Holly McPeak

Personal

Married to Leonard Armato. The couple has a son

Career Highlights

• Won Bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with partner Elaine Youngs, who also went to UCLA
• Finished fifth at the 1996 Olympic Games with Nancy Reno and fifth at the 2000 Olympic Games with Misty May-Treanor
• Inducted into Volleyball Hall of Fame on Oct. 30, 2009
• Won an NCAA Championship with UCLA in 1990, her only season with the Bruines
• DID YOU KNOW
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• McPeak is a color commentator for the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships
• Played her last professional beach match in August of 2009 on the domestic AVP Tour with partner Kerri Walsh Jennings
• McPeak became the first woman worldwide (2002) to surpass the $1 million career earnings and retired in May 2009 with over $1.5 million in earnings
• She ranks third behind Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings for most career earnings among women's beach volleyball athletes
• McPeak and partner Elaine Young were the first U.S. women to medal in the beach discipline at the Olympics, 2004, (Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor took gold in the final, which was played after the bronze medal match)
• Won 28 AVP and 19 FIVB tournaments
• Won two Manhattan Beach Open titles with Cammy Ciarelli (1993) and Elaine Youngs (2004)
• Internationally, McPeak ranked in the Top 10 seven times between 1995 and 2004
• Voted the AVP Most Valuable Player in 1993
• Ranked first in the AVP in 2001 and 2002
• Made her pro beach debut at age 18 in 1987
• Competed at Cal her freshman year and was voted the NCAA Freshman of the Year

Olympic Experience

• 3-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Athens 2004, bronze (Team - Women)
• Olympic Games Sydney 2000, 5th (Team - Women)
• Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, 5th (Team - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2005 – 33th (Team - Women)
• Years of participation: Team - Women 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
• Medals: 1 (1 silver)
• Silver – 1997 (Team - Women)