Beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor had a 90-minute surgery today in Irvine to repair the left Achilles tendon she ruptured Friday on “Dancing with the Stars.”

The two-time Olympic gold medalist from Costa Mesa and the game’s top female player will likely miss the entire 2009 AVP season due to the injury, but at this point, it doesn’t appear to be career threatening.

The surgery was performed this morning at Specialty Surgery Center by Dr. William Schobert, who had already repaired May-Treanor’s shoulder and knee, partner Kerri Walsh’s shoulder, and several surgeries on beach volleyball icon Karch Kiraly. Schobert said the surgery went well, and he expects her recovery to take up to a year.

Schobert said May-Treanor tore the tendon off the muscle while rehearsing Friday with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy for the popular ABC show “Dancing with the Stars.”

May-Treanor told the Associated Press on Monday she heard a “pop,” then fell, unable to put any weight on her left foot.

She held off surgery until today because she promised the show’s producers she would appear at the end of Monday’s show on crutches with a cast on her left leg to say she was out of the competition.

She’s expected to be out of the cast in two weeks, and remain on crutches for six weeks. “But she won’t be right until June or July,” Schobert said.

“Kudos go to Dr. Schobert,” father Butch May said. “He’s a good doctor and a good friend. Any time Misty and Kerri win, he cries.”

Husband Matt Treanor, catcher for the Florida Marlins, said she is determined to return.

“I knew there were long rehabs for this,” Treanor said. “But I think mentally she prepared herself for it. She was well educated about the surgery before going in. This is a freak accident, and she was already prepared for not playing this year because we’ve discussed starting a family.

“This isn’t going to hold her back,” Treanor said of her plans, but he wasn’t going to rush her. “It’s hard to say, she sets goals but doesn’t look too far ahead.”

May said not only did his daughter tell Schobert she’d return to the sand, but also that the show’s producers told her they want her back next season.

Two consecutive losses in September ended a record breaking four-year reign of domination over the domestic and international field for May-Treanor and Walsh, including two Olympic gold medals and a year-long winning streak.

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