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AVP Tour
$125,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
June 4 - 6, 2004

(7) 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
2003	Mike Whitmarsh - 3rd	Canyon Ceman - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	5	7	180	$2,500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	9	144	$1,600.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	24	3	480	US$23,000.00
AVP	9/4-6/2003	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	2	5	260	$3,750.00
AVP	8/28-31/2003	Chicago Open	5	2	388	$11,700.00
AVP	8/14-17/2003	Huntington Beach Open	3	5	260	$4,200.00
AVP	8/7-10/2003	Manhattan Beach Open	2	3	324	$6,990.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 1

David Smith / Andrew Vazquez (26)

Won 21-15, 21-9

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	28	19	4	0.536	0	13	0	0
	1	16	10	2	0.500	0	5	0	0
	2	12	9	2	0.583	0	8	0	0
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	3	3	0	1.000	6	0	0	0
	1	2	2	0	1.000	3	0	0	0
	2	1	1	0	1.000	3	0	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 2

Anthony Medel / Brad Torsone (23)

Won 22-20, 21-15

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	24	14	4	0.417	1	12	0	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	1	3	0	0
	2	14	8	3	0.357	0	9	0	0
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	24	14	4	0.417	5	3	0	0
	1	13	9	3	0.462	2	0	0	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	3	3	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 3

Sean Rosenthal / Larry Witt (2)

Won 24-22, 21-16

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	20	15	0	0.750	0	9	0	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	3	0	0
	2	10	8	0	0.800	0	6	0	0
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	30	16	1	0.500	4	4	0	0
	1	15	10	0	0.667	2	3	0	0
	2	15	6	1	0.333	2	1	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Winner 4

Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings (6)

Lost 16-21, 18-21

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	Total	16	8	3	0.313	0	10	1	3
	1	8	4	3	0.125	0	5	0	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	5	1	2
Mike Whitmarsh	Total	38	12	7	0.132	6	4	0	0
	1	17	6	3	0.176	1	0	0	0
	2	21	6	4	0.095	5	4	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Contender 6

Eric Fonoimoana / Kevin Wong (9)

Lost 19-21, 21-18, 16-18

1:15

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
	3	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	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
	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Canyon Ceman	88	56	11	0.511	1	44	1	3
Mike Whitmarsh	95	45	12	0.347	21	11	0	0

Head to Head Results
Ceman/Whitmarsh lead the series against the field 13-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Rosenthal/Witt 2-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Rosenthal/Witt	2	24-22, 21-16	0:47
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Rosenthal/Witt	4	24-26, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Blanton/Nygaard 1-2
9/4/03	AVP	Las Vegas AVP Shootout	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	21-18, 21-19	0:40
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-18, 27-25	0:53
4/27/03	AVP	Tempe Open	Finals	Ceman/Whitmarsh	2	Blanton/Nygaard	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:06
Series tied with # 5 Hyden/Witt 1-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 4	Hyden/Witt	11	Ceman/Whitmarsh	1	21-19, 10-21, 15-11	0:57
8/31/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Hyden/Witt	15	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-2
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Jennings	6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-16, 21-18	0:56
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	1	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
4/6/03	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Fuerbringer/Jennings	13	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	22-20, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Fonoimoana/Wong 1-3
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Fonoimoana/Wong	9	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:15
8/16/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Fonoimoana/Wong	6	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	21-16, 21-18	0:50
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 # 10 Doble/Lewis 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Doble/Lewis	7	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:06
Trail the series against # 11 Bacil/Fairfield 0-1
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Bacil/Fairfield	12	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Dalhausser/Lucena 1-0
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	30, Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Baxter/Wong 0-1
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Baxter/Wong	11	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against # 16 Nichols/Olson 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	Nichols/Olson	13	21-13, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Medel/Torsone 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Medel/Torsone	23	22-20, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 26 Smith/Vazquez 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	7	Smith/Vazquez	26	21-15, 21-9	0:35
Lead the series against # Q5 DiPierro/VanZwieten 1-0
5/28/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	5	DiPierro/VanZwieten	28, Q9	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q10 Grotowski/Jones 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Ceman/Whitmarsh	1	Grotowski/Jones	32, Q14	26-24, 21-11	0:50