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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Thursday, April 17, 2025 Court #2 17:00

Match #23: Pool F

(6) Kelly Cheng/Molly Shaw, United States
vs.
(7) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

Molly Turner Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Naperville, IL

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$80,762.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	US$123,000.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	6	4th	900	US$12,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/16/2025	Pool F	Verena Figueira / Kyce Martins, Brazil (19, Q15)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:33
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool F	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (7)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:34
Fri, 4/18/2025	Winner 1	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (12)	Lost 16-21, 21-13, 14-16	0:47

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00
Total	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$123,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Molly Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	$17,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	0	$458,625.00	Total	24	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	0	$80,200.00

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
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$28,500.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$28,500.00	9	7	56.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Molly Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$14,250.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$14,250.00
76	9	4	4	6	18	22	7	1	5	$411,375.00	Total	Total	18	3	3	2	2	0	2	1	3	2	$32,950.00

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	18	69.2%	6	23.1%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	11	55.0%	7-13	35.0%	18-11	62.1%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
2024-2025	18	69.2%	6	23.1%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	11	55.0%	7-13	35.0%	18-11	62.1%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	7	41.2%	2	11.8%	8	47.1%	7-10	41.2%	22-16	57.9%	22-6	78.6%	0	0	22-11	66.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	3	0	0	11	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	27	13
Total	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	0	13	5	1	3	0	3	1	0	31	15

Melissa Humana-Paredes
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$576,075.00

Brandie Wilkerson
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$358,825.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	25	3	3	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	US$309,500.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Brandie Wilkerson - 9th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	9	7th	240	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/9/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	4	2nd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	4	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/16/2025	Pool F	Hailey Harward / Molly Phillips, United States (18, Q3)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:30
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool F	Kelly Cheng / Molly Shaw, United States (6)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 4/18/2025	Winner 2	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (17, Q1)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 4/19/2025	Winner 3	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (5)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:35

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	2	2	1	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	$228,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Total	25	3	3	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	$309,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Melissa Humana-Paredes												Brandie Wilkerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$76,500.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
7	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$41,750.00
48	6	2	2	0	17	7	7	6	0	$287,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	2	2	2	0	14	9	1	2	0	$166,750.00
33	2	6	1	4	5	9	4	2	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	1	3	0	8	7	5	3	0	$90,825.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
105	10	11	5	7	31	19	12	8	0	$576,075.00	Total	85	6	5	5	0	30	18	8	5	0	$358,825.00

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
2023	FIVB	10	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	$132,000.00	38	16	70.4 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$77,000.00	25	13	65.8 %
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,500.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	19	2	3	1	0	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	$225,500.00	68	32	68.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Melissa Humana-Paredes													Brandie Wilkerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	$23,787.50	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$600.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	1	$30,187.50	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$11,850.00
8	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	$80,500.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00
10	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	$58,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$56,500.00
12	3	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	$97,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	2	0	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	$46,500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	$72,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	$16,000.00
5	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$34,000.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	$35,625.00
10	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	$66,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	$66,000.00
7	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$38,500.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$38,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,250.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,250.00
99	9	11	5	7	26	19	12	8	2	$534,075.00	Total	Total	79	5	5	5	0	25	18	8	5	8	$316,825.00

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	65	74.7%	15	17.2%	7	8.0%	80-7	92.0%	10	24.4%	9	22.0%	22	53.7%	10-31	24.4%	65-22	74.7%	25-16	61.0%	0	0	90-38	70.3%
2024-2025	37	78.7%	7	14.9%	3	6.4%	44-3	93.6%	8	29.6%	6	22.2%	13	48.1%	8-19	29.6%	37-13	74.0%	15-9	62.5%	0	0	52-22	70.3%
Against the Field	19	70.4%	6	22.2%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	0	0.0%	5	31.3%	11	68.8%	0-16	0.0%	38-22	63.3%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	25-18	58.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	40	11	0	0	15	15	4	1	1	0	2	2	64	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Total	0	0	2	0	54	16	1	0	23	18	6	1	1	0	3	3	90	38

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson lead the series 2-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-11, 21-19	0:33
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-18, 21-16	0:34
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Cheng/Shaw	8	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	24-22, 14-21, 15-7	0:50

Overall Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson lead the series 4-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/11/25	AVP League	AVP League Week 5 - Los Angeles	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson		Cheng/Shaw		15-12, 15-10	0:35
6/14/25	AVP League	AVP League Week 3 - Miami	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson		Cheng/Shaw		18-20, 15-11, 15-10	0:50
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-11, 21-19	0:33
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-18, 21-16	0:34
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Cheng/Shaw	8	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	24-22, 14-21, 15-7	0:50