Misty May-Treanor
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Misty Erie May-Treanor is an American professional volleyball
player. She has won more tournaments than any other female player with 107 career wins.
May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh
were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time".
, in 1977. She grew up playing beach volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier
with her parents, Butch and Barbara. At age eight, she played her first volleyball tournament with her father, and played other sports like soccer and tennis, as well as participating in dance. She attended primary school at Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park. She also suffered from an eating disorder in her younger years.
. She 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.
from 1995 to 1999. The 1998 team that May-Treanor was the captain of was the first women's NCAA volleyball team to have an undefeated season. She graduated with a BA in kinesiology
/fitness in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.
During her tenure there, she racked up numerous Big West Conference
and NCAA awards and honors.
In both 1997 and 1998, May-Treanor was also awarded:
She also received the Honda-Broderick Cup
as the top female college athlete in 1998.
May-Treanor was voted as one of the top 6 players in NCAA volleyball history in 2000, and she is one of only 3 players to win back to back Player of the Year awards.
tour in May 1999, while still a college senior.
After graduation from Long Beach State, May-Treanor joined the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team
in the summer of 1999, only to quit soon after because "volleyball was not fun anymore". Instead, she chose to pursue a beach volleyball career and teamed with Holly McPeak
, a skilled beach player looking to win a medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics
after a disappointing 5th in 1996 with partner Nancy Reno
.
The pair played their first tournament together on the FIVB tour in Salvador, Brazil in November 1999. Seeded 22nd, McPeak/May-Treanor finished 9th.
Nearly a year behind in the Olympic qualification process, May-Treanor/McPeak found quick success in international as well as domestic play in the 2000 season. 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 BVA.
With three FIVB tournament wins and no finishes lower than 5th, the pair qualified for one of two US Olympic berths, paving their way to the Sydney Games. The duo, however, managed only a 5th place finish at Sydney.
. For two years, the pair avoided playing on the AVP tour, which had recently emerged from bankruptcy. Instead, the duo played on the international FIVB tour. They were the FIVB tour champions in 2002.
In 2003, May-Treanor and Walsh signed with the AVP. They received "Team of the Year" honors after having an undefeated season, going 39–0 in match victories with eight tournament wins.
Since teaming up, May-Treanor and Walsh have dominated both the AVP and FIVB beach volleyball tours. Before the start of the 2008 Olympics, they were riding a win streak of 101 matches and 18 tournaments that began in June 2007.
and Elaine Youngs
at the AVP Shootout in Cincinnati, Ohio
. May-Treanor and Walsh lost again on September 7, falling to April Ross
and Jennifer Boss
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.
that nearly led her to quit volleyball. With encouragement from her father, however, she continued playing. She actually managed to be even stronger after the recovery from the PCL reconstruction surgery. and after surgery in September 2002, has managed a complete recovery. In October 2008 May-Treanor had to prematurely exit the show Dancing with the Stars
when she ruptured
her achilles tendon
during practice. The injury is not expected to affect her volleyball career because she was already planning to take time off.
in Irvine, California
. She is currently a coaching staff member of the website "sportskool", where she demonstrates the proper way to block, attack, serve, and play defense in an online video.
by defeating the Brazilian team in the finals. In the semi-final, May and Walsh beat Holly McPeak and her partner Elaine Youngs
, who went on to win the bronze medal. May and Walsh did not lose a single game in their seven matches at the 2004 Olympics.
, five being her favorite number. After NBA star Jason Kidd was spotted in the stands at the Olympics supporting the US beach volleyball players, it was alleged that the number five tattoo is a tribute to Kidd, since he wears number 5. May-Treanor wore the number five through much of her volleyball career, though, and says she and Kidd have only met once. She has reported that she has her grandmother's initials on her arm as a tribute to her.
She has two brothers, Brack and Scott, and her first cousin is tennis player Taylor Dent
.
In January 2004, she began dating baseball player Matt Treanor
currently a catcher for the Texas Rangers and the two were engaged in March 2004. They wed in November 2004. May-Treanor has publicly stated that she intends to start a family, but the prospect of her return is unclear. May-Treanor shares a fourth tattoo with her husband that is of an M-squared.
May-Treanor is listed as currently residing in Coral Springs, Florida
, though she and her husband also own a home in Long Beach, California
. She serves as a Sports Ambassador for Special Olympics Southern California (www.sosc.org) and previously served on the Board of Governors.
game show Identity
on April 6, 2007. Her "identity" was "born in 1977".
May-Treanor competed in season 7
(2008) of the ABC
series Dancing With the Stars
. Her partner was Maksim Chmerkovskiy
. After May-Treanor ruptured her Achilles tendon
during a training session, she and Chmerkovskiy were forced to withdraw from the competition. She underwent surgery on October 7, 2008.
She also was a special guest star on Wizards of Waverly Place
; the episode premiered March 1, 2009. The episode is called "Art Teacher". May-Treanor also appeared alongside her volleyball partner Kerri Walsh on the show Shaq Vs.
in August 2009. On April 6 she co-hosted a game of BrainSurge
and the episode will premiere sometime in 2010.
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player. She has won more tournaments than any other female player with 107 career wins.
May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh
Kerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player.Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...
were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time".
Early life
Misty E. May was born in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, in 1977. She grew up playing beach volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica Pier
The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark.-Pacific Park:...
with her parents, Butch and Barbara. At age eight, she played her first volleyball tournament with her father, and played other sports like soccer and tennis, as well as participating in dance. She attended primary school at Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park. She also suffered from an eating disorder in her younger years.
High School
May-Treanor spent her high school years in Costa Mesa, CaliforniaCosta Mesa, California
Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...
. She attended Newport Harbor High School
Newport Harbor High School
Newport Harbor High School is a public high school in Newport Beach, in Orange County, California, in the United States. It is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.-History:...
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
CIF
CIF is an abbreviation that may stand for:* California Interscholastic Federation, the governing body for high school sports in California* Caltech Intermediate Form, geometry language for VLSI design, in which the primitives are coloured rectangles * Canada India Foundation, Canadian lobbying...
team Player of the Year. In 1994, she was named by USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
as the best girl's volleyball player in the nation.
College
May-Treanor played volleyball for the Long Beach State 49ersLong Beach State 49ers
'An NCAA Division I member, Long Beach State has 18 sports teams and plays competitively in baseball, cross country, softball, track and field, women's tennis, and women's soccer, as well as both men's and women's basketball, volleyball, water polo and golf teams...
from 1995 to 1999. The 1998 team that May-Treanor was the captain of was the first women's NCAA volleyball team to have an undefeated season. She graduated with a BA in kinesiology
Kinesiology
Kinesiology, also known as human kinetics is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, mechanical, and psychological mechanisms. Applications of kinesiology to human health include: biomechanics and orthopedics, rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational...
/fitness in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.
During her tenure there, she racked up numerous Big West Conference
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...
and NCAA awards and honors.
NCAA Championship
In 1998, as the starting setter, May-Treanor led the 49ers to a 36–0 record and helped them win the Division I NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship. Long Beach State became the first team to go undefeated in Division I NCAA Women's Volleyball History. In the championship game Long Beach State played Penn State, who was also undefeated entering the title match. Long Beach State won the first two games, Penn State squeaked out victories in games 3 and 4 setting up game 5. In game 5, Penn State stormed out to a 7–2 lead, but May-Treanor orchestrated one of the best comebacks in volleyball championship history, and led Long Beach State to a 15–12 win and a National Championship. She shared the NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player award after setting a tournament record with 20 service aces.In both 1997 and 1998, May-Treanor was also awarded:
- NCAA Division I First Team All-American
- NCAA Player of the Year
She also received the Honda-Broderick Cup
Honda-Broderick Cup
The Honda-Broderick Cup is a sports award for college-level female athletes. The awards are voted on by a national panel of more than 1000 collegiate athletic directors. It was first presented by the late Thomas Broderick, owner of a sports apparel company, in 1977, with the first award going to...
as the top female college athlete in 1998.
May-Treanor was voted as one of the top 6 players in NCAA volleyball history in 2000, and she is one of only 3 players to win back to back Player of the Year awards.
1998–2000: Early career with Holly McPeak
May-Treanor played her first professional match on the AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
The Association of Volleyball Professionals, or AVP, is a beach volleyball tour which takes place throughout the United States. The summer tour starts in April and continues almost every weekend until the end of October....
tour in May 1999, while still a college senior.
After graduation from Long Beach State, May-Treanor joined the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team
United States women's national volleyball team
The United States women's national volleyball team represents the United States of America in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball.-Current Squad:...
in the summer of 1999, only to quit soon after because "volleyball was not fun anymore". Instead, she chose to pursue a beach volleyball career and teamed with Holly McPeak
Holly McPeak
Holly McPeak is an American beach volleyball player.McPeak has 72 career beach volleyball titles and $1.4 million USD in career earnings, which are third and second respectively of any woman in the history of professional beach volleyball...
, a skilled beach player looking to win a medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
after a disappointing 5th in 1996 with partner Nancy Reno
Nancy Reno
Nancy Reno is a retired female beach volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Los Angeles, California, partnering Karolyn Kirby...
.
The pair played their first tournament together on the FIVB tour in Salvador, Brazil in November 1999. Seeded 22nd, McPeak/May-Treanor finished 9th.
Nearly a year behind in the Olympic qualification process, May-Treanor/McPeak found quick success in international as well as domestic play in the 2000 season. They won their first tournament together in April at a USAV
USA Volleyball
USA Volleyball is a non-profit organization which serves as the national governing body of volleyball in the United States of America ....
event, followed by two wins on the FIVB tour, and one on the now-defunct BVA.
With three FIVB tournament wins and no finishes lower than 5th, the pair qualified for one of two US Olympic berths, paving their way to the Sydney Games. The duo, however, managed only a 5th place finish at Sydney.
2001 to Beijing 2008: Dominance with partner Kerri Walsh
After completing the 2000 season with McPeak, May-Treanor teamed up with Kerri WalshKerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player.Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...
. For two years, the pair avoided playing on the AVP tour, which had recently emerged from bankruptcy. Instead, the duo played on the international FIVB tour. They were the FIVB tour champions in 2002.
In 2003, May-Treanor and Walsh signed with the AVP. They received "Team of the Year" honors after having an undefeated season, going 39–0 in match victories with eight tournament wins.
Since teaming up, May-Treanor and Walsh have dominated both the AVP and FIVB beach volleyball tours. Before the start of the 2008 Olympics, they were riding a win streak of 101 matches and 18 tournaments that began in June 2007.
After Beijing
Following their gold medal victory at the Beijing Olympics, May-Treanor and Walsh returned to the 2008 AVP Tour. Their win streak of 112 matches was broken with an upset victory by fellow 2008 Olympians Nicole BranaghNicole Branagh
Nicole Branagh is an American volleyball player. She played internationally for the US National team in indoor play and is currently playing beach volleyball professionally....
and Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs is an American beach volleyball player.As of 2010, Youngs has won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Holly McPeak. In 2002, she was named MVP of the AVP.Youngs graduated from UCLA...
at the AVP Shootout in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
. May-Treanor and Walsh lost again on September 7, falling to April Ross
April Ross
April Elizabeth Ross is an American professional beach volleyball player.-Early life:Ross was born in Costa Mesa, California on June 20, 1982 to Glen and the late Margie Ross. She has a sister, Amy....
and Jennifer Boss
Jennifer Boss
Jennifer "Jen" Kessy is an American beach volleyball player who plays professionally on the Nivea AVP Tour. She won the AVP Most Improved Player award in 2004. Kessy competed with Olympian Barb Fontana in 2004 and Olympic Bronze Medalist Holly McPeak in 2005. Currently, she plays with fellow USC...
in the semifinals of an AVP tournament in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, marking the first time since April 2007 that the duo missed reaching an AVP tour final.
Injuries
For five years – two during college and three during her pro career – May-Treanor suffered a torn PCLPosterior cruciate ligament
The posterior cruciate ligament is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the medial condyle of the femur...
that nearly led her to quit volleyball. With encouragement from her father, however, she continued playing. She actually managed to be even stronger after the recovery from the PCL reconstruction surgery. and after surgery in September 2002, has managed a complete recovery. In October 2008 May-Treanor had to prematurely exit the show Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
when she ruptured
Achilles tendon rupture
The Achilles tendon is the most commonly injured tendon. Rupture can occur while performing actions requiring explosive acceleration, such as pushing off or jumping...
her achilles tendon
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon , also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendo calcaneus, is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneus bone.- Anatomy :The Achilles is the tendonous extension of 3 muscles in the lower leg:...
during practice. The injury is not expected to affect her volleyball career because she was already planning to take time off.
Coaching
Since 2001, May-Treanor has worked as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine Valley College
Irvine Valley College is a community college in Irvine, California and it is a part of the California Community Colleges system. The college inherites its name from the Irvine family and The Irvine Company that were key in the development of the city of Irvine...
in Irvine, California
Irvine, California
Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
. She is currently a coaching staff member of the website "sportskool", where she demonstrates the proper way to block, attack, serve, and play defense in an online video.
Olympics
Sydney 2000
May finished in fifth place with her partner Holly McPeak the 2000 Sydney Olympics. May's abdominal strain likely kept the duo from winning a medal.Athens 2004
The team of Misty May and Kerri Walsh won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
by defeating the Brazilian team in the finals. In the semi-final, May and Walsh beat Holly McPeak and her partner Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs is an American beach volleyball player.As of 2010, Youngs has won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Holly McPeak. In 2002, she was named MVP of the AVP.Youngs graduated from UCLA...
, who went on to win the bronze medal. May and Walsh did not lose a single game in their seven matches at the 2004 Olympics.
Beijing 2008
On August 21, May-Treanor and Walsh 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.Personal life
May-Treanor is the daughter of Bob "Butch" May, a member of the 1968 US volleyball team and prominent beach volleyball player, and Barbara May, a nationally-ranked tennis player who later transitioned to beach volleyball. Barbara died of cancer in 2002. A prominent tattoo on May-Treanor's shoulder, an angel with the initials "B.M.", is a reminder of her mother. She has a tattoo of a flower on her right wrist. She also has a tattoo of a Roman numeral five on her lower backLower back tattoo
A lower back tattoo is a body decoration. Such tattoos have become popular since the late 1990s. They are commonly derided as suggestive of promiscuity and often referred to as "tramp stamps" and other slang terms. The German term Arschgeweih can be translated as 'ass antlers'...
, five being her favorite number. After NBA star Jason Kidd was spotted in the stands at the Olympics supporting the US beach volleyball players, it was alleged that the number five tattoo is a tribute to Kidd, since he wears number 5. May-Treanor wore the number five through much of her volleyball career, though, and says she and Kidd have only met once. She has reported that she has her grandmother's initials on her arm as a tribute to her.
She has two brothers, Brack and Scott, and her first cousin is tennis player Taylor Dent
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...
.
In January 2004, she began dating baseball player Matt Treanor
Matt Treanor
Matthew Aaron Treanor is an American professional baseball catcher who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball...
currently a catcher for the Texas Rangers and the two were engaged in March 2004. They wed in November 2004. May-Treanor has publicly stated that she intends to start a family, but the prospect of her return is unclear. May-Treanor shares a fourth tattoo with her husband that is of an M-squared.
May-Treanor is listed as currently residing in Coral Springs, Florida
Coral Springs, Florida
Coral Springs, officially chartered July 10, 1963, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, approximately northwest of Fort Lauderdale. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 121,096...
, though she and her husband also own a home in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
. She serves as a Sports Ambassador for Special Olympics Southern California (www.sosc.org) and previously served on the Board of Governors.
Big West Conference
May's honors in the Big West Conference include:- Big West Conference Freshman of the Year 1995
- All-Big West First Team 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Big West Player of the Year 1996, 1997, 1998
- Big West Player of the Week – 6 times
NCAA
- NCAA Division I First Team All-American 1997, 1998
- American Volleyball Coaches AssociationAmerican Volleyball Coaches AssociationThe American Volleyball Coaches Association is an organization of nearly 5,000 members, incorporated as a private non-profit educational corporation in 1981, as the Collegiate Volleyball Coaches Association....
National Player of the Year 1997, 1998 - Honda-Broderick CupHonda-Broderick CupThe Honda-Broderick Cup is a sports award for college-level female athletes. The awards are voted on by a national panel of more than 1000 collegiate athletic directors. It was first presented by the late Thomas Broderick, owner of a sports apparel company, in 1977, with the first award going to...
1998
AVP
- AVP Best Defensive Player 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,2006, 2007, 2008
- AVP Best Offensive Player 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- AVP Crocs Cup Champion 2006 (Kerri Walsh), 2007 (Kerri Walsh), 2008 (Kerri Walsh)
- AVP Most Valuable Player 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- AVP Team of the Year 2003 (Kerri Walsh), 2004 (Kerri Walsh), 2005 (Kerri Walsh), 2006 (Kerri Walsh), 2007 (Kerri Walsh), 2008 (Kerri Walsh)
FIVB
- FIVB Best Defensive Player 2007, 2008
- FIVB Best Offensive Player 2005, 2007, 2008
- FIVB Best Setter 2005
- FIVB Most Outstanding 2005, 2008
- FIVB Sportsperson 2007, 2008
- FIVB Tour Champion 2002 (Kerri Walsh)
Achievements
- Most women's career tournament victories: 107
- Most women's career earnings: $1,751,408
- Most women's international career wins: 38
- 2004 and 2006 — Sportswoman of the Year Award (with Kerri WalshKerri WalshKerri Lee Walsh-Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player.Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...
)
TV and film appearances
May-Treanor appeared as a Stranger on an episode of the NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
game show Identity
Identity (game show)
Identity is a reality/game show, hosted by Penn Jillette and produced by Reveille where contestants could win money by matching 12 strangers one-by-one to phrases about their identities.-Format:A contestant is introduced to twelve strangers...
on April 6, 2007. Her "identity" was "born in 1977".
May-Treanor competed in season 7
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7)
The seventh season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 22, 2008 as a part of ABC's fall line-up. Instead of 12 couples like previous seasons, this was the first season to showcase a lineup of 13 couples...
(2008) of the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
series Dancing With the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
. Her partner was Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American Latin Ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is best known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series Dancing with the Stars, on which he first appeared in season two...
. After May-Treanor ruptured her Achilles tendon
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon , also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendo calcaneus, is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneus bone.- Anatomy :The Achilles is the tendonous extension of 3 muscles in the lower leg:...
during a training session, she and Chmerkovskiy were forced to withdraw from the competition. She underwent surgery on October 7, 2008.
She also was a special guest star on Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
; the episode premiered March 1, 2009. The episode is called "Art Teacher". May-Treanor also appeared alongside her volleyball partner Kerri Walsh on the show Shaq Vs.
Shaq Vs.
Shaq Vs. is an American reality television show produced for ABC by Dick Clark Productions and Media Rights Capital starring American basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. It began airing on August 18, 2009....
in August 2009. On April 6 she co-hosted a game of BrainSurge
BrainSurge
BrainSurge is an American children's game show aired on Nickelodeon hosted by Jeff Sutphen. The show taped its first season in February 2009, and debuted on September 28, 2009...
and the episode will premiere sometime in 2010.