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AVP Tour
$250,000 McDonald's Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 20 - 23, 2006

(14) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Cameron Green - 33rd	Did not play
1998	Nathan Heidger - 13th	Did not play
1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Did not play
2000	Sean Scott - 13th	Did not play
2002	Alika Williams - 13th	Brandon Taliaferro - 17th
2003	Carl Henkel - 9th	Scott Wong - 7th
2004	Scott Wong - 3rd	George Roumain - 5th
2005	Fred Souza - 7th	Eric Fonoimoana - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	15	9th	144	$2,450.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	16	13th	108	$1,550.00
AVP	7/21-23/2005	Hermosa Beach Open	7	9th	208	$3,150.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/21/2006

Winner 1

Scott Davenport / Scott Lane (19)

Lost 19-21, 21-19, 10-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	39	21	2	0.487	1	9	0	0
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	3	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	4	0	0
	3	11	6	0	0.545	1	2	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	18	11	5	0.333	2	3	1	3
	1	2	2	0	1.000	0	1	1	2
	2	12	7	3	0.333	2	1	0	1
	3	4	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	0

Fri, 7/21/2006

Contender 1

Jake Elliott / Mike Morrison (30, Q13)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	22	15	4	0.500	1	10	1	0
	1	9	9	0	1.000	1	3	1	0
	2	13	6	4	0.154	0	7	0	0
Jason Ring	Total	18	9	5	0.222	2	3	2	2
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	1	0	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	2	2	2	1

Fri, 7/21/2006

Contender 2

Eric Fonoimoana / George Roumain (13)

Lost 21-23, 13-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	22	10	4	0.273	0	9	2	1
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	4	0	0
	2	7	2	1	0.143	0	5	2	1
Jason Ring	Total	31	10	8	0.065	3	2	0	1
	1	12	6	3	0.250	2	1	0	1
	2	19	4	5	-0.053	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	83	46	10	0.434	2	28	3	1
Jason Ring	67	30	18	0.179	7	8	3	6
Total	150	76	28	0.320	9	36	6	7
Opponents	154	86	20	0.429	9	36	4	19

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 %
2006	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,800.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	AVP	10	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	$38,400.00	30	20	60.0 %

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
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP	12	0	0	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	$22,100.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	$8,400.00	2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	0	0	$9,575.00
101	0	0	5	0	14	44	27	5	6	$102,323.25	Total	Total	60	1	0	5	0	15	17	13	3	6	$73,752.50

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%
2005-2006	13	68.4%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	10	38.5%	1	3.8%	15	57.7%	10-16	38.5%	13-15	46.4%	14-3	82.4%	0	0	27-18	60.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	8-10	44.4%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	8-7	53.3%

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 8-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers 0-2
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Baxter/Ring	15	21-13, 21-19	0:39
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Baxter/Ring	16	21-9, 21-15	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 8 Doble/Mariano 0-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Doble/Mariano	8	Baxter/Ring	16	17-21, 21-14, 26-24	1:36
Trail the series against # 13 Fonoimoana/Roumain 0-1
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Fonoimoana/Roumain	13	Baxter/Ring	14	23-21, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Medel/Souza 0-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 4	Medel/Souza	21	Baxter/Ring	15	21-17, 24-22	1:01
Lead the series against # 17 Blanton/Prosser 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	16	Blanton/Prosser	17	25-27, 24-22, 17-15	1:22
Series tied with # 19 Davenport/Lane 1-1
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Davenport/Lane	19	Baxter/Ring	14	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:07
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Ring	15	Davenport/Lane	17	21-23, 22-20, 15-12	1:26
Lead the series against # 20 DiPierro/Grotowski 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	15	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	21-19, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Koski/Minc 3-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Ring	16	Koski/Minc	18	21-16, 21-19	0:44
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 # 22 Lee/Rester 1-0
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Ring	15	Lee/Rester	23	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:20
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Elliott/Morrison 1-0
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Ring	14	Elliott/Morrison	30, Q13	21-17, 21-19	0:46