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$250,000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
July 21 - 23, 2005

(7) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Cameron Green - 49th	Did not play
1998	Nathan Heidger - 17th	Did not play
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 13th	Did not play
2000	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Jason Lee - 41st
2001	Scott Davenport - 17th	Mark Williams - 17th
2002	Alika Williams - 9th	Reid Priddy - 25th
2003	Did not play	Scott Wong - 9th
2004	Scott Wong - 13th	George Roumain - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2005	Belmar Open	5	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	6	3rd	390	$12,000.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	4	7th	180	$3,500.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	8	3rd	270	$8,450.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	9	7th	180	$3,500.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 1

Pepe Delahoz / John Moran (26, Q2)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	35	19	6	0.371	0	11	1	0
	1	14	8	3	0.357	0	3	0	0
	2	21	11	3	0.381	0	8	1	0
Jason Ring	Total	19	12	2	0.526	3	7	0	3
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	4	0	3
	2	10	5	2	0.300	2	3	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 2

Adam Jewell / Karch Kiraly (10)

Won 23-21, 15-21, 15-12

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	26	13	1	0.462	1	12	0	0
	1	12	7	0	0.583	0	7	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	1	3	0	0
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	2	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	45	24	14	0.222	5	10	0	2
	1	19	12	5	0.368	1	4	0	1
	2	16	5	6	-0.063	1	5	0	1
	3	10	7	3	0.400	3	1	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Winner 3

Dax Holdren / Jeff Nygaard (2)

Lost 14-21, 18-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	32	17	12	0.156	2	7	0	0
	1	18	10	5	0.278	1	5	0	0
	2	14	7	7	0.000	1	2	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	19	8	3	0.263	1	3	0	0
	1	7	2	3	-0.143	0	2	0	0
	2	12	6	0	0.500	1	1	0	0

Fri, 7/22/2005

Contender 4

Brent Doble / Matt Olson (12)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	25	14	6	0.320	0	8	0	0
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	4	0	0
	2	12	6	3	0.250	0	4	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	26	10	8	0.077	2	6	0	2
	1	12	5	4	0.083	1	3	0	2
	2	14	5	4	0.071	1	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	118	63	25	0.322	3	38	1	0
Jason Ring	109	54	27	0.248	11	26	0	7
Total	227	117	52	0.286	14	64	1	7
Opponents	196	104	26	0.398	24	58	0	10

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	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$32,000.00	21	12	63.6 %
Total	AVP	7	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	$33,600.00	24	14	63.2 %

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
8	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	$21,325.00	2005	AVP	8	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	$19,200.00
87	0	0	5	0	12	35	24	5	6	$85,673.25	Total	Total	46	1	0	5	0	14	9	8	3	6	$61,277.50

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	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	6	37.5%	0	0.0%	10	62.5%	6-10	37.5%	12-20	37.5%	16-0	100.0%	0	0	14-10	58.3%

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 13-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 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 0-3
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	7	21-14, 21-18	0:44
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 4	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	6	23-21, 21-14	0:46
5/22/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Holdren/Nygaard	2	Baxter/Ring	8	21-19, 21-12	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	Baxter/Ring	4	22-20, 21-16	0:50
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
Series tied with # 5 Rogers/Scott 1-1
7/2/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Baxter/Ring	6	Rogers/Scott	3	22-20, 17-21, 17-15	1:06
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 # 6 Rosenthal/Witt 1-0
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Contender 6	Baxter/Ring	6	Rosenthal/Witt	8	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 9 Hyden/Lambert 0-1
7/3/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Lambert	12	Baxter/Ring	6	21-19, 21-11	0:42
Series tied with # 10 Jewell/Kiraly 2-2
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Baxter/Ring	7	Jewell/Kiraly	10	23-21, 15-21, 15-12	1:14
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Jewell/Kiraly	12	Baxter/Ring	5	21-18, 21-18	0:50
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Baxter/Ring	6	Jewell/Kiraly	11	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:03
6/12/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Jewell/Kiraly	12	Baxter/Ring	4	21-16, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Williams/Wong 2-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Baxter/Ring	4	Williams/Wong	13	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:10
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Baxter/Ring	8	Williams/Wong	14	20-22, 29-27, 15-13	1:21
Trail the series against # 12 Doble/Olson 0-1
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Doble/Olson	12	Baxter/Ring	7	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 22 Koski/Minc 2-0
7/9/05	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	5	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:51
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	6	Koski/Minc	27, Q3	21-16, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Delahoz/Moran 1-0
7/22/05	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	7	Delahoz/Moran	26, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Kumgisky/Prosser 1-0
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	4	Kumgisky/Prosser	29, Q20	21-17, 21-13	0:39