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AVP Tour
$183,000 Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 9 - 11, 2006

(11) Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana

Dain Blanton

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 28, 1971 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Laguna Beach, CA

Resides:

Los Angeles, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Pepperdine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$720,032.75

Eric Fonoimoana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,000,809.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	46	3	7	9	2	7	7	4	3	2	2	$272,387.00
BVA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
FIVB	31	1	1	1	3	3	3	10	5	4	0	US$194,400.00
USAV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$13,750.00
Overall	81	5	8	12	5	10	10	15	8	6	2	US$493,037.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1992	Did not play	Kevin Waterbury - 13th
1993	Did not play	Dan Vrebalovich - 7th
1994	Albert Hannemann - 17th	Bill Boullianne - 9th
1995	Ian Clark - 9th	Rob Heidger - 5th
1996	Canyon Ceman - 7th	Bill Boullianne - 4th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 1st	Bryan Ivie - 9th
1997	Canyon Ceman - 3rd	Bryan Ivie - 13th
1998	Eric Fonoimoana - 13th	Dain Blanton - 13th
1999	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Dain Blanton - 5th
2000	Eric Fonoimoana - 5th	Dain Blanton - 5th
2001	Eric Fonoimoana - 2nd	Dain Blanton - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 5th
2003	Did not play	Dax Holdren - 17th
2004	Jeff Nygaard - 5th	Kevin Wong - 1st
2005	Kevin Wong - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	11	13	108	$1,400.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	10	9	208	$3,300.00
AVP	5/5-7/2006	Tempe Open	7	13	108	$1,550.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	13	3	270	$8,500.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/10/2006

Winner 1

Scott Davenport / Scott Lane (22)

Lost 23-25, 16-21

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	42	24	8	0.381	1	5	1	5
	1	24	13	5	0.333	1	4	0	3
	2	18	11	3	0.444	0	1	1	2
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	9	3	2	0.111	1	9	0	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	5	0	1
	2	4	1	1	0.000	1	4	0	0

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 1

Dax Holdren / Sean Scott (6)

Lost 21-16, 11-21, 12-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	Total	41	22	4	0.439	0	11	1	2
	1	17	10	1	0.529	0	5	1	1
	2	13	5	1	0.308	0	2	0	0
	3	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	0	1
Eric Fonoimoana	Total	32	15	1	0.438	1	11	0	4
	1	14	5	1	0.286	1	4	0	1
	2	5	5	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	3	13	5	0	0.385	0	5	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Dain Blanton	83	46	12	0.410	1	16	2	7
Eric Fonoimoana	41	18	3	0.366	2	20	0	5

Head to Head Results
Blanton/Fonoimoana trail the series against the field 7-9

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Lambert/Metzger 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 4	Lambert/Metzger	1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	18-21, 21-11, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-1
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Fuerbringer/Jennings 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Fuerbringer/Jennings	5	21-18, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Holdren/Scott 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Holdren/Scott	6	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	16-21, 21-11, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 7 Kiraly/Witt 2-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Kiraly/Witt	6	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	21-18, 21-18	0:48
4/2/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 6	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Kiraly/Witt	4	26-28, 21-19, 15-13	1:29
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Kiraly/Witt	4	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Doble/Mariano 0-1
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 3	Doble/Mariano	14	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	21-19, 21-16	0:54
Trail the series against # 12 Loomis/Ratledge 0-1
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 4	Loomis/Ratledge	14	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:09
Lead the series against # 16 Heath/Lee 1-0
5/20/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 3	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Heath/Lee	16	21-19, 11-21, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 19 Ceman/Olson 0-1
5/6/06	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 2	Ceman/Olson	18	Blanton/Fonoimoana	7	36-34, 16-21, 19-17	1:30
Lead the series against # 21 Mihalic/Mowrey 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	13	Mihalic/Mowrey	20	13-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:08
Trail the series against # 22 Davenport/Lane 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Davenport/Lane	22	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	25-23, 21-16	0:57
Trail the series against # 24 McCaw/Prosser 0-1
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	McCaw/Prosser	23	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	21-19, 16-21, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Keenan/Mayer 2-0
5/27/06	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	Keenan/Mayer	28, Q10	21-18, 22-20	0:44
5/19/06	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Contender 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	10	Keenan/Mayer	26, Q7	21-17, 22-20	0:40