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AVP Tour
$150,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 7 - 10, 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1991	Did not play	John Hanley - 17th
1992	David Swatik - 17th	Brent Frohoff - 5th
1993	Did not play	Mike Dodd - 3rd
1994	David Swatik - 13th	Mike Dodd - 5th
1995	Tim Hovland - 7th	Mike Dodd - 3rd
1996	Dain Blanton - 7th	Mike Dodd - 3rd
1999	Brian Lewis - 7th	David Swatik - 1st
2000	Mike Whitmarsh - 2nd	Canyon Ceman - 2nd
2001	Mike Whitmarsh - 3rd	Canyon Ceman - 3rd
2002	Mike Whitmarsh - 2nd	Canyon Ceman - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	32	17	104	US$4,500.00
AVP	7/25-27/2003	Belmar Open	2	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/25-27/2003	Tempe Open	2	1	360	$14,500.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/8/2003

Winner 2

Chris Harger / Chris Kosty (31, Q2)

Won 21-17, 24-22

0:42

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	7	N/A	0	N/A
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	0	N/A

Fri, 8/8/2003

Winner 3

Eli Fairfield / Fred Souza (15)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:39

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

Sat, 8/9/2003

Winner 4

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (7)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:49

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	2	N/A	0	N/A
	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A

Sun, 8/10/2003

Winner 5

Scott Ayakatubby / Brian Lewis (3)

Won 25-23, 21-17

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	25	16	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
	1	6	5	N/A	N/A	0	2	0	N/A
	2	19	11	N/A	N/A	0	6	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	23	14	N/A	N/A	3	2	0	N/A
	1	19	12	N/A	N/A	1	2	0	N/A
	2	4	2	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A

Sun, 8/10/2003

Semi-Finals

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (7)

Lost 21-15, 22-24, 17-19

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	48	30	N/A	N/A	0	17	0	N/A
	1	11	8	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
	2	18	10	N/A	N/A	0	9	0	N/A
	3	19	12	N/A	N/A	0	4	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	21	12	N/A	N/A	3	5	0	N/A
	1	9	5	N/A	N/A	2	5	0	N/A
	2	10	5	N/A	N/A	1	0	0	N/A
	3	2	2	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	73	46	N/A	N/A	0	25	0	N/A
Mike Whitmarsh	44	26	N/A	N/A	18	7	0	N/A

Head to Head Results
Ceman/Whitmarsh lead the series against the field 16-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Doble/Kiraly 6-1
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Doble/Kiraly	3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:05
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
Lead the series against # 3 Ayakatubby/Lewis 2-0
8/10/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 5	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Ayakatubby/Lewis	3	25-23, 21-17	0:47
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Semi-Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Ayakatubby/Lewis	8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
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 # 5 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
Series tied with # 7 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-1
8/10/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fonoimoana/Wong	7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	15-21, 24-22, 19-17	1:12
8/9/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Fonoimoana/Wong	7	21-18, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Rogers/Scott 2-0
9/5/02	AVP	Las Vegas Shootout	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Rogers/Scott	7	21-17, 21-18	0:53
8/11/02	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	4	Rogers/Scott	8	21-17, 23-21	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Fairfield/Souza 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Fairfield/Souza	15	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Ring/Wong 0-1
7/27/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	Ring/Wong	19	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	15-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 31, Q2 Harger/Kosty 1-0
8/8/03	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Harger/Kosty	31, Q2	21-17, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # Q12 Kaslow/Wooliver 1-0
7/26/03	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Kaslow/Wooliver	31, Q18	21-12, 21-15	0:33