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August 27 - 29, 2009

(13) Paul Baxter/Braidy Halverson

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

Braidy Halverson

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 8, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grass Valley, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Malibu 2011)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$96,365.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,960.00

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	Did not play
2003	Carl Henkel - 9th	Did not play
2004	Scott Wong - 3rd	Did not play
2005	Fred Souza - 7th	Did not play
2006	Jason Ring - 17th	Did not play
2007	Dain Blanton - 17th	Dane Jensen - 33rd
2008	Matt Prosser - 17th	Billy Allen - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	14	17th	190	$960.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Mike DiPierro / Adam Roberts (20)

Lost 19-21, 21-19, 11-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	35	20	2	0.514	0	21	1	3
	1	14	10	0	0.714	0	8	0	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	8	1	0
	3	11	4	2	0.182	0	5	0	1
Braidy Halverson	Total	53	22	7	0.283	4	4	1	0
	1	17	7	3	0.235	1	1	0	0
	2	22	12	4	0.364	1	0	1	0
	3	14	3	0	0.214	2	3	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 1

Seth Burnham / Jason Wight (29, Q7)

Won 21-18, 21-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	17	8	4	0.235	0	14	1	3
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	6	1	2
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	8	0	1
Braidy Halverson	Total	22	13	3	0.455	4	2	0	1
	1	14	7	2	0.357	2	1	0	0
	2	8	6	1	0.625	2	1	0	1

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 2

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (3)

Lost 19-21, 15-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	Total	22	10	4	0.273	0	3	0	1
	1	9	4	1	0.333	0	2	0	1
	2	13	6	3	0.231	0	1	0	0
Braidy Halverson	Total	26	17	1	0.615	2	7	1	6
	1	16	14	1	0.813	0	4	0	3
	2	10	3	0	0.300	2	3	1	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Paul Baxter	74	38	10	0.378	0	38	2	7
Braidy Halverson	101	52	11	0.406	10	13	2	7

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,960.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,960.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Baxter												Braidy Halverson
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	49	0	0	2	0	6	20	11	3	0	$56,012.50
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00	Manhattan Beach	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	$9,090.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25	Tour Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25	Total	57	0	0	2	0	9	22	11	5	0	$68,852.50

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
2009	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,960.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,960.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Baxter													Braidy Halverson
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
12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00	2005	AVP
14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00	2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	0	0	$11,125.00	2007	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$1,150.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	7	7	0	0	$14,600.00	2008	AVP	17	0	0	0	0	2	9	5	1	0	$20,700.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	0	0	$12,140.00	2009	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	0	0	$22,640.00
147	0	0	5	0	16	64	50	6	6	$144,513.25	Total	Total	42	0	0	0	0	5	16	9	4	8	$44,490.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2008-2009	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

Head to Head Results
Baxter/Halverson trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-2
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Baxter/Halverson	13	21-19, 21-15	0:42
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Baxter/Halverson	14	21-14, 23-21	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-1
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	13	Baxter/Halverson	14	21-16, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 DiPierro/Roberts 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Roberts	20	Baxter/Halverson	13	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 21 Jewell/Rester 1-0
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Halverson	14	Jewell/Rester	19	22-20, 24-22	0:49
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Burnham/Wight 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Baxter/Halverson	13	Burnham/Wight	29, Q7	21-18, 21-13	0:47