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	Holly McPeak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holly McPeak (born May 15, 1969 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) is an American beach volleyball player.
		As of 2005, McPeak has 72 career beach volleyball titles and $1.3 million USD in career earnings, both of which happens to be the most of any woman in the history of professional beach volleyball.
		She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Elaine Youngs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holly_McPeak (137 words)

	WPVA Long Beach, CA - August 11-13, 1995
		McPeak and Reno, who have won 35 of their last 36 matches together on both the domestic and international tours, have shared $130,680 in earnings this season by winning nine of 16 events they have entered together.
		McPeak and Reno, who have won 32 of their last 33 matches together on both the domestic and international tours, have shared $122,480 in earnings this season by winning eight of 15 events they have entered together.
		McPeak and Reno are looking for their sixth-straight event title this weekend as the pair has won the last two Coors Light Tour stops in Old Orchard Beach, Me. (July 9) and Portland, Ore. (Aug. 6) along with three FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series events in Hermosa Beach, Calif.
	www.volleyball.org /wpva/results_081395.html (2820 words)

	People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Holly McPeak was born in California and started her college play at UC-Berkeley and played her fourth year at UCLA.
		McPeak went on to be an assistant volleyball coach at UCLA.
		Holly has competed in many beach volleyball tournaments and won WPVA rookie of the year in 1991, which was a great accomplishment for the young player.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~marxt/cs102/people.htm (224 words)

	Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs Win Bronze on the Beach :: UCLA alumnae win first Olympic beach volleyball medal in U.S. ...
		Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs Win Bronze on the Beach :: UCLA alumnae win first Olympic beach volleyball medal in U.S. history.
		Fourth-seeded Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs were the first American team to win a Beach Volleyball medal match as they scored a 21-17 and 21-16 win over fifth-seeded Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson in 71 minutes to net the bronze medal before a capacity crowd of 10,000 at the Olympic Beach Centre.
		With the bronze medal win, McPeak and Youngs denied Cook her third Olympic medal as she won the bronze in 1996 in Atlanta and the gold in 2000 at Sydney with Kerri Pottharst.
	www.cstv.com /sports/w-volley/stories/082404aal.html (649 words)

	Easy Reader Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Holly McPeak bumps her way to victory in June’s Manhattan Beach Open, becoming the most winning woman in pro beach volleyball history.
		Holly McPeak is the all-time winningest woman in beach volleyball history because she refused to be beaten to the car.
		McPeak, usually stoic behind her dark sunglasses, was very emotional for a lot of reasons.
	easyreader.hermosawave.net /news2002/storypage.asp?StoryID=20024487&IssuePath=news2004/0722 (857 words)

	USATODAY.com - American women's beach teams to face off in semifinals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		McPeak, 35, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., went into the Atlanta Olympics (with Nancy Reno) and the Sydney Olympics (with May) as the favorite, and finished fifth both times.
		McPeak and Youngs haven't beaten them since September 2002, and they haven't even taken a set from them in 10 of their last 11 matches.
		McPeak is a sentimental favorite in some corners, because of her long career and Olympics disappointments.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/athens/volleyball/2004-08-22-womenbeach-roundup_x.htm (520 words)

	Misty May and Kerri Walsh - Articles
		McPeak is the only woman to play beach volleyball in two Olympics, and her fifth-place finishes in 1996 and 2000 are the best by a U.S. women's team.
		McPeak would then be forced to negotiate a bigger blocker when hitting the third shot over.
		But McPeak's ball control is so precise that she can receive the serve and set to Youngs with her pass.
	www.mistyandkerri.com /articles/LATimes_08-08-2004.asp (1015 words)

	Max Muscle Sports & Fitness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		America’s best hope in the 2000 Olympics women’s beach volleyball competition were Holly McPeak and Misty May. Their average finish in 18 matches preceding the Olympics was 1.8.
		McPeak does most of her gym training at VERT in Santa Monica, a wildly futuristic facility that utilizes computer simulation and monitors for what’s termed variable enhanced resistance training.
		McPeak does a lot of Swiss ball work to achieve a balanced functional strength, sitting or lying on the ball while doing either seated or lying presses.
	www.maxmuscle.com /index.cfm?fa=article&doc_id=186&subcat=performance_conditioning (1569 words)

	USATODAY.com - American women advance in the sand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Youngs, who has trouble digesting the two-year, 13-match losing streak she and McPeak have suffered at the hands of May and Walsh, broke the take-'em-one-match-at-a-time monotony and discussed what looks to be inevitable.
		McPeak and Youngs haven't beaten May and Walsh since Sept. 22, 2002, in the final of an international FIVB tournament in Vitoria, Brazil.
		McPeak and Youngs have gotten better and better at their offense, which features Youngs hitting over the net on the second hit, instead of the normal bump, set, spike routine.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/athens/volleyball/2004-08-21-beachvb-women_x.htm (663 words)

	Americans stay on target for semifinal showdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs are using deceptive offense to advance deep into the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
		McPeak and Youngs, meanwhile, have nearly perfected the tactic of going for points on the second shots of rallies rather than the usual bump-set-spike routine.
		McPeak and Youngs played the last match of Saturday's afternoon session, when the blazing sun was still baking the seaside venue.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/08/21/sports1612EDT0578.DTL&type=printable (704 words)

	Welcome to AVCA - the American Volleyball Coaches Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For McPeak, the win Saturday afternoon guarantees her a third-straight fifth-place finish in the Olympics after placing with Nancy Reno in the 1996 Atlanta Games and with May at Sydney 2000.
		McPeak and Youngs advanced from Pool D Wednesday with a 3-0 record by defeating Nicole Schnyder and Simone Kuhn of Switzerland 22-24, 21-17 and 15-12 win in 62 minutes.
		McPeak and Youngs will be joined in the 16-team elimination bracket American rivals Misty May and Kerri Walsh, who have to defeat Eva Celbova and Sona Novakova of the Czech Republic Thursday to ensure their first-seed.
	www.avca.org /newsletter/beacholy9-1-04.asp (6882 words)

	WireImage: Listings
		Holly McPeak (center) bumps the ball during a match with Carrie Busch and Nancy Mason at the...
		Holly McPeak bumps the ball during a match with Carrie Busch and Nancy Mason at the AVP...
		Holly McPeak spikes the ball during a match with Carrie Busch and Nancy Mason at the AVP...
	www.wireimage.com /GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls=2=23=455=75012&nbc1=1 (708 words)

	UCLA At The Olympics - Day Eight :: Photos courtesy of Associated Press.
		Holly McPeak dives for the ball in a match against Switzerland.
		Holly McPeak reacts during a match against the Czech Republic.
		Holly McPeak reaches for a ball during a match against the Czech Republic in the 2004 Olympic Games.
	uclabruins.collegesports.com /genrel/082204aac.html?page=1 (161 words)

	Press Box - BEACH VOLLEYBALL - USA’s May & Walsh Add Greece Title - 5/23/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		McPeak also won her last championship in San Diego as she is within one title of tying Karolyn Kirby’s record 67 pro beach crowns for women.
		McPeak and Youngs’ last win over May and Walsh was in the finals of a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event in September 2002 at Vitoria, Brazil.
		McPeak and Youngs dropped April title matches to May and Walsh in Florida and Arizona while Davis and Johnson Jordan were defeated by the top-ranked team in Texas earlier this month.
	usocpressbox.org /usoc/pressbox.nsf/cb5070adecc8a63d072565680061756e/c43e161bf4afb6e585256e9d00730068?OpenDocument (1044 words)

	A McPeak Chat - The #1 USA Women's Player
		NEW YORK, N. Holly McPeak is in her ninth season playing beach volleyball, however, 1998 has not been a good year.
		McPeak was also named the Tour MVP and Best Defensive Player for the third season in a row.
		For McPeak, volleyball is an important part of her life and without a tour, without being able to play on a regular basis, this is probably the longest, most frustrating summer of her life.
	www.goodwillgames.com /events/bchvball/news/mcpeakchat.html (2161 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- McPeak-Youngs win beach bronze
		USA's Holly McPeak returns a spike during the bronze medal round beach volleyball finals against Australia at Faliro Beach Volleyball Stadium in Athens, Tuesday, Aug. 24.
		McPeak has 10 bottles of Dom Perignon chilling in her refrigerator back home in California awaiting a post-Olympic celebration.
		McPeak finished fifth at the Olympics in both 1996 and 2000, snake-bitten by ill-timed injuries to her partner.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/other/20040824-1114-oly-beachvolleyballvbb.html (494 words)

	AVP - Pro Beach Volleyball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Holly McPeak and Jen Kessy will battle Dianne DeNecochea and Tammy Leibl in the first round of the Paul Mitchell AVP Best of the Beach.
		Three-time Olympian McPeak, who lead the entire AVP in digs with 1000, and Kessy, who finished third in blocks with 166, head to Hawaii to battle Leibl and DeNecochea for the third time in 2005.
		AVP Fans are left to ponder whether another third place finish is in the works for the third seeded McPeak and Kessy, or will they end the year of the three with a victory, which of course would be the 73rd of McPeak's career.
	www.avp.com /newsroom/newsroomNewsDetail.jsp?id=3314 (496 words)

	Speaker Biographies \| Thinking Globally - Working Locally (H. McPeak)
		Holly H. McPeak, MS Holly McPeak is a Public Affairs Specialist with the USDA/FSIS Food Safety Education Staff.
		She is the project coordinator for a national consumer education campaign designed to promote the use of food thermometers, developed by FSIS, popularly known as the Thermy™ campaign.
		Holly has a Masters Degree in Nutrition from Drexel University, Philadelphia, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York.
	www.fsis.usda.gov /Orlando2002/mcpeak.htm (111 words)

	May/McPeak Win Bronze
		MACAU - Top-seeded Misty May and Holly McPeak avenged an earlier defeat to fourth-seeded Barbra Fontana and Elaine Youngs to net the bronze medal April 8 during the final rounds of the weekend's $180,000 women's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event.
		May and McPeak, who had dropped a 68-minute match Saturday (21-18, 23-25 and 15-11) to Fontana and Youngs, scored a 26-24, 20-22 and 15-10 win over their BVA rivals in Sunday's Bronze Medal match in 62 minutes.
		McPeak was playing in her 51st international event with 35 "final four" finishes, 13 titles and 31 podium finishes.
	www.avca.org /NEWS/May.McPeak-NW4-18-01.html (882 words)

	2 col photocap = Holly McPeak (left) and Lisa Arce are two of a handful of South Bay beach volleyball stars who will do ...
		2 col photocap = Holly McPeak (left) and Lisa Arce are two of a handful of South Bay beach volleyball stars who will do battle across the globe the next two weeks for spots on the U.S. Olympic team.
		Holly McPeak (left) and Lisa Arce are two of a handful of South Bay beach volleyball stars who will do battle across the globe the next two weeks for spots on the U.S. Olympic team.
		On July 16, Holly McPeak (Manhattan Beach) and Misty May moved into the second spot on the Olympic team with a victory at the FIVB Germany Open.
	easyreader.hermosawave.net /news2000/0803/SPVOLYJ.asp (411 words)

	The Cincinnati Post - A taste of the beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olympic bronze medalist Holly McPeak is the winningest female in AVP Tour history.
		This not where McPeak and the rest of the AVP were seven years ago when the tour was losing money - eventually filing for bankruptcy - interest was waning, and the sport seemed unsure where it could go.
		McPeak is ready to prove it, beginning Thursday and running through Sunday when the tour returns to the area for the first time in seven years with the AVP Cincinnati Open.
	news.cincypost.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050629/SPT/506290321/1035/SPT (737 words)

	Holly McPeak, Professional Beach Volleyball Player
		With one of the most toned bodies on the beach and the most impressive resumes of any female player in history, three-time Olympian Holly McPeak had her most memorable seasons to date after taking home the first-ever bronze medal in Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics alongside former partner Elaine Youngs.
		Stateside, Holly and Elaine captured four titles on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour throughout the 2004 season and has been named AVP Best Defensive Player for three years in a row (2002-2004).
		Holly was born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California and currently resides there.
	www.volleyball.org /people/holly_mcpeak.html (239 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Q&A: Olympian Holly McPeak on chemistry, sand, and gold
		Not only did McPeak represent the U.S. at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics (both fifth-place finishes), but this summer she became the first women's pro beach volleyball player to earn over a million dollars in a career.
		HOLLY MCPEAK: Manhattan Beach (Calif.) is my favorite place to play in the whole world.
		HOLLY MCPEAK: Winning gold in Athens is the ultimate dream and would cap off an amazing career in my sport.
	www.olympic-usa.org /27555_12334.htm (814 words)

	May, Walsh defeat McPeak, Youngs - Beach volleyball - MSNBC.com
		McPeak, the sport’s all-time winningest female player, said she and Youngs won’t take long to regroup from Monday’s loss.
		McPeak and Youngs have been the best team in the world this summer, with six wins and 13 top-10 finishes.
		McPeak and Youngs then went under the net to hug their close friends.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5789108 (867 words)

	AllSports (tm) USA nets final 2000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Gold Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		May and McPeak, who were competing in their 12th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event together, scored their first win over Pires and Samuel this weekend Friday in the fourth-round of the winner's bracket by defeating the Brazilians 22-20 and 21-15 in 47 minutes.
		McPeak was playing in her 50th international event with 34 "final four" finishes and 13 titles.
		Holly McPeak has now won 13 Gold Medals on the international tour, including seven with Nancy Reno, three with Lisa Arce and three this season with Misty May. Karolyn Kirby and Reno won the inaugural event August 16, 1992 in Almeria, Spain when they defeated Linda Chisholm and Angela Rock in the All-USA final.
	www.allsports.com /cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=9415 (1632 words)

	azcentral.com sports \| Summer Olympics: Americans take gold and bronze in beach volleyball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Earlier, Americans Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs won the bronze medal, beating Australia's Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson 21-18, 15-21, 15-9.
		The toasts will taste especially sweet to McPeak, who finished fifth at the Olympics in both 1996 and 2000, repeatedly set back by injuries to her partner.
		McPeak and Youngs dominated the decisive set and when Youngs finished the match with a tap to open sand, she sprinted to the back of the court and leaped into the air.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/azetc/04olympics/0824olyvolleyball-ON.html (692 words)

	McPeak, Youngs Win Olympic Opener :: Bruin beach volleyball duo defeats Norway pair, 21-14, 21-14.
		McPeak and Youngs, seeded No. 4, cruised past 21st-seeded Norwegians Susanne Glesnes and Kathrine Maaseide 21-14, 21-14 under the lights at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre.
		Instead of staying up late to participate in the three-hour festivities Friday night, McPeak and Youngs turned in early after watching their opponents on TV marching in the parade of nations.
		McPeak became the first United States player to play in all three Olympic Beach Volleyball competitions.
	uclabruins.collegesports.com /sports/w-volley/spec-rel/081404aab.html (334 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Olympics / Volleyball / May, Walsh win all-American beach showdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Misty May and Kerri Walsh were feeling the pressure before their Olympic beach volleyball semifinal against fellow Americans and friendly rivals Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs.
		May and Walsh, the world's top-ranked team, made McPeak and Youngs scramble for every point and pulled away in the second set for a 21-18, 21-15 victory...
		McPeak has come close to winning a beach medal twice, finishing fifth with May in 2000 and fifth with Nancy Reno in 1996, when the sport made its Olympic debut.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/volleyball/articles/2004/08/23/volleyball_us_duel_for_gold_medal_berth?mode=PF (787 words)

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