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Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (/ ˈ 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 as of August 2012, was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tournaments in domestic and international competition.
Misty May-Treanor retired after winning three gold medals with partner Kerri Walsh, who won a bronze in 2016 and is eyeing a comeback in Paris.
In 2010 May-Treanor and Walsh extended a winning streak to 112 matches before losing to Olympic teammates Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh in the AVP Crocs Cup Shootout in Ohio. To that point the pair had won 19 straight titles. [16] Following the retirement of partner Misty May-Treanor in 2012, Walsh teamed with April Ross.
The gold medal went to Kerri Walsh and Misty May who had a perfect record in the tournament, losing not a single set. The reigning champions from the 2000 Olympics , Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst , both had new partners for Athens and coincidentally met at the last sixteen stage where Cook's team took the honours.
English: President George W. Bush stands with the U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh at the Chaoyang Park practice courts Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, before their matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
McPeak initially retired after the 2008 AVP season, but decided to come out of retirement when asked by Kerri Walsh to team with her after Misty May-Treanor suffered a tendon injury. [12] McPeak played her final match with partner Kerri Walsh, retiring for good on May 6, 2009, one week shy of her 40th birthday. [12]
Misty May-Treanor: 2005: Misty May-Treanor 2006: Misty May-Treanor 2007: Misty May-Treanor 2008: Misty May-Treanor 2009: Nicole Branagh: 2013: April Ross: 2014: Kerri Walsh Jennings: 2015: Nicole Branagh: 2016: Whitney Pavlik 2017: April Ross 2018: April Ross 2019: April Ross
Misty May-Treanor led the 49ers (now known as Beach) to a 36–0 record en route to the program's most recent title. UC Santa Barbara was the NCAA men's soccer runner-up in 2004, losing the national championship match to Indiana on penalty kicks.