By Kyle Coppola
Misty May-Treanor Attends Villages Volleyball Clinic!
Misty May-Treanor is one of the most well known beach volleyball players to have ever played the sport. The Olympic Gold Medalist was able to stop by The Villages for a clinic that The Buffalo Stampeders program was having. May-Treanor taught the group some of the tricks that made her so successful. It’s all a process of giving back to the community now that she’s retired from professional beach volleyball.
(Misty May first row center wearing black poses with The Buffalo Stampeder Volleyball Players who took part in her clinic that the school hosted.)
Many of the athletes were born after May-Treanor was at her peak but all players in attendance knew the greatness that stood in front of them. “It’s like if Tom Brady or Michael Jordan came to teach a camp, that is what Misty May-Treanor means to the world of Volleyball.
(Misty May-Treanor teaches The Villages Charter School Students some of the tips that helped her be so successful in the sport of Volleyball.)
We hope the players all took something away from the event! The Villages will begin their Volleyball season in August. The team will also compete in the inaugural season of Beach Volleyball in the Spring of 2024. Hopefully the buffalo stampeder athletes took notes!
Photos By:
Jennifer Harding
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
