This summer is looking like another hot year for the dynamic duo female
volleyball team of Misty May and Kerri Walsh. They've raked in the
highest sum of money so far in the pro beach volleyball circuit with
$168,000 in winnings. Huntington Beach enjoys the arrival of these
fantastic players along with the world class competitors such Karch
Kiraly, Jake Gibb, Stein Metzger, Dax Holdren, Jeff Nygaard, Holly
McPeak, Elaine Youngs and many more. Held on Huntington Beach
City Beach August 11 through 14 on the south side of the Huntington
Beach Pier, the Association of Volleball Professionals (AVP) Pro
Beach Volleyball Tour travels the USA to packed audiences in cities
around America.
More
than 150 of the top professional beach volleyball athletes including
2004 Olympic gold medal winners Misty May and Kerri Walsh, 2004 Olympic
bronze medal winners Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, and rising AVP star
Rachel Wacholder. On the men’s side, three-time Olympic gold medal
winner Karch Kiraly, rising star Mike Lambert, and 2000 Olympic gold
medalists Eric Fonoimoana and Dain Blanton.
While the public is invited to watch
this event free, there's VIP seating available with additional
benefits. For more information see, http://www.huntingtonbeachevents.com/avp-beach-volleyball.html
2005 AVP Nissan
Series
Money and Point
Leaders (after Hermosa Beach, event 8 in July 2005)
Men’s Team Point
Leaders
1, Dax Holdren/Jeff
Nygaard, 2,664; 2, Jake Gibb/Stein Metzger, 2,646; 3, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey
Jennings, 2,346; 4, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, 1,926; 5, Sean
Rosenthal/Larry Witt, 1,854; 6, Dain Blanton/Kevin Wong, 1,532; 7, Todd
Rogers/Sean Scott, 1,512; 8, Mark Williams/Scott Wong, 1,418; 9, Paul
Baxter/Jason Ring, 1,336; 10, Jose Loiola/Fred Souza, 1,016.
Men’s Team Prize
Money Leaders
1, Jake Gibb/Stein
Metzger, $109,900; 2, Dax Holdren/Jeff Nygaard, $108,400; 3, Matt
Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, $88,950; 4, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena,
$56,650; 5, Sean Rosenthal/Larry Witt, $46,700; 6, Todd Rogers/Sean
Scott, $44,650; 7, John Hyden/Mike Lambert, $33,350; 8, Dain
Blanton/Kevin Wong, $32,950; 9, Paul Baxter/Jason Ring, $32,000; 10,
Mark Williams/Scott Wong, $28,150.
Women’s Team
Point Leaders
1, Misty
May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, 3,148; 2, Rachel Wacholder/Elaine Youngs,
2,770; 3, Jennifer Kessy/Holly McPeak, 2,364; 4, Tyra Turner/Makare
Wilson, 1,786; 5, Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson/Heidi Ilustre, 1,312; 6, Katie
Lindquist/Tracy Lindquist, 1,248; 7, Semirames Marins/Tatiana Minello,
930; 8, Brooke Niles/Sarah Straton, 860; 9, Saralyn Smith/Ann Windes,
800; 10, Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, 780.
Women’s Team
Prize Money Leaders
1, Misty
May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, $168,000; 2, Rachel Wacholder/Elaine Youngs,
$115,350; 3, Jennifer Kessy/Holly McPeak, $75,300; 4, Tyra Turner/Makare
Wilson, $41,550; 5, Semirames Marins/Tatiana Minello, $31,000; 6, Linjun
Ji/Whenhui You, $25,950; 7, Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson/Heidi Ilustre,
$22,300; 8, Katie Lindquist/Tracy Lindquist, $20,900; 9, Carrie
Busch/Nancy Mason, $18,450; 10, Brooke Niles/Sarah Straton, $16,400.
2005 AVP Nissan
Series
Statistics Leaders
(after Hermosa Beach, event 8)
Men’s Kill
Leaders
1, Nick Lucena,
955; 2, Casey Jennings, 813; 3, Paul Baxter, 776; 4, Stein Metzger, 762;
5, Jeff Nygaard, 743; 6, Sean Scott, 737; 7, Karch Kiraly, 702; 8, Scott
Wong, 652; 9, Kevin Wong, 642; 10, Dax Holdren, 637.
Women’s Kill
Leaders
1, Rachel
Wacholder, 704; 2, Kerri Walsh, 674; 3, Jennifer Kessy, 669; 4, Misty
May-Treanor, 643; 5, Elaine Youngs, 607; 6, Tyra Turner, 597; 7, Heidi
Ilustre, 553; 8, Nancy Mason, 546; 9, Dianne DeNecochea, 545; 10, Holly
McPeak, 540.
Men’s Block
Leaders
1, Phil Dalhausser,
259; 2, Jake Gibb, 248; 3, Matt Fuerbringer, 202; 4, Jeff Nygaard, 200;
5, Mike Lambert, 178; 6, Sean Scott, 163; 7,Mark Williams, 126; 8, Brent
Doble, 115; 9, Kevin Wong, 112; 10, Jason Ring, 108.
Women’s Block
Leaders
1, Kerri Walsh,
133; 2, Jennifer Kessy, 122; 3, Elaine Youngs, 98; 4,Dianne DeNecochea,
96; 5, Tyra Turner, 80; 6, Makare Wilson, 70; 7, Sarah Straton, 66; 8,
Alicia Polzin, 52; 9 (tie), Kim Coleman and Saralyn Smith, 47.
Men’s Ace
Leaders
1, Fred Souza, 69;
2, Hans Stolfus, 61; 3, Sean Rosenthal, 44; 4 (tie), Reid Priddy and
Dain Blanton and Brian Lewis, 40; 7, Stein Metzger, 34; 8, Adam Jewell,
33; 9, Scott Lane, 32; 10, John Hyden, 31.
Women’s Ace
Leaders
1, Elaine Youngs,
99; 2, Dianne DeNecochea, 70; 3, Alicia Polzin, 60; 4, Brooke Niles, 50;
5 (tie) Carrie Busch and Nancy Mason, 46; 7 (tie), Semirames Marins and
Nicole Branagh, 44; 9 (tie), Katie Lindquist and Paula Roca, 41.
Men’s Dig
Leaders
1, Stein Metzger,
600; 2, Casey Jennings, 569; 3, Nick Lucena, 566; 4, Dax Holdren, 527;
5, Karch Kiraly, 426; 6, Paul Baxter, 422; 7, Todd Rogers, 410; 8, Dain
Blanton, 368; 9, John Hyden, 365; 10, Matt Olson, 352.
Women’s Dig
Leaders
1, Holly McPeak,
640; 2, Rachel Wacholder, 616; 3, Misty May-Treanor, 547; 4, Brooke
Niles, 539; 5, Nancy Mason, 456; 6, Tyra Turner, 402; 7, Kerri Walsh,
387; 8, Katie Lindquist, 373; 9, Denise Johns, 368; 10, Daven Allison,
364.
