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$60,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Santa Barbara Open
October 2 - 4, 2026

(6) Avery Drost/Ford Harman

James Avery Drost

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redlands, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Westmont College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Virginia Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$185,700.00

Ford Harman

Photo: Mark Rigney

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Long Beach State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (AVP Santa Barbara 2026)

Career Winnings:

$5,725.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Santa Barbara Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Chris Icaza - 25th	Did not play
2013	Will Montgomery - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Santa Barbara Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/3/2026	Pool F	Bryan Snow / Scott Sterenberg (27, Q3)	Won 21-16, 21-14
Sat, 10/3/2026	Pool F	Markus Koeppke / Daniel Leathers (11)	Won 21-13, 21-18
Sat, 10/3/2026	Winner 2	Robert Kemp / Rouzbeh Rahnavard (21)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-11
Sun, 10/4/2026	Winner 3	Seain Cook / Hendrik Mol (3)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13
Sun, 10/4/2026	Semi-Finals	Will Rottman / Ryan Wilcox (2)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-12
Sun, 10/4/2026	Finals	Gage Basey / Thomas Hurst (1)	Lost 16-21, 16-21

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$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Avery Drost												Ford Harman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$4,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
56	0	0	4	0	4	27	5	1	15	$62,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
6	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	$11,537.50	Manhattan Beach
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$9,725.00	Tour Championships
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$25,250.00	Gold Series
16	0	0	0	0	12	3	1	0	0	$32,250.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$1,525.00
16	1	4	2	0	3	5	1	0	0	$16,700.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	10	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	1	2	$4,200.00
121	2	4	8	1	26	50	9	1	20	$165,737.50	Total	15	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	1	6	$5,725.00

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
2026	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Avery Drost													Ford Harman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2009	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$175.00	2010	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2010	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2011	Pro Beach
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$575.00	2011	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	NVL
6	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,125.00	2012	Pro Beach
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2012	NORCECA
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$3,400.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	NVL
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,150.00	2013	FIVB
5	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$1,475.00	2013	NORCECA
7	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$10,000.00	2014	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$4,500.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$950.00	2014	NORCECA
7	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	$11,300.00	2015	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2015	FIVB
7	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	$12,050.00	2016	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$525.00	2016	NORCECA
8	0	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	$13,962.50	2017	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,300.00	2017	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$11,075.00	2018	AVP
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,000.00	2018	FIVB
4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2018	NORCECA
8	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	$13,500.00	2019	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$4,750.00	2020	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$4,775.00	2021	AVP
13	0	3	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$20,950.00	2022	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	$22,800.00	2023	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	2024	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$200.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	NORCECA
4	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00	2025	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	$900.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00	2025	FIVB
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2025	NORCECA
9	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$9,200.00	2026	AVP	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$4,325.00
156	5	7	14	5	33	59	11	1	21	$185,700.00	Total	Total	15	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	1	6	$5,725.00

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	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
2025-2026	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

Head to Head Results
Drost/Harman lead the series against the field 5-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Basey/Hurst 0-1
10/4/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Finals	Basey/Hurst	1	Drost/Harman	6	21-16, 21-16
Lead the series against # 2 Rottman/Wilcox 1-0
10/4/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Semi-Finals	Drost/Harman	6	Rottman/Wilcox	2	16-21, 21-17, 15-12
Lead the series against # 3 Cook/Mol 1-0
10/4/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 3	Drost/Harman	6	Cook/Mol	3	21-16, 19-21, 15-13
Lead the series against # 11 Koeppke/Leathers 1-0
10/3/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Pool F	Drost/Harman	6	Koeppke/Leathers	11	21-13, 21-18
Lead the series against # 21 Kemp/Rahnavard 1-0
10/3/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 2	Drost/Harman	6	Kemp/Rahnavard	21	21-15, 19-21, 15-11
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Snow/Sterenberg 1-0
10/3/26	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Pool F	Drost/Harman	6	Snow/Sterenberg	27, Q3	21-16, 21-14