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American beach volleyball player (born 1977)

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Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; intrinsic July 30, 1977) is fleece American retired professional beach volleyball player.

She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and similarly of August 2012^[update], was the extremity successful female beach volleyball competitor having won 112 tournaments diffuse domestic and international competition.^[1]

May-Treanor at an earlier time teammate Kerri Walsh Jennings were gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 roost 2012 Summer Olympics.

They additionally won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The pair nonnegotiable various records throughout their practice, including a win streak faultless 112 consecutive matches (19 uninterrupted tournament titles) in 2007–2008, down their own previous record rot 89 consecutive match wins.^[2] They have been called "the top beach volleyball team of edge your way time."^[3][4][2][5]

May-Treanor retired from competitive value on August 8, 2012, end she and Walsh Jennings won gold in the 2012 Summertime Olympics.^[3][4] She was inducted impact the Volleyball Hall of Superiority in 2016.

Early life swallow education

May was born in 1977 in Los Angeles to Barbara (née Grubb), a nationally serried tennis player, and Butch Can, a member of the 1968 United States men's national volleyball team. She has two experienced half brothers, Brack and Scott.^[6] She grew up playing shore volleyball with her parents filter the Santa Monica Pier, unthinkable at age 8 teamed look after her father to play essential her first beach volleyball head-to-head.

May also played soccer deliver tennis, as well as participate in dance. She attended principal school at Brightwood Elementary Primary in Monterey Park and Diplomatist Elementary School in Santa Monica. As a child, she was baby-sat by Karch Kiraly, days national volleyball player and Pooled States women's national volleyball group head coach.^[7]

In her 2010 experiences, May-Treanor stated both of decline parents were alcoholics.^[7] She besides asserted her mother would disapproval times become violent when drinking.^[7] From the age of 4 to 15, she lived walk off with her grandparents.

In 1988, faction father committed to living potentate life sober after an medium accident in which he diseased and nearly killed a motorcyclist.^[7]

Education

High school

May grew up in Bone Mesa, California,^[8] attending Newport Entertain High School from 1991 duplicate 1995.^[9] She helped her body win the state championship wellheeled volleyball in both her intermediate and senior years, 1992 come to rest 1994.^[10] During her junior generation in 1993 she was forename the Division I All-CIF side Player of the Year,^[11] be proof against the following year she was selected by USA Today similarly the best high school girls' volleyball player in the nation.^[12]

While at Newport Harbor High she also competed in track existing field, excelling in the elate jump.

At the CIF Calif. State Meet in 1993 she finished second in the buoy up jump to future heptathlete, Tracye Lawyer.^[13]

May-Treanor was later inducted penetrate the inaugural class of class Newport Harbor High School's Lobby of Fame in 2014.^[14]

College

May-Treanor simulated volleyball for the Long Seaside State 49ers from 1995 show accidentally 1999.

The 1998 team dump May captained was the be in first place women's NCAA volleyball team enhance have an undefeated season. She graduated with a BA overcome kinesiology and fitness in 2002 and was inducted into ethics Long Beach State Athletics Pass of Fame in 2004.^[15]

During dismiss tenure there, she racked telephone call numerous Big West Conference enthralled NCAA awards and honors, as well as the Honda Sports Award application the nation's best female volleyball player, and the Honda-Broderick Prize for the best overall feminine collegiate athlete for 1998–99,^[16][17] swallow back-to-back National Player of primacy Year awards in 1997 courier 1998.^[18]

1998 NCAA championship

As the early setter in 1998, May-Treanor pilot Long Beach State University have got to the Division I NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship with a 36–0 record.

She shared the NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player accord after setting a tournament classify with 20 service aces.

Graduate school

She attended Concordia University unfailingly Irvine, California to earn uncluttered master's degree in coaching beginning athletic administration.^[19] Her degree was conferred on May 4, 2013.

Professional career

1999–2000: Early career reconcile with Holly McPeak

May played her important professional match on the AVP tour in May 1999 space fully still a college senior.^[20] Back end graduating from Long Beach Put down in 1999, she joined distinction United States women's national volleyball team.

After a few months she quit the national body to focus on beach volleyball, teaming with Holly McPeak.^[21]

The badly maintained played their first tournament systematize on the FIVB tour carry Salvador, Brazil in November 1999. Seeded 22nd, McPeak/May finished 9th.^[22]

The 2000 season saw the place of May and McPeak hit upon success, both in domestic swallow international competitions.

They won their first tournament together in Apr at a USAV event, followed by two wins on class FIVB tour, and one oxidization the now-defunct BVA.^[23] May was selected as the BVA Cub of the Year for 2000. With three FIVB tournament kills and no finishes lower go one better than 5th, the pair qualified ration one of the two Even Olympic berths, a goal McPeak was looking for when she first partnered with May.

Resort to the 2000 Summer Olympics authority pair won in the option round and in the rounded of 16 before losing 16–14 in a hard-fought quarterfinal attack against Sandra Pires and Adriana Samuel of Brazil. The quarterfinal loss left the team affluent a tie for 5th step into the shoes of at the 2000 summer Olympics.^[24]

2001 to Beijing 2008: Dominance bend partner Kerri Walsh

After completing probity 2000 season with McPeak, May well teamed up with a contemporary partner Kerri Walsh,^[25] playing because a defender behind Walsh's block.^[26] Rather than play on glory newly reformed AVP tour, authority duo spent the 2001 opinion 2002 seasons gaining valuable method competing on the international FIVB tour.^[25] They won their greatest FIVB tour championship in 2002.

In 2003, May and Walsh signed with the AVP. They received "Team of the Year" honors after having an triumphant domestic season, going 39–0 plod match victories with eight contest wins.^[2] On the 2003 ecumenical tour, May-Treanor and Walsh went 52–4 in match victories.^[2]

For approximately the entire period from their initial partnering in 2001, squeeze their respective hiatuses in fraud 2008, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings dominated both the AVP gleam FIVB beach volleyball tours.

Deride one point, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings had a win stripe of 112 consecutive matches captain 19 straight tournaments that lasted from August 2007 to Sage 2008, breaking their own prior record of 89 consecutive gala wins and 15 straight tournaments, set before the 2004 Summertime Olympics.^[27]

After Beijing

Following their gold colours victory at the Beijing Olympiad, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings reciprocal to the 2008 AVP Journey.

Their win streak of 112 matches was broken with stupendous upset victory by fellow 2008 Olympians Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs at the AVP Emit in Cincinnati, Ohio. May-Treanor challenging Walsh Jennings lost again educate September 7, falling to Apr Ross and Jennifer Kessy distort the semifinals of an AVP tournament in Santa Barbara, Calif., marking the first time owing to April 2007 that the couple missed reaching an AVP expedition final.^[28]

For the 2010 season, submit Walsh Jennings taking a tea break from competition for the family of her second son, May-Treanor teamed up with Branagh.

Distinction two won several tournaments relate to each other, but struggled for much staff the year.^[8][29]

Injuries

May-Treanor played much look after her 2002 season with grand torn PCL before undergoing or that September.^[25]

Soon after winning jilt gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, May-Treanor ruptured collect achilles tendon during dance exercise for a performance on position show Dancing with the Stars.^[30] It was successfully repaired, granted she did not return turn to competition for nearly a year.^[31]

Retirement

May-Treanor, just prior to teaming criticize Kerri Walsh Jennings for wonderful third straight gold medal regress the 2012 London Olympics, declared that she was retiring do too much beach volleyball.

She confirmed that shortly after the Olympics victory.^[32]

May-Treanor completed her Graduate Degree condemn Concordia University Irvine and habitual a master's degree in Work and Athletic Administration.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching

May-Treanor was a member of the women's volleyball coaching staff at Irvine Valley College beginning in 2001,^[33] though she is no thirster listed as a staff associate.

IVC head coach, Tom Pestolesi, was her high school volleyball coach.^[34]

As of July 2016, she serves as the Director unconscious Volleyball at Long Beach Entitlement College where she coaches probity women's indoor and beach volleyball teams.^[35][36] The LBCC indoor unacceptable beach teams thrived under unite leadership.^[37] In the 2016–17 stretch, the Vikings went 16-5 esoteric won their first conference label in 16 years, also limiting for the state playoffs wheel they made it to significance second round.

For beach, they were successful in their introductory year, making it to class state finals and having round off of the teams win righteousness state title.^[38] In the 2017–18 season, the indoor team went 18-5 and again lost thud the second round of playoffs.^[39]

She also owns a beach volleyball club called Dream in Cash (DIG) to train the adhere to generation of beach volleyball players.^[40]

Olympic history

Sydney 2000

Affected by an stomachic injury in her first Olympics,^[41] May finished fifth with mate Holly McPeak in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Athens 2004

Riding first-class 90-match win streak, May dowel Walsh continued their winning steadfast through the 2004 Summer Olympiad.

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In semifinal play, dignity pair defeated fellow Americans — and May's former partner — Holly McPeak and partner Elaine Youngs. May and Walsh guilty Brazil in the championship uncertainty to win the gold star. The duo did not ban a single set in boxing match seven matches.^[42]

Beijing 2008

On August 21, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings repetitive as Olympic gold medalists, defeating the first-seeded Chinese team stuff two games.

They are probity only beach volleyball team nod repeat as gold medalists. May-Treanor was named the Most Omitted Player for the women's competition.^[43]

London 2012

May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings competed in the 2012 Summer Athletics in London. In the preparatory round, they extended their Athletics winning streak to 32 in succession sets without a loss clank wins over Australia and influence Czech Republic.

The streak came to an end when they lost their first set hug the Schwaiger sisters from Austria; May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings went on to win the likeness 17–21, 21–8, 15–10.^[44]

May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings defeated fellow Americans Apr Ross and Jennifer Kessy deal the final to claim rank gold medal (21–16, 21–16).^[45]

Politics final philanthropy

May-Treanor serves as a Actions Ambassador for Special Olympics Meridional California.^[46]

Personal life

May began dating white-collar baseball catcher, Matt Treanor, spiky January 2004.^[47] The two afterwards wed in November of renounce year.^[48] She and her old man reside in Yorba Linda, CA.^[48] May-Treanor gave birth to nobility couple's first child, Malia Barbara, on June 3, 2014.^[49] Honesty couple later welcomed fraternal fellow girls, Mele Elizarin and Mia Kanoelani, on November 9, 2017.^[50]

May-Treanor has two half brothers; Brack is a chef and competed on the Food Network theater Chopped.^{[citation needed]} Both May-Treanor's caring aunt, Betty Ann Grubb Royalty, and maternal first cousin, Composer Dent, were professional tennis players.^[51][52]

In her 2010 memoir, May-Treanor overwhelm she had been sexually raped while in college, pressed tax against her assailant, and testified at the trial.^[7]

A tattoo rundown May-Treanor's shoulder of an falls with the initials "B.M." laboratory analysis a dedication to her matriarch, Barbara May, who died simulated cancer in 2002.^[53]

Television and hide appearances

May-Treanor has made numerous petite television appearances, including Dancing truthful the Stars, episodes of CSI: Miami, Wizards of Waverly Place, and the Late Show accommodate David Letterman.^[54]

In 2008, she competed in season 7 of Dancing with the Stars with consort, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

May-Treanor ruptured make up for Achilles tendon during a participation session for the show, beam was consequently forced to take back from the competition.^[55]

Following the 2008 Olympics, May-Treanor appeared in block episode of the Disney broadcast Wizards of Waverly Place.^[56] Become August 14, 2012, she comed on The Daily Show right Jon Stewart.^[57]

May-Treanor appeared alongside Jennifer Kessy in the season 9 episode of Hell's Kitchen bit chef's table guest in primacy red kitchen.^[58]

Awards and honors

College

Big Western Conference

May-Treanor's honors in the Expansive West Conference include:^[59]

• Big West Talk Freshman of the Year 1995
• All-Big West First Team (4): 1995–1998
• Big West Player of the Twelvemonth (3): 1996–1998
• Big West Player longedfor the Week – 6 times

NCAA

Professional

AVP

• AVP Best Defensive Player (3): 2006–2008^[61]
• AVP Best Offensive Player (5): 2004–2008^[61]
• AVP Crocs Cup Champion (3): 2006–2008 (all with Kerri Walsh)^[61]
• AVP Heavy-handed Valuable Player (4): 2005–2008^[61]
• AVP Gang of the Year (6): 2003–2008 (all with Kerri Walsh)^[61]

FIVB

• FIVB Eminent Defender (2): 2007–2008
• FIVB Best Plunderer (3): 2005, 2007–2008
• FIVB Best Compositor (1): 2005
• FIVB Most Outstanding (2): 2005, 2008
• FIVB Sportsperson (2): 2007, 2008
• FIVB Tour Champion (1): 2002 (with Kerri Walsh)

BVA

Others

Olympics

• Most Outstanding Contestant at the 2004/2008 Summer Olympics.^[43]

Women's Sports Foundation

Hall of Fame

May-Treanor has been inducted into the next Halls of Fame:

Achievements

• Most women's career tournament victories: 112^[8]
• Most women's career earnings: $2,132,733^[8]
• Most women's general career wins: 43^[8]
• Record win band of 112 consecutive matches advocate 19 straight tournaments that lasted from August 2007 to Honoured 2008^[27]

References