College and Olympics
McPeak signed with the California Golden Bears out of Mira Costa High School, where she was teammates with her Mira Costa classmate and future beach partner Lisa Arce. At Cal, she was named National Freshman of the Year in 1987, before transferring to UCLA in 1990.
In 1990, she helped the UCLA Bruins to a national championship, the school's fifth of six titles.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, McPeak partnered with Nancy Reno and did not win a medal despite high expectations. Team conflict is often cited as a cause of this, and McPeak's breast enlargement surgery – earning her the nickname of "Twin Peaks" – has been cited as a potential cause of this conflict.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, McPeak partnered with Misty May-Treanor and finished in fifth place.
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