Shelbey Manthorpe enters her first season as an assistant coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham.
Manthorpe comes to the volleyball program having completed her career at Division I, Seton Hall University. On the court, Manthorpe was the first player in Seton Hall in history to earn postseason All-BIG EAST honors for all four seasons (2011-14). Nationally, Manthorpe was a 2014 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Honorable Mention, and led the nation in triple-doubles with 10 in 2013, and eight in 2012; she finished her career with 25. Regionally, the she was a 2014 AVCA All-Region First Team member.
As a co-captain and four-year starter, Manthorpe led the Pirates to their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in 2014. Among other statistical highlights, Manthorpe was the only player in Seton Hall history to garner more than 4,000 assists and 1,400 digs and to earn a triple-double. She finished her volleyball career as one of four players in program history to tally more than 4,000 assists and played 476 sets, recorded 888 kills, 4,199 assists and 1,476 digs.
As a senior at Merion Mercy Academy, Manthorpe was named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year and a Prep Volleyball Senior Ace. She earned All-America honors at the Junior Olympic Championships from 2008 through 2011. Shelbey was a four-year starter at Merion Mercy Academy and two time MVP of the PIAA AA State Championships.
Manthorpe earned her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Marketing and Sport Management in May 2015 from Seton Hall University.
A native of Havertown, Pa., she is currently she is pursing her Master of Arts in Teaching: Elementary Education
