Shelby Murphey is a jiu-jitsu black belt under Guilherme Mendes as well as a representative of the Mendes Bros' well-known Art Of Jiu-Jitsu (AOJ) academy, for whom she won numerous titles of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) from the kids' divisions to the adult categories. Shelby Murphey is also the first elite black belt built under the AOJ roof from "scratch" as her very first class was done at the academy.