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AVP Tour
$175,000 Santa Barbara Open
May 20 - 22, 2005

(8) Paul Baxter/Jason Ring

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

Jason Ring

Photo: Holly Stein/AVP

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bend, OR

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Hawaii

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (AVP Huntington Beach 2004)

Career Winnings:

$145,435.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	15	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	3	0	$46,350.00

Previous Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 13th	Did not play
2000	Sean Scott - 13th	Scott Lane - 33rd
2001	Jason Ring - 17th	Paul Baxter - 17th
2002	Eli Fairfield - 17th	Nick Hannemann - 13th
2004	Scott Wong - 7th	George Roumain - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	9	7th	180	$3,500.00

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 1

Jeff Minc / Aaron Wachtfogel (25)

Won 21-13, 21-19

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	29	20	5	0.517	1	8	0	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	3	0	0
	2	19	14	3	0.579	0	5	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	9	7	0	0.778	5	4	1	3
	1	8	6	0	0.750	4	1	1	2
	2	1	1	0	1.000	1	3	0	1

Sat, 5/21/2005

Winner 2

Todd Rogers / Sean Scott (9)

Lost 22-24, 15-21

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	38	17	9	0.211	1	12	0	1
	1	22	9	3	0.273	1	10	0	0
	2	16	8	6	0.125	0	2	0	1
Jason Ring	Total	15	8	5	0.200	6	5	0	1
	1	9	6	2	0.444	3	4	0	1
	2	6	2	3	-0.167	3	1	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Contender 2

Ty Loomis / Anthony Medel (23)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	24	14	1	0.542	0	9	2	0
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	2	1	0
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	7	1	0
Jason Ring	Total	7	5	2	0.429	5	1	0	2
	1	4	3	1	0.500	2	1	0	2
	2	3	2	1	0.333	3	0	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Contender 3

Matt Heath / Ryan Mariano (18)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	21	18	1	0.810	1	6	0	2
	1	14	12	0	0.857	0	0	0	1
	2	7	6	1	0.714	1	6	0	1
Jason Ring	Total	27	16	5	0.407	1	4	0	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	19	11	4	0.368	1	1	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2005

Contender 4

Mark Williams / Scott Wong (14)

Won 20-22, 29-27, 15-13

1:21

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	44	27	7	0.455	1	9	0	2
	1	15	8	3	0.333	1	4	0	2
	2	20	13	2	0.550	0	2	0	0
	3	9	6	2	0.444	0	3	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	41	23	5	0.439	1	7	0	1
	1	11	5	2	0.273	1	2	0	1
	2	21	12	2	0.476	0	2	0	0
	3	9	6	1	0.556	0	3	0	0

Sun, 5/22/2005

Contender 5

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena (4)

Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-10

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	43	24	6	0.419	6	2	0	0
	1	19	9	5	0.211	4	1	0	0
	2	15	10	0	0.667	0	1	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	2	0	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	19	8	4	0.211	2	12	2	1
	1	3	0	1	-0.333	0	3	1	0
	2	11	6	3	0.273	1	7	1	1
	3	5	2	0	0.400	1	2	0	0

Sun, 5/22/2005

Contender 6

Aaron Boss / Brian Lewis (13)

Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-12

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	43	22	7	0.349	3	10	1	1
	1	14	5	3	0.143	3	0	0	1
	2	18	10	2	0.444	0	6	1	0
	3	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	21	9	5	0.190	3	7	0	1
	1	8	2	4	-0.250	0	5	0	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	1	0	0	1
	3	6	3	1	0.333	2	2	0	0

Sun, 5/22/2005

Semi-Finals

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (2)

Lost 19-21, 12-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	42	21	9	0.286	0	8	2	0
	1	17	10	3	0.412	0	5	2	0
	2	25	11	6	0.200	0	3	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	8	3	4	-0.125	1	4	0	0
	1	7	3	3	0.000	1	3	0	0
	2	1	0	1	-1.000	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	284	163	45	0.415	13	64	5	6
Jason Ring	147	79	30	0.333	24	44	3	9
Total	431	242	75	0.387	37	108	8	15
Opponents	432	242	77	0.382	37	104	7	27

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	14	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	2	0	0	$45,750.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
Total	15	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	3	0	0	$46,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Jason Ring
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	80	1	1	8	0	17	30	14	4	0	$119,135.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	$17,125.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	93	1	1	8	0	19	32	19	4	0	$138,210.00

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
2002	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	3	2	60.0 %
2005	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,950.00	10	4	71.4 %
Total	AVP	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$13,550.00	13	6	68.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Jason Ring
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25	1997	AVP
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00	1998	AVP
11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50	1999	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1999	USAV
10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00	2000	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	USAV
7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00	2001	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$4,225.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	$2,875.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	$6,552.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00	2003	FIVB
10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00	2004	AVP	11	1	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	$27,050.00
4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,300.00	2005	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$9,175.00
83	0	0	4	0	11	33	24	5	6	$75,648.25	Total	Total	42	1	0	4	0	13	7	8	3	6	$51,252.50

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	14	60.9%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	10	37.0%	1	3.7%	16	59.3%	10-17	37.0%	14-16	46.7%	16-4	80.0%	0	0	30-20	60.0%
2004-2005	10	66.7%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	7	38.9%	0	0.0%	11	61.1%	7-11	38.9%	10-11	47.6%	11-1	91.7%	0	0	21-12	63.6%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	6	42.9%	0	0.0%	8	57.1%	6-8	42.9%	16-16	50.0%	18-2	90.0%	0	0	17-9	65.4%

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	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	20
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	20

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Ring lead the series against the field 10-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Metzger 0-1
4/3/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Metzger	6	Baxter/Ring	9	21-14, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Holdren/Nygaard 0-1
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	8	21-19, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 5	Baxter/Ring	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 9 Rogers/Scott 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Rogers/Scott	9	Baxter/Ring	8	24-22, 21-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Boss/Lewis 2-0
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 6	Baxter/Ring	8	Boss/Lewis	13	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Ring	9	Boss/Lewis	13	21-18, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Williams/Wong 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Ring	8	Williams/Wong	14	20-22, 29-27, 15-13	1:21
Lead the series against # 15 Olson/Stolfus 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Ring	9	Olson/Stolfus	16	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 18 Heath/Mariano 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Ring	8	Heath/Mariano	18	21-16, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # 23 Loomis/Medel 2-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	8	Loomis/Medel	23	21-13, 21-16	0:42
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	9	Loomis/Medel	23, Q1	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # 25 Minc/Wachtfogel 1-0
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	8	Minc/Wachtfogel	25	21-13, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q7 Hill/Mintz 1-0
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Ring	9	Hill/Mintz	25, Q12	21-11, 21-12	0:35