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AVP Tour
$125,000 Tempe Open
April 25 - 27, 2003

(2) Canyon Ceman/Mike Whitmarsh

Canyon Ceman

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1972 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Resides:

Stamford, CT

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

224

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

$682,442.25

Mike Whitmarsh

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 18, 1962 (61 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Resides:

Deceased February 16, 2009

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

San Diego

Seasons:

Tournaments:

267

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,602,987.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	40	4	8	10	3	6	4	3	1	1	0	$343,390.00
FIVB	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$69,500.00
Overall	43	4	9	11	3	6	4	3	1	2	0	US$412,890.00

Previous Tempe Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/4-6/2003	Fort Lauderdale Open	3	3	270	$5,825.00
AVP	9/5-7/2002	Las Vegas Shootout	2	2	0	$15,000.00
AVP	8/22-25/2002	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	4	5	260	$4,200.00
AVP	8/8-11/2002	Manhattan Beach Open	4	2	428	$14,000.00
AVP	6/28-30/2002	Belmar Open	6	1	360	$14,500.00
AVP	6/14-16/2002	Santa Barbara Open	3	7	180	$2,500.00
AVP	6/7-9/2002	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	3	9	172	$1,920.00
AVP	5/24-26/2002	Huntington Beach Open	4	2	324	$9,750.00
AVP	8/24-26/2001	Open at Manhattan Beach	3	3	288	$8,160.00
AVP	8/17-19/2001	Open at Santa Barbara	2	3	288	$6,800.00
AVP	7/27-29/2001	Open at Virginia Beach	1	7	180	$2,500.00
AVP	7/20-22/2001	The Open at Belmar	1	3	288	$6,600.00
AVP	7/13-15/2001	Open at Muskegon	2	2	324	$9,250.00
AVP	6/15-17/2001	Huntington Beach Open	1	2	324	$9,250.00
AVP	6/8-10/2001	Hermosa Beach Open	2	9	144	$2,200.00

Tempe Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/26/2003

Winner 2

Pepe Delahoz / Ed Ratledge (18)

Won 27-25, 21-14

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	1	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sat, 4/26/2003

Winner 3

Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong (7)

Won 21-17, 25-23

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Winner 4

Brent Doble / Karch Kiraly (3)

Won 21-16, 26-24

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Semi-Finals

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (8)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	36	21	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	1	14	8	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
	2	22	13	N/A	N/A	0	7	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	3	2	N/A	N/A	5	0	0	N/A
	1	1	1	N/A	N/A	3	0	0	N/A
	2	2	1	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A

Sun, 4/27/2003

Finals

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard (13)

Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-12

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	30	21	N/A	N/A	2	24	0	N/A
	1	14	10	N/A	N/A	1	5	0	N/A
	2	9	6	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	3	7	5	N/A	N/A	1	8	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	49	19	N/A	N/A	2	8	0	N/A
	1	9	3	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	2	25	9	N/A	N/A	1	4	0	N/A
	3	15	7	N/A	N/A	0	1	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	66	42	N/A	N/A	2	35	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	52	21	N/A	N/A	14	8	1	N/A

Head to Head Results
Ceman/Whitmarsh lead the series against the field 17-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Fonoimoana/Holdren 1-5
9/7/02	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Finals	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	26-24, 21-18	0:52
8/24/02	AVP	US Championships of Beach Volleyball	Winner 4	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:03
8/11/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	21-15, 21-18	1:00
8/10/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 5	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	21-17, 19-21, 18-16	1:07
6/30/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Fonoimoana/Holdren	1	21-18, 21-16	0:50
5/26/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Fonoimoana/Holdren	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	21-18, 21-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 3 Doble/Kiraly 6-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Doble/Kiraly	3	21-16, 26-24	0:59
4/6/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Doble/Kiraly	2	19-21, 22-20, 16-14	1:12
8/11/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Doble/Kiraly	2	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	1:13
6/30/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Doble/Kiraly	3	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	1:03
6/29/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Doble/Kiraly	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	1:02
5/26/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Doble/Kiraly	8	21-8, 21-23, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Jennings 0-1
4/6/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Metzger/Wong 4-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Metzger/Wong	7	21-17, 25-23	0:46
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Metzger/Wong	6	21-17, 22-20	0:48
6/30/02	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	6	Metzger/Wong	2	21-18, 21-19	0:47
5/26/02	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Metzger/Wong	1	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Ayakatubby/Lewis 1-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Ayakatubby/Lewis	8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Blanton/Nygaard 1-0
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 17 Elliott/Soldano 1-0
6/15/02	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Elliott/Soldano	14	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 18 Delahoz/Ratledge 1-0
4/26/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Delahoz/Ratledge	18	27-25, 21-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Hyden/McCaw 1-0
6/8/02	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open at Mervyn's Beach Bash	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Hyden/McCaw	30	21-23, 21-13, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # Q16 Braunstein/Souikane 1-0
4/5/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Braunstein/Souikane	30, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:41