Holly's Bio Holly McPeak has been playing pro beach volleyball since 1987 and full time since 1992. She has 72 career titles, second only to Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh for the most of any women in pro beach volleyball history, and along with her former partner, Elaine Youngs, won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. McPeak is one of just five women worldwide to participate in all three Olympics in beach volleyball.
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(Photo courtesy of Daniel Sofer / Hermosawave.net)
General Information
Birth Date: May 15, 1969
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, California
Residence: Manhattan Beach, California
College: Cal-Berkeley and UCLA
Height: 5’7"
Personal: McPeak is married to Leonard Armato and has two step sons, Anthony and Elio. She also has a twin brother, Gary, and a sister, Katie.
Charities: McPeak volunteers and helps out at numerous charities and organizations, including the Red Cross, the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and the Special Olympics.
Career Beach Titles: 72
Career Beach Earnings: $1,532,097 (start of 2008 season)
Olympic Bronze Medallist: 2004 Summer Olympics with Elaine Youngs
College Achievements
- Began play with Cal-Berkeley, then transferred to UCLA.
- Played one year at UCLA – 1990.
- Helped lead UCLA to the NCAA Championship.
- Defeated Pacific at U. of Maryland for title.
- All-Pac 10 First Team member.
- Holds single-season assist record with 2,192.
- Helped lead UCLA to best overall season record 36-1.
- Holds single match assist record of 97 vs. Stanford, Oct. 19,1990 (five game match)
Beach Achievements
- Career Beach Titles: 72
- Domestic Titles: 53* (AVP: 28, BVA: 1, WPVA: 23, USAV: 1)
- International Titles (FIVB): 19
- Career Earnings: $1,532,097 (start of 2008 season)
- Domestic Earnings: $866,049 (start of 2008 season)
- International Earnings: $666,048 (start of 2008 season)
* Domestic Tours included: WPVA, BVA, AVP, USA Vball/Alero)
* International Tour: FIVB
- Three-time Olympian
- 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics – Finished 5th with Nancy Reno
- 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics – Finished 5th with Misty May
- 2004 Athens Summer Olympics – Bronze Medallist with Elaine Youngs
- Season Ending Awards
* MVP
- WPVA: 1995, 1996, 1997
- BVA: 2000
- AVP: 1993
* Best Defensive Player
- WPVA: 1995, 1996, 1997
- BVA: 2000
- AVP: 1993, 2002, 2003, 2004
* Outstanding Achievement
- AVP: 2004
* Rookie of the Year
- WPVA: 1991
- First Tournament Played: July 4-5, 1987, WPVA Miller Lite Open at Santa Monica, California. Played with Jill Horning. Finished 9th.
- First Tournament with Top 3 Finish: July 4-5, 1992, WPVA Atlantic City, NJ. Played with Rita Crocket Royster. Finished 3rd.
- Same year, finished 3rd with Cammy Ciarelli at the WPVA Boulder Open and the U.S. Open at Venice, California.
- First Tournament Win: April 17-18, 1993, AVP Phoenix Open. Played with Angela Rock.
- 11 total wins in 1993, eight of them with Cammy Ciarelli
- Tied All-Time Win Record: May 26-30, 2004. Won the FIVB China Open in Shanghai, China with Elaine Youngs for her 67th title.
- Sets All-Time Win Record: June 4-6, 2004. Won AVP Manhattan Beach Open with Elaine Youngs for 68th title.
- Wins Olympic Bronze Medal: August 24, 2004. Won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, with partner Elaine Youngs.
Major Beach Titles Won
- Manhattan Beach
* July 2-4, 1993 with Cammy Ciarelli.
* June 4-6, 2004 with Elaine Youngs.
- AVP Women’s U.S. Championships: August 27-29, 1993 with Cammy Ciarelli. (Hermosa Beach, California)
- AVP Women’s International Championships: August 25-28, 1994 with Cammy Ciarelli. (Hermosa Beach, California)
- WPVA National Championships
* August 18-20, 1995 with Nancy Reno. (Huntington Beach, California)
* August 16-18, 1996 with Lisa Arce (Huntington Beach, California)
- WPVA U.S. Open: June 27-29, 1997 with Lisa Arce (Huntington Beach, California)
- Best of the Beach
* September 21-23,1995 with Nancy Reno (Kauai, Hawaii)
* September 14-15, 1996 with Lisa Arce (Kauai, Hawaii)
- WPVA Invitational
* August 11-13, 1995 with Nancy Reno (Long Beach, California)
* August 8-11, 1996 with Lisa Arce (New York, New York)
* August 2-3, 1997 with Lisa Arce (East Quoque, New York)
- Queen of the Beach: September 17-19, 1998 with multiple players. Individual title. (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- AVP Shootout: September 5-7, 2002 with Elaine Youngs (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- USA Volleyball/Oldsmobile Alero Olympic Challenge Series:
* April 13-16, 2000 with Misty May (Deerfield Beach, Florida).
* June 30-July 4, 2000 with Misty May (Chicago, Illinois). This was also an FIVB event, which earned May/McPeak double points toward Olympic qualification.
- FIVB Grand Slam Event in Marseille, France: July 16-20, 2002 with Elaine Youngs.
- FIVB Grand Slam Event in Berlin, Germany: June 22-26, 2004 with Elaine Youngs.
Teammates and Titles
1. Nancy Reno, 20 titles
2. Elaine Youngs, 16 titles
3. Lisa Arce, 15 titles
4. Cammy Ciarelli, 12 titles
5. Misty May, 5 titles
6. Linda Chisholm, 2 titles
7. Angela Rock, 1 title
8. Individual title: 1 |
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