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'''Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor''' ({{IPAc-en|'|t|r|eɪ|n|ər}}; née '''May'''; born July 30, 1977) is an American retired professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the second most successful female beach volleyball player {{as of|2026|1|lc=y}}, having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Overall Career Individual Leaders |url=http://bvbinfo.com/leader.asp |access-date=January 8, 2026 |publisher=Beach Volleyball Database}}</ref>
May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh Jennings were gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. They also won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 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 2007{{endash}}2008, breaking their own previous record of 89 consecutive match wins.<ref name=bleacher/> They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time."<ref name="Greatest NBC sports">{{cite web |url=http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=382795.html |title=Best of 2000s: Team of the Decade – Misty May/Kerri Walsh |last=Ackerman |first=Jon |publisher=Universal Sports |access-date=September 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116091921/http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid%3D382795.html |archive-date=January 16, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Greatest">{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Meet-the-2008-US-Olympians_1/4 |title=Meet Team USA: Women's Beach Volleyball |publisher=Harpo Productions, Inc |access-date=September 12, 2010}}</ref><ref name=bleacher>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1290605-how-misty-may-treanor-kerri-walsh-became-greatest-in-womens-beach-volleyball |title=Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh: Their Amazing Beach Volleyball Careers |date=August 9, 2012 |first=Blake |last=Dorfman |work=Bleacher Report}}</ref><ref name=hof>{{cite web |url=http://www.volleyhall.org/misty-may-treanor.html |title=Inductee Gallery: Misty May-Treanor |work=Volleyball Hall of Fame |access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref>
May-Treanor retired from competitive play on August 8, 2012, after she and Walsh Jennings won gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name="Greatest NBC sports"/><ref name="Greatest"/> She was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016.
==Early life and education== May was born in 1977 in Los Angeles to Barbara (née Grubb), a nationally ranked tennis player, and Butch May, a member of the 1968 United States men's national volleyball team. She has two older half brothers, Brack and Scott.<ref name="memoir">{{cite book |last1=May-Treanor |first1=Misty |last2=Lieber Steeg |first2=Jill |year=2010 |title=Misty: My Journey Through Volleyball and Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8aa1PGXkFEC |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |page=181 |isbn=978-1439148556}}</ref> 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. As a child, she was baby-sat by Karch Kiraly, future national volleyball player and United States women's national volleyball team head coach.<ref name="huffpost2010">{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/misty-maytreanor-book-alc_n_541235.html |title=Misty May-Treanor Book: Alcoholism, Sexual Assault & More |work=The Huffington Post |date=June 16, 2010 |first=Jimmy |last=Golen |access-date=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
In her 2010 autobiography, May-Treanor stated both of her parents were alcoholics.<ref name="huffpost2010" /> She also asserted her mother would at times become violent when drinking.<ref name="huffpost2010"/> 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.<ref name="huffpost2010"/>
==Education== ===High school=== May grew up in Costa Mesa, California,<ref name=mistybvb>[http://bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1256 Misty May-Treanor – Profile], Beach Volleyball Database</ref> attending Newport Harbor High School from 1991 through 1995.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 8, 2012 |title=Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh Jennings share volleyball roots in California |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/misty-may-treanor-kerri-walsh-jennings-share-volleyball-roots-in-california/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=CBS News}}</ref> She helped her team win the state championship in volleyball in both her sophomore and senior years, 1992 and 1994.<ref name=DailyPilot>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/03/30/sports/dpt-avpnotbk30.txt |title=AVP MVP gears up |date=March 30, 2007 |last=Szabo |first=Matt |work=Daily Pilot}}</ref> During her junior year in 1993 she was named the Division I All-CIF team Player of the Year,<ref>{{cite news |title=Three from O.C. grab top honors |date=December 10, 1993 |work=The Orange County Register}}</ref> and the following year she was selected by ''USA Today'' as the best high school girls' volleyball player in the nation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Misty May nationally recognized for her volleyball prowess |date=December 20, 1994 |author=Osterman, David |work=The Orange County Register}}</ref>
While at Newport Harbor High she also competed in track and field, 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results – 1915 to present |publisher=Hank Lawson |access-date=2012-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092406/http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
May-Treanor was later inducted into the inaugural class of the Newport Harbor High School's Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref name=nhhshof>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/tn-dpt-me-0522-newport-harbor-high-school-first-ha-20140521-story.html |title=Newport Harbor announces first Hall of Fame class |date=May 21, 2014 |first=Steve |last=Virgen |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
===College=== May-Treanor played volleyball for the Long Beach State 49ers from 1995 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic gold medalist speaks to Parkersburg High School students |url=https://www.newsandsentinel.com/zweekendnewsletter/2024/11/olympic-gold-medalist-speaks-to-parkersburg-high-school-students-2/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=newsandsentinel.com/ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Long Beach's trailblazers: Champions who redefined their sports – Long Beach Current |url=https://lbcurrent.com/sports/2024/09/18/long-beachs-trailblazers-champions-who-redefined-their-sports/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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 and fitness in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.<ref name=lbhof>{{cite web |url=http://urd.csulb.edu/news-events/story.cfm?hackid=313 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029212408/http://urd.csulb.edu/news-events/story.cfm?hackid=313 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |title=Athletes, Coach, Physician to be Inducted into LBSU Hall of Fame |access-date=August 8, 2012 |last=Adler |first=Niall |date=October 18, 2004 |work=This Week @ The Beach |publisher=California State University, Long Beach}}</ref>
During her tenure there, she racked up numerous Big West Conference and NCAA awards and honors, including the Honda Sports Award for the nation's best female volleyball player, and the Honda-Broderick Cup for the best overall female collegiate athlete for 1998–99,<ref name=HondaAward>{{cite web |access-date=August 9, 2012 |url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/past_aoty_winners.html |title=Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners |publisher=Collegiate Women Sports Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729065446/http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/past_aoty_winners.html |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/tn-dpt-sp-misty-volley-hall-of-fame-20160702-story.html |title=Volleyball: Misty bound for International Hall of Fame |date=2016-07-03 |website=Daily Pilot |language=en-US |access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> and back-to-back National Player of the Year awards in 1997 and 1998.<ref name="AA">{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/2015/2015awards.pdf |website=NCAA |title=WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-AMERICA TEAMS AND AWARD WINNERS |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705195523/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/2015/2015awards.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
====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 to earn a master's degree in coaching and athletic administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cui.edu/academicprograms/graduate/coaching/index.aspx?id=23128 |title=Olympic Medalist talks about MCAA |access-date=October 6, 2012}}</ref> Her degree was conferred on May 4, 2013.
==Professional career== ===1999–2000: Early career with Holly McPeak=== thumb|May serves while partner Walsh-Jennings provides defensive signals in 2008 May played her first professional match on the AVP tour in May 1999 while still a college senior.<ref>[http://bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1256&Page=6#1999AVP Misty May-Treanor – Profile: 1999 AVP Pro Beach Tour], Beach Volleyball Database</ref> After graduating from Long Beach State in 1999, she joined the United States women's national volleyball team. After a few months she quit the national team to focus on beach volleyball, teaming with Holly McPeak.<ref>{{cite news |title=May's heart is on the beach |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 13, 1999 |last=Pucin |first=Diane}}</ref>
The pair played their first tournament together on the FIVB tour in Salvador, Brazil in November 1999. Seeded 22nd, McPeak/May finished 9th.<ref>[http://bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1256&Page=6#1999FIVB Misty May-Treanor – Profile: 1999 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball World Tour], Beach Volleyball Database</ref>
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 event, followed by two wins on the FIVB tour, and one on the now-defunct [http://www.bvatour.com/ BVA].<ref>[http://bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=1256&Page=6#2000BVA Misty May-Treanor – Profile: 2000 Beach Volleyball America], Beach Volleyball Database</ref> 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 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 and Adriana Samuel of Brazil. The quarterfinal loss left the team in a tie for 5th place at the 2000 summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-23-ss-25486-story.html |last=Abrahamson |first=Alan |title=Only Bummer at Bondi Is Early Exit of U.S. Women |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 September 2000 |access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref>
===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,<ref name="latimes-storm"/> playing as a defender behind Walsh's block.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/debate/13460610/bonnie-blair-kerri-walsh-jennings-misty-treanor |title=BRACKET CHALLENGE ROUND 1: BONNIE BLAIR OR KERRI WALSH JENNINGS AND MISTY MAY-TREANOR? |work=ESPN.com |access-date=August 19, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name="latimes-storm"/> 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.<ref name=bleacher/> On the 2003 international tour, May-Treanor and Walsh went 52–4 in match victories.<ref name=bleacher/>
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.<ref name=winstreak>{{cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/beijing/volleyball/2008-08-31-avp-winning-streak_N.htm |title=Record streak snapped: May-Treanor, Walsh fall in Ohio |work=USA Today |date=August 31, 2008}}</ref>
===After Beijing=== thumb|upright=1.5|right|Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor in 2012 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 and Elaine Youngs at the AVP Shootout in Cincinnati, Ohio. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings lost again on September 7, falling to April Ross and Jennifer Kessy in the semifinals of an AVP tournament in Santa Barbara, California, marking the first time since April 2007 that the duo missed reaching an AVP tour final.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=USA Today |date=September 7, 2008 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/2008-09-07-2078673067_x.htm |title=May-Treanor and Walsh lose again, this time in the semis |access-date=September 7, 2008 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
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.<ref name=mistybvb/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-17-la-sp-avp-volleyball-20100718-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Laura |last=Myers |title=Misty May-Treanor, Nicole Branagh still adjusting as a team |date=July 17, 2010}}</ref>
===Injuries=== May-Treanor played much of her 2002 season with a torn PCL before undergoing surgery that September.<ref name="latimes-storm">{{cite news |title=AVP Fans Are Seeing Her Take the Beach by Storm |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-29-sp-qanda29-story.html |access-date=April 10, 2012 |newspaper=LA Times |date=April 29, 2003}}</ref>
Soon after winning her gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, May-Treanor ruptured her achilles tendon during dance practice for a performance on the show ''Dancing with the Stars''.<ref>{{cite news |title=May-Treanor sits out this 'Dancing' |date=October 7, 2008 |first=Bill |last=Keveney |newspaper=USA Today |page=D1}}</ref> It was successfully repaired, though she did not return to competition for nearly a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Athletes: Misty May-Treanor |url=http://usavolleyball.org/athletes/misty-may-treanor |publisher=USA Volleyball |access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref>
==Retirement== May-Treanor, just prior to teaming with Kerri Walsh Jennings 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=MISTY'S DONE |work=The Big Story |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/working-late |publisher=AP |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>
==Coaching== May-Treanor was a member of the women's volleyball coaching staff at Irvine Valley College beginning in 2001,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014211915/http://www.ivc.edu/athletics/wvolleyball/pages/coaching.aspx Irvine Valley College volleyball coaching staff (Internet Archive)]</ref> though she is no longer listed as a staff member. IVC head coach, Tom Pestolesi, was her high school volleyball coach.<ref name=ocr-pestolesi>{{cite web |title=Irvine Valley coach talks Misty May |date=August 21, 2008 |url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/pestolesi-134931-volleyball-treanor.html |publisher=Orange Country Register}}</ref>
As of July 2016, she serves as the Director of Volleyball at [http://www.lbccvikings.com/sports/wvball/index Long Beach City College] where she coaches the women's indoor and beach volleyball teams.<ref>[http://lbccvikings.com/sports/wvball/coaches/may-treanor_misty?view=bio Long Beach City College - Mist May-Treanor Bio]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/20160623/misty-may-treanor-hired-as-long-beach-city-colleges-director-of-volleyball-operations |title=Misty May-Treanor hired as Long Beach City College's director of volleyball operations |date=June 23, 2016 |first=Mike |last=Guardabascio |work=Long Beach Press-Telegram |access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> The LBCC indoor and beach teams thrived under her leadership.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.presstelegram.com/2017/09/05/misty-may-treanor-leading-lbcc-resurgence/ |title=Misty May-Treanor leading LBCC resurgence |date=2017-09-05 |work=Press Telegram |access-date=2018-01-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gazettes.com/sports/lbcc/long-beach-city-college-volleyball-thriving-under-misty-may-treanor/article_450d192a-8c59-11e7-9111-dfc48a16016f.html |title=Long Beach City College Volleyball Thriving Under Misty May-Treanor |first=Mike |last=Guardabascio |work=www.Gazettes.com |access-date=2018-01-25 |language=en}}</ref> In the 2017–18 season, the indoor team went 18-5 and again lost in the second round of playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lbccvikings.com/sports/wvball/2017-18/schedule |title=2017 LBCC Women's Volleyball Schedule - Long Beach City College |website=www.lbccvikings.com |language=en |access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>
She also owns a beach volleyball club called Dream in Gold (DIG) to train the next generation of beach volleyball players.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dreamingoldbeach.com/ |title=Dream in Gold Beach Volleyball Club In Long Beach, Ca |website=Dream In Gold Beach Volleyball Club |language=en |access-date=2018-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403104514/http://www.dreamingoldbeach.com/ |archive-date=April 3, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Olympic history== [[File:George W. Bush, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.jpg|thumb|250px|U.S. President George W. Bush visits May-Treanor (left) and Walsh Jennings (right) at the 2008 Olympics.|upright]]
===Sydney 2000=== Affected by an abdominal injury in her first Olympics,<ref>{{cite news |last=Springer |first=Steve |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-13-sp-olyvolley13-story.html |title=May shrugs off abdominal injury |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 13, 2004 |access-date=October 18, 2008}}</ref> May finished fifth with partner Holly McPeak in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
===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. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/25/sports/summer-2004-games-roundup-american-women-win-gold-and-bronze-on-the-beach.html |title=SUMMER 2004 GAMES: ROUNDUP; American Women Win Gold And Bronze on the Beach |work=The New York Times |date=August 25, 2004}}</ref>
===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.<ref name=mvpbeijing>{{cite web |access-date=November 7, 2017 |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2008/August/21/May-Treanor-Named-Olympic-Most-Outstanding-Player |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107165532/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2008/August/21/May-Treanor-Named-Olympic-Most-Outstanding-Player |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |title=May-Treanor named Olympic Most Outstanding Player |work=USA Volleyball |first=B.J. |last=Evans}}</ref>
===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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Golen |first=Jimmy |title=US beach women lose their first Olympic set |url=http://stats.washingtonpost.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20120801202138275954008&ref=hea&tm=&src=OLYMPICS |access-date=August 6, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 1, 2012}}</ref>
May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings defeated fellow Americans April Ross and Jennifer Kessy in the final to claim the gold medal (21–16, 21–16).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/volleyball/story/_/id/8248574/2012-summer-olympics-misty-treanor-kerri-walsh-jennings-win-beach-volleyball-gold |title=May-Treanor, Walsh Jennings win |work=ESPN |date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>
==Politics and philanthropy== thumb|May-Treanor's official portrait as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
May-Treanor serves as a Sports Ambassador for Special Olympics Southern California.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sosc.org/sportscelebrityambassadors |title=Sports and Celebrity Ambassador Group |publisher=Special Olympics Southern California |access-date=August 9, 2021 }}</ref>
==Personal life== May began dating professional baseball catcher, Matt Treanor, in January 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050708001731/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/players/07/05/first.person0711/ Talking with pro volleyball player Misty May]</ref> The two later wed in November of that year.<ref name="maybio">{{cite web |url=http://volleyball.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705030020/http://volleyball.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1016 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |title=May-Treanor biodata |publisher=USAvolleyball.org |access-date=August 17, 2008}}</ref> She and her husband reside in Yorba Linda, CA.<ref name="maybio"/> May-Treanor gave birth to the couple's first child, Malia Barbara, on June 3, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=3-Time Gold Medalist Misty May-Treanor Has Baby |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/3-time-gold-medalist-misty-may-treanor-has-baby |work=Fox Sports |date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> The couple later gave birth to fraternal twin girls, Mele Elizarin and Mia Kanoelani, on November 9, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jen |last=Juneau |title=Meet Misty May-Treanor's Twins! Olympian Introduces Daughters Mele and Mia Alongside Big Sister Malia |url=https://people.com/parents/misty-may-treanor-welcomes-twin-daughters-mele-elizarin-mia-kanoelani/ |work=PEOPLE |date=December 1, 2017}}</ref>
Both May-Treanor's maternal aunt, Betty Ann Grubb Stuart, and maternal first cousin, Taylor Dent, were professional tennis players.<ref>{{cite book |last1=May-Treanor |first1=Misty |last2=Lieber Steeg |first2=Jill |year=2010 |title=Misty: My Journey Through Volleyball and Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8aa1PGXkFEC |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |page=26 |isbn=978-1439148556}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/volleyball/2004-08-12-beach-volleyball-portrait_x.htm |title=Beach volleyball's dynamic duo |date=August 12, 2004 |last=Moore |first=David Leon |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref>
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.<ref name="huffpost2010"/>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/5810592 |title=Angel on her shoulder gives May a lift |date=August 26, 2004 |first=Steve |last=Wilstein |agency=Associated Press |work=NBC News |access-date=July 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706213141/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/5810592/ |archive-date=July 6, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Television and film appearances== May-Treanor has made numerous minor television appearances, including ''Dancing with the Stars'', episodes of ''CSI: Miami'', ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', and the ''Late Show with David Letterman''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Misty May-Treanor IMDb profile |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2171105 |publisher=IMDb.com |access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref>
In 2008, she competed in season 7 of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. May-Treanor ruptured her Achilles tendon during a training session for the show, and was consequently forced to withdraw from the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=May-Treanor has torn Achilles, Burke says |date=October 4, 2008 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27021322 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305021747/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27021322/ns/today-entertainment/t/may-treanor-has-torn-achilles-burke-says#.T4O30ppSRs0 |url-status=live |archive-date=2012-03-05 |publisher=MSNBC}}</ref>
Following the 2008 Olympics, May-Treanor appeared in an episode of the Disney series ''Wizards of Waverly Place''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/Misty-May-Treanor-Digs-17578.aspx |title=Misty May-Treanor Digs Waverly Place Visit - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=August 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829124518/http://www.tvguide.com/news/Misty-May-Treanor-Digs-17578.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> On August 14, 2012, she appeared on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-14-2012/misty-may-treanor |title=Misty May-Treanor - the Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 08/14/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central |access-date=August 28, 2012 |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829233509/http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-14-2012/misty-may-treanor |url-status=dead }}</ref>
May-Treanor appeared alongside Jennifer Kessy in the season 9 episode of ''Hell's Kitchen'' as chef's table guest in the red kitchen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2171105/ |title=Misty May-Treanor |website=IMDb |access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== [[File:After the Battle.jpg|thumb|May (face not seen) celebrates with Kerri Walsh Jennings after defeating Brazil in the 2008 Beijing Olympics quarterfinal match]]
===College=== ====Big West Conference==== May-Treanor's honors in the Big West Conference include:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigwest.org/sports/wvball/release3.pdf |title=2008 Women's Volleyball Media Guide |publisher=Big West Conference}}</ref> * 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<ref name="Volleyball">{{Cite journal |url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/volleyball |title=Volleyball |website=CWSA |language=en |access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> * Honda-Broderick Cup 1998–99<ref name="Volleyball"/> * NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, 1998
===Professional===
====AVP==== * AVP Best Defensive Player (3): 2006–2008<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/award.asp |title=Player Awards |website=www.bvbinfo.com |access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> * AVP Best Offensive Player (5): 2004–2008<ref name=":0" /> * AVP Crocs Cup Champion (3): 2006–2008 (all with Kerri Walsh)<ref name=":0" /> * AVP Most Valuable Player (4): 2005–2008<ref name=":0" /> * AVP Team of the Year (6): 2003–2008 (all with Kerri Walsh)<ref name=":0" />
====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<ref name=mistybvb/>
===Others=== ====Olympics==== * Most Outstanding Player at the 2004/2008 Summer Olympics.<ref name=mvpbeijing />
====Women's Sports Foundation==== * Sportswoman of the Year Award (2): 2004, 2006 (with Kerri Walsh)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/News-And-Events/Awards/Sportswoman-of-the-Year-Award.aspx |title=Sportswoman of the Year Award |publisher=Women's Sports Foundation |access-date=August 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722204407/http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/News-And-Events/Awards/Sportswoman-of-the-Year-Award.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2009}}</ref>
====Hall of Fame==== May-Treanor has been inducted into the following Halls of Fame: * Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame (2004)<ref name=lbhof/> * Newport Harbor High School Hall of Fame (2014)<ref name=nhhshof/> * International Volleyball Hall of Fame (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volleyhall.org/2016-five-legends-enshrined.html |title=Five Legends Enshrined into International Volleyball Hall of Fame |date=October 22, 2016 |work=International Volleyball Hall of Fame |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015083521/http://www.volleyhall.org/2016-five-legends-enshrined.html |archive-date=October 15, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Southern California Indoor Hall of Fame (2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://volleyballmag.com/scivbhof-inaugural/ |title=Southern California Indoor Hall of Fame announces 2017 inductees |work=Volleyballmag.com |date=January 5, 2017 |first=Ed |last=Chan}}</ref>
==Achievements== * Most women's career tournament victories: 112<ref name=mistybvb/> * Most women's career earnings: $2,132,733<ref name=mistybvb/> * Most women's international career wins: 43<ref name=mistybvb/> * Record win streak of 112 consecutive matches and 19 straight tournaments that lasted from August 2007 to August 2008<ref name=winstreak/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== {{cite book |first1=Misty |last1=May-Treanor |first2=Jill |last2=Lieber Steeg |title=Misty: Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life |date=2010 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-1439148549 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mistydiggingdeep0000mayt}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Misty May-Treanor}} * {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=misty-may-treanor|old_id=Misty-May-Treanor|archive=20230408192653}} * {{Team USA|old_id=MA/Misty-May-Treanor|archive=20230408164058}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20150520220024}} * {{IMDb name}} * {{Official website}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817064934/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2013/August/16/May-Walsh-Reflect-on-Olymic-Journey |date=mdy |title=May, Walsh Reflect on Olympic Journey}}
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