Misty May-Treanor

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Competitor for United States
Olympic medalist
Misty May
Medal record
Women's Volleyball
Gold	2004 Athens	Beach Volleyball

Misty May-Treanor (born July 30, 1977) is an American professional beach volleyball player. She was born in Santa Monica, California and graduated from California State University, Long Beach, where she won a national championship, received the Athlete of the Year Award in 1998, and was on the All American First Team for three years for indoor volleyball. In 2003, May and her new teammate Kerri Walsh were named the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Team of the Year after having an undefeated season at 39-0, winning eight tournaments.

In the 2000 Summer Olympics, May teamed with Holly McPeak, a highly ranked U.S. beach volleyball player, and they finished in fifth place. In the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Kerri Walsh, the number one ranked player, May won Gold after she and Walsh defeated the Brazilian team in the finals. McPeak teamed up with Elaine Youngs and won the bronze medal, after losing to May and Walsh in the semifinal round. May and Walsh did not lose a single set in their seven matches over the 2004 Olympics.

During the offseason, May-Treanor coaches women's volleyball at Irvine Valley College as an assistant coach. After her volleyball career, she plans to earn a Master's degree, coach volleyball at the junior college level, and spend time with her family and two dogs. In November 2004, she married Florida Marlins catcher Matt Treanor. She is the first cousin of tennis player Taylor Dent.

[edit] Athens 2004 participation

Against	Round	Match Score	Set 1	Set 2/Set 3 (if applicable)
Tokuno/Kusuhara (JPN)	A pool	2-0	21:9	21:16
Leenstra/Kdijk (NDL)	A pool	2-0	21:11	21:13
Celbova/Novákova (CZ)	A pool	2-0	21:17	21:17
Tian Jia/Wang Fei (PRC)	Round 16	2-0	21:11	21:18
Dumont/Martin (CAN)	Quarters	2-0	21:19	21:14
McPeak/Youngs (USA)	Semifinals	2-0	21:18	21:15
Adriana Behar/Shelda (BRA)	Finals	2-0	21:17	21:11