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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$200,000 2011 Manhattan Beach Open
August 26 - 28, 2011

(16) 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:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career Pro Beach Best:

3rd (Hermosa Beach 2011)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

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:

122

Career Wins:

Career Pro Beach Best:

7th (Belmar 2012)

Career Winnings:

$39,715.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	Money
NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$300.00
NVL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
Wide Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Overall	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	US$3,050.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 1999	Mark Paaluhi - 9th	Did not play
AVP 2000	Sean Scott - 17th	Did not play
AVP 2001	Jason Ring - 17th	Did not play
AVP 2002	Alika Williams - 5th	Did not play
AVP 2003	Carl Henkel - 33rd	Did not play
AVP 2004	Scott Wong - 9th	Vince Fierro - 57th
AVP 2005	Fred Souza - 13th	Tom Slauterbeck - 41st
AVP 2006	Aaron Boss - 25th	John Braunstein - 33rd
AVP 2007	Dain Blanton - 17th	John Moran - 33rd
AVP 2008	Joaquin Acosta - 17th	David Fischer - 17th
AVP 2009	Jonathan Acosta - 9th	William Chenoweth - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Wide Open	8/20-21/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	19	17th	0	$0.00
NORCECA	3/25-27/2011	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands	16	6th	100	US$300.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2011	Winner 1	Sam Haghighi / Dane Pearson (49)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:47
Fri, 8/26/2011	Winner 2	Scott Hill / Everett Matthews (17)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:48
Fri, 8/26/2011	Contender 2	Grant Delgado / Kyle Stevenson (46)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:24
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 3	Kevin Beukema / Guy Hamilton (32)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:44
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 4	Jesse Rambis / Kevin Wong (2)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 11-15	1:09

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	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 %
2011	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	3	2	60.0 %
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 %
Total	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2011	NVL	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
159	0	0	5	0	19	70	53	6	6	$156,788.25	Total	Total	62	0	0	0	0	1	7	14	16	24	$14,415.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2010-2011	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rambis/Wong 0-1
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Rambis/Wong	2	Baxter/Mesko	16	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	1:09
Trail the series against # 11 Nygaard/Olson 0-1
8/21/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Contender 4	Nygaard/Olson	13	Baxter/Mesko	19	21-15, 21-17
Trail the series against # 17 Hill/Matthews 0-1
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hill/Matthews	17	Baxter/Mesko	16	21-19, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 18 Acosta/Tramblie 1-0
8/20/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Hermosa Beach	Winner 2	Baxter/Mesko	19	Acosta/Tramblie	14	21-17, 21-18
Lead the series against # 32 Beukema/Hamilton 1-0
8/27/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 3	Baxter/Mesko	16	Beukema/Hamilton	32	21-13, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 46 Delgado/Stevenson 1-0
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Baxter/Mesko	16	Delgado/Stevenson	46	21-12, 21-12	0:24
Lead the series against # 49 Haghighi/Pearson 1-0
8/26/11	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Mesko	16	Haghighi/Pearson	49	21-15, 21-16	0:47