Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; born July 30, 1977) is a retired American professional
beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and , was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.
May-Treanor and teammate
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 ha ...
were gold medalists in beach volleyball at the
2004,
2008
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and
2012 Summer Olympics. They also won the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
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in
2003,
2005 and
2007. The pair set various records throughout their partnership, including a
win streak of 112 consecutive matches (19 consecutive tournament titles) in 20072008, breaking their own previous record of 89 consecutive match wins.
[ They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time."]
May-Treanor retired from competitive play on August 8, 2012, after she and Walsh Jennings won gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame
The International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts ...
in 2016.
Early life and education
May was born in 1977 in Los Angeles
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to Barbara (née Grubb), a nationally ranked tennis player, and Butch May, a member of the 1968 United States men's national volleyball team
The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The team is governed by USA Volleyball.
The team has won five Olympic medals, including three gold.
History
As the birth ...
. She has two older half brothers, Brack and Scott. She grew up playing beach volleyball with her parents at the Santa Monica Pier, and at age 8 teamed with her father to play in her first beach volleyball tournament. May also played soccer and tennis, as well as participating in dance. She attended primary school at Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park and Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica
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. As a child, she was baby-sat by Karch Kiraly
Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly () (born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. In the 1980s he was a central part of the United States men's national volleyball team, U.S National Team that won gold ...
, future national volleyball player and United States women's national volleyball team
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head coach.
In her 2010 autobiography, May-Treanor stated both of her parents were alcoholics. She also asserted her mother would at times become violent when drinking. From the age of 4 to 15, she lived with her grandparents. In 1988, her father committed to living his life sober after an automobile accident in which he struck and nearly killed a motorcyclist.
Education
High school
May grew up in Costa Mesa, California,[Misty May-Treanor – Profile]
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attending Newport Harbor High School
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from 1991 through 1995. She helped her team win the state championship in volleyball in both her sophomore and senior years, 1992 and 1994. During her junior year in 1993 she was named the Division I All-CIF
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team Player of the Year, and the following year she was selected by ''USA Today
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'' as the best high school girls' volleyball player in the nation.
While at Newport Harbor High she also competed in track and field
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, excelling in the high jump. At the CIF California State Meet in 1993 she finished second in the high jump to future heptathlete, Tracye Lawyer.
May-Treanor was later inducted into the inaugural class of the Newport Harbor High School's Hall of Fame in 2014.
College
May-Treanor played volleyball for the Long Beach State 49ers
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from 1995 to 1999. The 1998 team that May captained was the first women's NCAA volleyball team to have an undefeated season. She graduated with a BA in kinesiology
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and fitness in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.
During her tenure there, she racked up numerous Big West Conference
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and NCAA awards and honors
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An award ...
, including the Honda Sports Award for the nation's best female volleyball player, and the Honda-Broderick Cup
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for the best overall female collegiate athlete for 1998–99, and back-to-back National Player of the Year awards in 1997 and 1998.
1998 NCAA championship
As the starting setter in 1998, May-Treanor led Long Beach State University to the Division I NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship with a 36–0 record. She shared the NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player award after setting a tournament record with 20 service aces.
Graduate school
She attended Concordia University in Irvine, California
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to earn a master's degree in coaching and athletic administration. Her degree was conferred on May 4, 2013.
Professional career
1999–2000: Early career with Holly McPeak
May played her first professional match on the AVP tour in May 1999 while still a college senior. After graduating from Long Beach State in 1999, she joined the United States women's national volleyball team
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. After a few months she quit the national team to focus on beach volleyball, teaming with Holly McPeak.
The pair played their first tournament together on the FIVB tour in Salvador, Brazil in November 1999. Seeded 22nd, McPeak/May finished 9th.
The 2000 season saw the team of May and McPeak find success, both in domestic and international competitions. They won their first tournament together in April at a USAV
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event, followed by two wins on the FIVB tour, and one on the now-defunc
BVA
May was selected as the BVA Rookie of the Year for 2000. With three FIVB tournament wins and no finishes lower than 5th, the pair qualified for one of the two US Olympic berths, a goal McPeak was looking for when she first partnered with May. At the 2000 Summer Olympics
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the pair won in the opening round and in the round of 16 before losing 16–14 in a hard-fought quarterfinal match against Sandra Pires
Sandra Pires Tavares (born June 16, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Jackie Silva.
She ...
and Adriana Samuel of Brazil. The quarterfinal loss left the team in a tie for 5th place at the 2000 summer Olympics
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.
2001 to Beijing 2008: Dominance with partner Kerri Walsh
After completing the 2000 season with McPeak, May teamed up with a new partner Kerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 ha ...
, playing as a defender behind Walsh's block. Rather than play on the newly reformed AVP tour, the duo spent the 2001 and 2002 seasons gaining valuable experience competing on the international FIVB tour. They won their first FIVB tour championship in 2002. In 2003, May and Walsh signed with the AVP. They received "Team of the Year" honors after having an undefeated domestic season, going 39–0 in match victories with eight tournament wins.[ On the 2003 international tour, May-Treanor and Walsh went 52–4 in match victories.][
For nearly the entire period from their initial partnering in 2001, to their respective hiatuses in late 2008, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings dominated both the AVP and FIVB beach volleyball tours. At one point, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings had a win streak of 112 consecutive matches and 19 straight tournaments that lasted from August 2007 to August 2008, breaking their own previous record of 89 consecutive match wins and 15 straight tournaments, set before the 2004 Summer Olympics.]
After Beijing
Following their gold medal victory at the Beijing Olympics, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings returned to the 2008 AVP Tour. Their win streak of 112 matches was broken with an upset victory by fellow 2008 Olympians Nicole Branagh
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and Elaine Youngs
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Youngs attended UCLA, where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated t ...
at the AVP Shootout in Cincinnati, Ohio
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. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings lost again on September 7, falling to April Ross
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and Jennifer Kessy
Jennifer "Jen" Anne Kessy (born July 31, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player on the AVP Tour. She currently is the coach of April Ross and Alix Klineman.
Early years
Growing up in Southern California, Kessy excelle ...
in the semifinals of an AVP tournament in Santa Barbara, California
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, marking the first time since April 2007 that the duo missed reaching an AVP tour final.
For the 2010 season, with Walsh Jennings taking a break from competition for the birth of her second son, May-Treanor teamed up with Branagh. The two won several tournaments together, but struggled for much of the year.[
]
Injuries
May-Treanor played much of her 2002 season with a torn PCL before undergoing surgery that September.
Soon after winning her gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, May-Treanor ruptured her achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus ( ...
during dance practice for a performance on the show '' Dancing with the Stars''. It was successfully repaired, though she did not return to competition for nearly a year.
Retirement
May-Treanor, just prior to teaming with Kerri Walsh-Jennings
Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist. She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 hav ...
for a third straight gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, announced that she was retiring from beach volleyball. She confirmed this shortly after the Olympics victory.
May-Treanor completed her Graduate Degree with Concordia University Irvine and received a master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration.
Coaching
May-Treanor was a member of the women's volleyball coaching staff at Irvine Valley College
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beginning in 2001, though she is no longer listed as a staff member. IVC head coach, Tom Pestolesi, was her high school volleyball coach.
As of July 2016, she serves as the Director of Volleyball a
Long Beach City College
where she coaches the women's indoor and beach volleyball teams. The LBCC indoor and beach teams thrived under her leadership. In the 2016–17 season, the Vikings went 16-5 and won their first conference title in 16 years, also qualifying for the state playoffs where they made it to the second round. For beach, they were successful in their inaugural year, making it to the state finals and having one of the teams win the state title. In the 2017–18 season, the indoor team went 18-5 and again lost in the second round of playoffs.
She also owns a beach volleyball club called Dream in Gold (DIG) to train the next generation of beach volleyball players.
Olympic history
Sydney 2000
Affected by an abdominal injury in her first Olympics, May finished fifth with partner Holly McPeak in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
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.
Athens 2004
Riding a 90-match win streak, May and Walsh continued their winning ways through the 2004 Summer Olympics. In semifinal play, the pair defeated fellow Americans — and May's former partner — Holly McPeak and partner Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in Orange, California) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach.
Youngs attended UCLA, where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated t ...
. May and Walsh defeated Brazil in the championship match to win the gold medal. The duo did not lose a single set in all seven matches.
Beijing 2008
On August 21, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings repeated as Olympic gold medalists, defeating the first-seeded Chinese team in two games. They are the only beach volleyball team to repeat as gold medalists. May-Treanor was named the Most Outstanding Player for the women's competition.
London 2012
May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the preliminary round, they extended their Olympic winning streak to 32 consecutive sets without a loss with wins over Australia and the Czech Republic. The streak came to an end when they lost their first set to the Schwaiger sisters from Austria; May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings went on to win the match 17–21, 21–8,
15–10.
May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings defeated fellow Americans April Ross
April Elizabeth Ross (born June 20, 1982) is an American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jennifer Kessy, a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Kerri Walsh ...
and Jennifer Kessy
Jennifer "Jen" Anne Kessy (born July 31, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player on the AVP Tour. She currently is the coach of April Ross and Alix Klineman.
Early years
Growing up in Southern California, Kessy excelle ...
in the final to claim the gold medal (21–16, 21–16).
Politics and philanthropy
May-Treanor serves as a Sports Ambassador for Special Olympics Southern California.
In May 2018, May-Treanor was appointed by President Trump, to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, where she served as a co-chair.
Personal life
May began dating professional baseball catcher, Matt Treanor
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High s ...
, in January 2004. The two later wed in November of that year. She and her husband reside in Coral Springs, Florida
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. They also own a home in Long Beach, California
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Incorporate ...
. May-Treanor gave birth to the couple's first child, Malia Barbara, on June 3, 2014. The couple later welcomed fraternal twin girls, Mele Elizarin and Mia Kanoelani, on November 9, 2017.
May-Treanor has two half brothers; Brack is a chef and competed on the Food Network
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show '' Chopped''. Both May-Treanor's maternal aunt, Betty Ann Grubb Stuart
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, and maternal first cousin, Taylor Dent
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Career
Early career and back injury
Dent won ATP tit ...
, were professional tennis players.
In her 2010 memoir, May-Treanor revealed she had been sexually assaulted while in college, pressed charges against her assailant, and testified at the trial.
A tattoo on May-Treanor's shoulder of an angel with the initials "B.M." is a dedication to her mother, Barbara May, who died of cancer in 2002.
Television and film appearances
May-Treanor has made numerous minor television appearances, including '' Dancing with the Stars'', episodes of ''CSI: Miami
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'', ''Wizards of Waverly Place
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'', and the '' Late Show with David Letterman''.
In 2008, she competed in season 7 of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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. May-Treanor ruptured her Achilles tendon
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during a training session for the show, and was consequently forced to withdraw from the competition.
Following the 2008 Olympics, May-Treanor appeared in an episode of the Disney series ''Wizards of Waverly Place
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''. On August 14, 2012, she appeared on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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''.
May-Treanor appeared alongside Jennifer Kessy
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Early years
Growing up in Southern California, Kessy excelle ...
in the season 9 episode of ''Hell's Kitchen
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'' as chef's table guest in the red kitchen.
Awards and honors
College
Big West Conference
May-Treanor's honors in the Big West Conference include:
* Big West Conference Freshman of the Year 1995
* All-Big West First Team (4): 1995–1998
* Big West Player of the Year (3): 1996–1998
* Big West Player of the Week – 6 times
NCAA
* NCAA Division I First Team All-American 1997, 1998
* National Player of the Year 1997, 1998
* Honda Sports Award 1998–99
* Honda-Broderick Cup
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1998–99
* NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, 1998
Professional
AVP
* AVP Best Defensive Player (3): 2006–2008
* AVP Best Offensive Player (5): 2004–2008
* AVP Crocs Cup Champion (3): 2006–2008 (all with Kerri Walsh)
* AVP Most Valuable Player (4): 2005–2008
* AVP Team of the Year (6): 2003–2008 (all with Kerri Walsh)
FIVB
* FIVB Best Defender (2): 2007–2008
* FIVB Best Attacker (3): 2005, 2007–2008
* FIVB Best Setter (1): 2005
* FIVB Most Outstanding (2): 2005, 2008
* FIVB Sportsperson (2): 2007, 2008
* FIVB Tour Champion (1): 2002 (with Kerri Walsh)
BVA
* BVA Rookie of the Year 2000[
]
Others
Olympics
* Most Outstanding Player at the 2004/2008 Summer Olympics.
Women's Sports Foundation
* Sportswoman of the Year Award (2): 2004, 2006 (with Kerri Walsh)
Hall of Fame
May-Treanor has been inducted into the following Halls of Fame:
* Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame (2004)[
* Newport Harbor High School Hall of Fame (2014)][
* International ]Volleyball Hall of Fame
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(2016)
* Southern California Indoor Hall of Fame (2017)
Achievements
* Most women's career tournament victories: 112[
* Most women's career earnings: $2,132,733][
* Most women's international career wins: 43][
* Record win streak of 112 consecutive matches and 19 straight tournaments that lasted from August 2007 to August 2008][
]
References
Further reading
External links
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May, Walsh Reflect on Olympic Journey
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1977 births
Living people
American women's volleyball players
American women's beach volleyball players
American volleyball coaches
Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players of the United States
Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Long Beach State Beach women's volleyball players
Participants in American reality television series
Volleyball players from Long Beach, California
Sportspeople from Orange County, California
Sportspeople from Coral Springs, Florida
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Beach volleyball defenders
FIVB World Tour award winners
Volleyball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Newport Harbor High School alumni
Concordia University Irvine
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball