1994	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$12,118.75
											1995	AVP	22	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	1	0	$27,625.00
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	AVP	20	0	1	1	1	9	6	2	0	0	$54,405.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25	1997	AVP	22	1	1	4	4	8	1	3	0	0	$117,845.00
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,850.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00	1998	AVP	18	0	2	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	$32,470.50
											1998	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$23,950.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50	1999	AVP	10	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$69,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
											1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	$26,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00	2000	AVP	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	$25,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00	2001	AVP	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,950.00
											2001	BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
											2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,155.00
											2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP	8	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,005.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	$43,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP	11	1	0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	$29,300.00
											2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	$20,750.00
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	$23,437.50
											2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$14,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00	2006	AVP	14	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	1	0	$14,062.50
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	$6,375.00	2007	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$5,487.50
114	0	0	5	0	14	51	32	6	6	$113,023.25	Total	Total	243	11	11	24	10	53	76	43	10	5	$677,071.75

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	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-16	40.7%
2006-2007	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	6-16	27.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-9	30.8%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	16

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Blanton trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-1
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Baxter/Blanton	17	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:04
Trail the series against # 4 Kiraly/Wong 0-1
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Wong	3	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-15, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Jennings/Williams 0-1
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 3	Jennings/Williams	9	Baxter/Blanton	19	21-16, 23-21	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Holdren/Nygaard 1-0
6/16/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Blanton	19	Holdren/Nygaard	6	21-15, 14-21, 15-13	1:12
Lead the series against # 16 Jewell/Prosser 1-0
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Blanton	17	Jewell/Prosser	16	21-17, 21-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 18 Ceman/Loiola 0-1
7/7/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 2	Ceman/Loiola	18	Baxter/Blanton	17	21-18, 27-25	0:55
Lead the series against # 23 Morrison/Tramblie 1-0
6/15/07	AVP	Charleston Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Blanton	19	Morrison/Tramblie	20, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:46