High School: Three-sport participant at Holy Ghost Prep High School...played forward in basketball, stopper in soccer, and midfield in lacrosse...four-year letterwinner in lacrosse, leading team to 12-5 record and a league title as a senior...earned all-league honors three times and all-area honors twice...earned four letters in soccer and led team to 19-5-2 record as a senior when team won league and district titles...earned first team all-area honors by the Philadelphia Inquirer...led basketball team to 31-1 record as a senior...team won district title and was Eastern Pennsylvania champions...three-year standout who was league Most Valuable Player as a senior and was named Bucks County Courier Times area Co-Player of the Year...honor roll student who was president of freshman class...was also active with Special Olympics and community service corps.
At Delaware: Fourth-year team member and three-year letterwinner for the Blue Hens...will serve as co-captain for the 2008 season...has great size and is one of the team's most athletic players...selected as the No. 5 defensive midfielder in the nation by Inside Lacrosse in pre-season poll...consistently has shown improvement throughout his career...has seen action in 36 games with two starts and recorded three goals and four assists for seven points and 56 groundballs.
2007 Season: Defensive midfielder who played a key role leading Delaware to the Colonial Athletic Association title and NCAA Final Four berth...played outstanding in Hens' three NCAA Tournament games...saw action in 17 games and started contests vs. Georgetown and Duke...missed regular season games vs. Towson and Villanova with injuries...scored only goal of the season vs. Mt. St. Mary's....had four assists, including two in NCAA first round win over Virginia and one each vs. Mt. St. Mary's and Robert Morris...also had 12 shots, 37 groundballs, and 15 caused turnovers...ranked third on team in caused turnovers...had season-high five groundballs vs. Georgetown and Virginia and caused three turnovers vs. Georgetown...also had two caused turnovers in NCAA Tournament games vs. UMBC and Johns Hopkins...keyed a defense that ranked No. 2 nationally in man-down defense (.817) and No. 16 in scoring defense (8.05).
2006 Season: Played in all 17 games as a defensive midfielder and led Delaware to CAA championship game appearance...scored two goals on the season - vs. Sacred Heart and in CAA title game vs. Hofstra...also recorded 18 groundballs, including season-high three vs. Albany...keyed a defense that ranked No. 1 nationally in man-down defense (.811) and No. 16 in scoring defense (8.18).
2005 Season: Saw action in two games as a freshman...played in season opener vs. Saint Joseph’s and also saw action in win over Albany...registered one groundball...team advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Personal: Brett Matthew Manney...son of James and Kathy Manney...English major with a minor in journalism at Delaware...has been active working with UD student radio station WVUD 91.3 as a play-by-play and color commentator for football and basketball broadcats and would like to pursue a career in radio or television broadcasting...has served as an intern with WIP Radio 610 in Philadelphia and WBCB Radio 1490 in Levittown, PA during the summers....has also worked as a valet...has an older sister and a twin brother, Ryan...sister, Megan, played soccer at Monmouth University...mother is nurse....has been active as a volunteer with Special Olympics at Delaware. |
