Shelby Romine

Shelby Romine is in her second season with the Nebraska women's basketball staff as a graduate assistant manager in 2017-18. Prior to joining the Husker staff in 2016-17, Romine spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Chicago.

In her first season as an assistant at the NCAA Division III school, Romine helped the Maroons to the University Athletic Association title with a 12-2 conference mark and an 18-7 overall record as part of a staff that was named the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year.

In 2015-16, Romine helped the Maroons to a 16-9 overall record that included an 8-6 UAA mark. The Maroons played their best basketball of the season down the stretch, winning their final four games of the season, including double-digit wins over No. 9 Washington (Mo.) and No. 22 New York University.

Romine, a native of Centreville, Va., was a three-time team captain for the Bucknell University women's basketball team. Romine is the only player in program history to tally over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists. She finished her career ranked fifth in Bucknell history in scoring (1,543), second in career three-point field goals made (177) and third in career assists (437).

A four-year starter, Romine started 118 career games for the Bison, averaging 13.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists for her career.

In her senior season, Romine earned first-team All-Patriot League honors after averaging 15.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game as a 5-foot-9 guard. She led the Bison in assists, steals and minutes played (1,038), while ranking third on the team in rebounding. She also led the team with 50 three-pointers while shooting a team-best 40.7 percent (50-123) from long range. Her all-around performance helped Bucknell to its first winning season in five years.

Off the court, Romine captured academic All-Patriot League honors. Additionally, she was a member of the WBCA "So You Want To Be A Coach" program, a professional leadership conference held in conjunction with the NCAA Final Four.

A three-time team co-captain for the Bison, Romine was a second-team All-Patriot League pick as a junior in 2012-13 after ranking third in the conference in scoring with 13.3 points per game. She also led the Bison and ranked third in the Patriot League with 116 assists. She was Bucknell's leading scorer as a freshman (13.5 ppg), sophomore (10.0 ppg) and junior.

Romine graduated cum laude from Bucknell in 2014 with a double major in economics and philosophy.

Before playing collegiately at Bucknell, Romine earned All-Metro honors for the Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland area as a junior and senior at Westfield (Va.) High School. She was also the Concorde District Player of the Year, while adding first-team all-region honors as both a junior and senior. As a senior, she averaged 18.3 points and 6.1 assists per game.

She is working toward a master's degree at the University of Nebraska.