All Super Stars: July 2012

Misty May Treanor Profile, Pictures, Images And Wallpapers

Misty May Treanor Profile

Name: Misty May Treanor
Birth Date: July 30, 1977
Weight: 154 lbs (70 kg)
Height: 5’8” (1.75 m)
Gender: Female
Nationality: American
Sports: Beach Volleyball

Misty May Treanor

Kerri Walsh Profile, Biography, Pictures, Images And Wallpapers

Kerri Walsh Profile

Name: Kerri Walsh
Home: Saratoga, Calif.
Birth Year: 1978
Resides: Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Height: 6-3
College: Stanford
Current Coach: Troy Tanner
Olympic History: 2000 women's indoor volleyball (fourth); 2004 women's beach volleyball (gold medal); 2008 women's beach volleyball (gold medal)

Biography:

Born Kerri Lee Walsh on Aug. 15, 1978, in Santa Clara, Calif. ... Daughter of Tim and Margie Walsh… Tim played minor league baseball with the Oakland A’s organization and also played semi-pro basketball… Margie was a volleyball MVP at Santa Clara… Has an older brother, Marte, two younger sisters, Kelli and KC… Marte played basketball at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, while Kelli played volleyball at Santa Clara. KC is a setter at Oregon State… Kerri married Casey Jennings, a top U.S. men’s beach volleyball player, on Dec. 4, 2005… Kerri gave birth to the couple’s first child, a boy named Joseph Michael Jennings, in May of 2009… She gave birth to the couple's second child, a boy named Sundance Thomas, in May of 2010... Kerri graduated from Stanford University in 2001 with a degree in American studies… Graduated from Archbishop Mitty High School (San Jose, Calif.) in 1996…. When she was a sophomore in high school, she asked Misty May for her autograph… Placed fourth with the U.S. women’s indoor volleyball team at the 2000 Olympic Games… Kerri won the United States’ first women’s beach volleyball gold medal with Misty May at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. They became the first team to win two Olympic beach volleyball gold medals in 2008 in Beijing… In 2009, Kerri and partner Misty May-Treanor competed against NBA player Shaquille O’Neal and Todd Rogers for the “reality” television program “Shaq vs.”… Kerri has also worked as a commentator for NBC… Kerri started her foundation, the Chase the Stars Foundation, in 2004 "to support the notion that every child should have the opportunity to chase their dream." The organization supports programs that "improve the well-being, health, and quality of children's lives.” In 2009, she was nominated for a Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service by an Athlete.

Kerri Walsh

Elaine Youngs Profile, Biography, Pictures, Images And Wallpapers

Elaine Youngs Profile

Name: Elaine Youngs
Home: El Toro, CA
Birth Year: 1970
Resides: Durango, Colo.
Height: 6-0
College: UCLA
Current Coach: Liz Masakayan
Olympic History: 1996 women's indoor volleyball (7th); 2004 women's beach volleyball (bronze medal); 2008 women's beach volleyball
Sex: Female
Biography:

Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in Orange, California[1]) 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 in 1993, where she majored in history. She was a four-year starter for the volleyball team and led the Bruins to the Final Four all four years, as well as earning All-American honors those four years. Youngs was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame on October 6, 2006.[2]
Youngs was on the USA Volleyball indoor team and played in the 1996 Olympics where the women placed 7th.[3]
Nicknamed "EY", Youngs beach career started on 1997 winning third place in her first pro beach tournament. In 1997 and then 1999 - 2000 Youngs partnered with Liz Masakayan who later became Youngs coach from 2004 through 2008. The duo missed going to the 2000 Sydney Olympics by 50 points.[4] In 1998 Youngs partnered with Nancy Reno until Nancy retired from pro beach volleyball. In 2001 Youngs partnered with Barbra Fontana, and from 2002 to 2004 partnered with Holly McPeak, winning the Beach Volleyball bronze medal together in the 2004 Athens Olympics. She teamed with Rachel Wacholder for the 2005 and much of the 2006 season. In August 2006, Wacholder left Youngs and partnered with Jennifer Kessy Boss and Youngs replaced Wacholder with Nicole Branagh for the 2007 AVP season. Branagh and Youngs achieved 5th place in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and continued playing together in the 2009 season. In 2010, Nicole Branagh partnered with Misty May-Treanor, replacing Kerri Walsh. Currently, EY is playing with Rachel Scott.
On September 8, 2007 Youngs won the Goddess of the Beach tournament for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Youngs currently resides in Durango, Colorado. During the winter, she enjoys "everything outdoors," including snowboarding, snowshoeing, hiking, camping and cross-country skiing.

Elaine Youngs

Nicole Branagh Profile, Biography, Pictures, Images And Wallpapers

Nicole Branagh Profile

Name: Nicole Branagh
Birth Date: January 31,1979
Weight: 161 lbs (73 kg)
Height: 6’2” (1.88 m)
Resides: Torrance, Calif.
College: Minnesota
Olympic History: 2008 Women's Beach Volleyball (5th place)
Sex: Female

Biography:

Nicole Branagh (born January 31, 1979 in Orinda, California) is an American volleyball player. She played internationally for the US National team in indoor play and is currently playing beach volleyball professionally.
Olympian Branagh played collegiately at the University of Minnesota. She was twice named to the All-America Second Team as an outside hitter.[1] She also was the Big Ten's co-Player of the Year in her senior season.[2] Following graduation, she played for the US National team from 2001 to 2003, finishing her national career after the 2003 Pan American Games, where she won a Bronze Medal and was the Top Scorer.
After spending a season as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton, Branagh joined the AVP tour. She has had relatively good success on the AVP tour: she was named the AVP Rookie of the Year in 2005 and its Most Improved Player in 2006 and 2008. She partnered with Olympian Holly McPeak for much of the 2006 season before partnering with Elaine Youngs, McPeak's partner in the 2004 Summer Olympics, for the remainder of the 2006 season and the 2007 season. She competed with Youngs at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Branagh credits her competitive spirit to an extended family that includes basketball players, race car drivers, down hill snow skiers, bowlers, and show jumpers. An intense rivalry on the basketball court between Branagh and her uncle, whom she could not best, led her to stop playing basketball, and to pursue volleyball.

Nicole Branagh