Jean-Marie Torpey returns to PhilaU for her third season as an assistant coach under Tom Shirley in 2011-12. 

Torpey graduated from PhilaU '04 and received her master's in '05 from her alma mater.  She scored well over 1,000 points during her four-year career playing for current Head Coach Tom Shirley and currently ranks eighth all-time with 1,358 total points.  She was named New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) ‘Co-Player of the Year' in '04 and '03 ECAC Championship MVP, averaging 17.6 ppg over those two seasons.

A veteran when it comes to success, Torpey's freshman year the Lady Rams received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.  In her junior season the team won the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), where she was named Tournament MVP.  She also earned All-Conference accolades as a junior and senior. 

Torpey's previous coaching experience includes serving as an assistant under Shirley during the 2004-05 season while earning her master's degree at PhilaU and also a three-year stint as coach for the  ‘Southampton Knight's' boy's travel team. 

She is married to fellow PhilaU graduate Steve Torpey ('03), a baseball player for the Rams and currently resides in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.