BIRTH: July 30, 1977

HOMETOWN: Costa Mesa, Calif.

RESIDES: Coral Springs, Fla.

HEIGHT: 5-10

COLLEGE: Long Beach State

THE SKINNY: Arguably one of the most naturally-gifted female players, Misty May-Treanor and partner Kerri Walsh captured the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, and her 17 wins (domestic plus international) in 2005 is tied for the most ever among women.

The pair went on an impressive and record-breaking 89-match winning streak in 2003-04, then collected 50 straight match victories from the Olympics until July 2005. She and Walsh have been named AVP Team of the Year four years in a row (2003 through 2006) and May-Treanor was named Most Valuable Player in 2005 and 2006, Best Offensive Player in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and added Best Defensive Player in 2006.

May-Treanor has led the AVP in victories in three of the last four seasons, and the FIVB for three of the last five years. She finished the 2005 season ranked second in hitting percentage (.489), third in digs (916), and fourth in kill percentage (.570). In 2006 she was third in hitting percentage (.511), fourth in kill percentage (.578), and fifth in both digs (5.50 per game) and kills (6.92 per game).

Nicknamed “Turtle,” she paired up with Holly McPeak early in her career, collecting her first five career wins in addition to placing fifth in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. She enters the 2007 season needing just four wins to surpass McPeak in all-time wins. In Huntington Beach in 2006, she surpassed $1 million in career earnings, just the second American woman to accomplish that feat.

May-Treanor attended Long Beach State where she was part of the 1998 NCAA Championship, defeating Penn State and was awarded the NCAA Championship Co-MVP. In addition to the victory, May-Treanor received several other collegiate accolades including the 1998 Honda Broderick NCAA Athlete-of-the-Year Award and was an NCAA First-Team All-American in the years 1996-1998. Her 1998 team was one of just three college teams to go undefeated in a season. She graduated with a BA in Kinesiology.

May-Treanor currently splits time between Long Beach, Calif. and Coral Springs, Fla. with her new husband Florida Marlins catcher Matt Treanor.

FAVORITES:

MOVIE - CaddyShack

BAND - Busta Rhymes

TV SHOWS - CSI, A&E, D.O.G., Animal Planet, Iron Chef, Las Vegas

MEAL - Prime Rib, I love Lawry’s