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National Volleyball League
$75,000 NVL Aspen
September 3 - 5, 2011

(5) Paul Baxter/Jon Mesko

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:

173

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career NVL Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,638.25

Jon Mesko

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Traverse City, MI

Height:

6'6"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

1 (USAV IDQ Los Angeles 2012)

Career NVL Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$38,340.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00

Previous Aspen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Pro Beach	8/26-28/2011	Manhattan Beach Open	16	17th	144	$750.00
Wide Open	8/20-21/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	19	17th	0	$0.00

NVL Aspen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/3/2011	Winner 2	Brian Bomgren / Tim Bomgren (37)	Lost 12-21, 21-14, 14-16
Sun, 9/4/2011	Contender 2	Jamey Martin / Michael Rhoads (26)	Won 25-15
Sun, 9/4/2011	Contender 3	Ivan Mercer / Eric Roberts (21)	Won 25-15
Mon, 9/5/2011	Contender 4	Andrew Fuller / Will Montgomery (11)	Won 25-19
Mon, 9/5/2011	Contender 5	David Maitlen / David Smith (14)	Won 25-18
Mon, 9/5/2011	Contender 6	Dana Camacho / John Moran (8)	Won 32-30
Mon, 9/5/2011	Contender 7	Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (4)	Won 35-33
Mon, 9/5/2011	Contender 8	Evan Engle / Stafford Slick (7)	Lost 20-25

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$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Jon Mesko
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	15	0	$12,900.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$3,015.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	$250.00
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	82	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	20	8	$16,165.00

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
2011	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Jon Mesko
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
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	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00	2002	AVP
7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50	2003	AVP
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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00	2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$600.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	0	0	$11,125.00	2007	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	$2,200.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	7	7	0	0	$14,600.00	2008	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$4,150.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	0	0	$14,015.00	2009	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$5,090.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	$8,875.00	2010	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,100.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2011	NVL	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00	2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
159	0	0	5	0	19	70	53	6	6	$157,638.25	Total	Total	62	0	0	0	0	1	7	14	16	24	$15,265.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	6-2	75.0%
2010-2011	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-1	0.0%	0	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0-2	0.0%	0	0	6-2	75.0%

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

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Mesko lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
9/5/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Contender 7	Baxter/Mesko	5	Mariano/Ratledge	4	35-33
Trail the series against # 7 Engle/Slick 0-1
9/5/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Contender 8	Engle/Slick	7	Baxter/Mesko	5	25-20
Lead the series against # 8 Camacho/Moran 1-0
9/5/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Contender 6	Baxter/Mesko	5	Camacho/Moran	8	32-30
Lead the series against # 11 Fuller/Montgomery 1-0
9/5/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Contender 4	Baxter/Mesko	5	Fuller/Montgomery	11	25-19
Lead the series against # 14 Maitlen/Smith 1-0
9/5/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Contender 5	Baxter/Mesko	5	Maitlen/Smith	14	25-18
Lead the series against # 21 Mercer/Roberts 1-0
9/4/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Contender 3	Baxter/Mesko	5	Mercer/Roberts	21	25-15
Lead the series against # 26 Martin/Rhoads 1-0
9/4/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Contender 2	Baxter/Mesko	5	Martin/Rhoads	26	25-15
Trail the series against # 37 Bomgren/Bomgren 0-1
9/3/11	NVL	NVL Aspen	Winner 2	Bomgren/Bomgren	37	Baxter/Mesko	5	21-12, 14-21, 16-14