Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor is an American professional beach volleyball player. She is a two-time gold medalist, and currently the winningest female beach volleyball player with 110 individual championship wins in domestic and international competition. Misty May was born in Los Angeles, California in 1977 to Barbara and Butch May. She grew up playing beach volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier with her parents, and played in her first volleyball tournament at age eight with her father. May-Treanor also played soccer and tennis, as well as participating in dance. She attended primary school... at Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park. During high school, May-Treanor lived in Costa Mesa, California and attended Newport Harbor High School from 1991 through 1995. There, she helped her team win two state championships in indoor volleyball in 1992 and 1994. In 1993, May-Treanor was named the Division I All-CIF team Player of the Year. In 1994, she was named by USA Today as the best girl's volleyball player in the nation. May-Treanor played volleyball for the Long Beach State 49ers from 1995 to 1999.
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