2014-15 Men's Basketball Roster
Sellers, Sean
Jersey Number 34
Sean Sellers
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Greensburg, Ind.
- High School:
- Greensburg
Bio
Career Notes
Set the Ball State record for 3-pointers (229) ... tied the school record for career games played (129) set by former teammate Franko House … started 83 of those … scored 1,131 points to finish his career among the top 30 in program history … ranked fifth in BSU annals in 3-point percentage (.405) … the only player in program history to make seven 3-pointers in a game twice … MAC Freshman of the Year in 2015 ... set a BSU freshman record that year with 66 3-pointers … a 74.8 percent career free throw shooter … scored double figures 50 times in his career … averaged 8.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game for his career ... a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection (one of 41 in the country) as a senior … three-time Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection … graduated in three years with a bachelor’s degree in sport administration and a 3.64 GPA.
2017-18 (Senior)
CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection ... played in all 32 games and made 31 starts … averaged 8.6 points and a career-high 4.3 rebounds per game … shot 38.3 percent from 3-point range and raised it to 41.2 percent in MAC play ... surpassed 1,000 career points at Western Michigan (Jan. 13) ... set the BSU career record for 3-pointers at home against WMU (Feb. 23) ... scored a season-high 17 points and hit a season-best five 3’s against MAC champion Buffalo (Jan. 6) ... scored double figures 13 times ... played his 100th game for Ball State against Stony Brook (Nov. 17), scoring 10 points ... ranked third on the team in rebounding in MAC play (5.1) ... matched his career high with 10 rebounds at Miami (Jan. 20) ... had 15 points, nine boards and a career-high three steals at Kent State (Jan. 23) … shot 81.8 percent from the free throw line (27 for 33).
2016-17 (Junior)
Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection … played all 34 games and made 21 starts … averaged 8.6 points per game … led the Cardinals with 68 made 3-pointers, the sixth-most in a season in program history … ranked fifth in the MAC at 41.5 percent from 3-point range … scored a career-high 32 points and matched his career best with seven 3-pointers against Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 10) … named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week after that performance … made at least one 3-pointer in all but four games … scored in double figures 12 times … handed out a career-high six assists in the season opener at Saint Louis (Nov. 11).
2015-16 (Sophomore)
Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection ... played in 33 of 35 games, missing two to injury … averaged 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game … played 18.3 minutes per game … shot 43.4 percent from the floor … shot 38.8 percent from 3-point range for the season and ranked first among all players during MAC play at 50 percent … matched his career high with 26 points against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 27) … hit a career-high seven 3-pointers in that game in 11 attempts ... recorded his first career double-double against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 16) with a career-high 10 rebounds and 13 points ... handed out a season-high five assists at Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 20) ... scored in double figures six times … averaged 11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists over the final nine games of the season.
2014-15 (Freshman)
Selected as the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and was named to the MAC All-Freshman Team ... played in all 30 games and made 29 starts ... averaged a team-high 12.0 points per game to lead all MAC rookies and rank 19th in the league ... ranked second in the MAC in free throw percentage (.811) and third in 3-point percentage (.437) ... his 3-point percentage ranked second in the nation among freshmen with at least three attempts per game ... finished with 359 points to rank fifth on Ball State's all-time freshman scoring list ... set a Ball State freshman record with 66 3-pointers ... scored a season-high 26 points in his first collegiate game at nationally ranked Utah, setting a record for the most points by a Ball State freshman in a debut performance … named the MAC West Player of the Week for that effort ... became the first Ball State freshman ever to score at least 18 points in his first three games ...finished with 19 double-figure scoring games, including 19 points against MAC co-champions Buffalo (Feb. 4) and Central Michigan (Feb. 21) ... hit at least one 3-pointer in 27 of Ball State's 30 games, including the final 21 in a row ... hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime Jan. 7 at Eastern Michigan ... also averaged 2.9 rebounds per game … grabbed a season-high seven rebounds March 6 versus Northern Illinois ... led the Cardinals in minutes played (889).
High School
An Indiana All-Star and first-team All-State selection by the Associated Press as a senior ... helped Greensburg to a 28-1 record and a second straight Indiana Class 3A state championship as a senior ... a four-year starter for coach Stacy Meyer ... Greensburg went 93-11 during his career ... scored more than 1,900 points and finished his career as the leading scorer and rebounder in Greensburg history ... led Greensburg his senior year with 20.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game ... shot 60 percent from the floor and 46 percent from 3-point range ... played alongside Northwestern point guard Bryant McIntosh and Ball State men's player Collin Rigney ... played AAU basketball for the Eric Gordon All-Stars ... also lettered three years in track at Greensburg as a high jumper ... a National Honor Society member.
Personal
Full name is Sean Christopher Sellers ... born April 9, 1995 in Greensburg, Ind. ... son of John and Deborah Sellers ... has one brother, Kyle ... earned his bachelor’s degree in sport administration in three years and began graduate studies in secondary education during his senior year.
Set the Ball State record for 3-pointers (229) ... tied the school record for career games played (129) set by former teammate Franko House … started 83 of those … scored 1,131 points to finish his career among the top 30 in program history … ranked fifth in BSU annals in 3-point percentage (.405) … the only player in program history to make seven 3-pointers in a game twice … MAC Freshman of the Year in 2015 ... set a BSU freshman record that year with 66 3-pointers … a 74.8 percent career free throw shooter … scored double figures 50 times in his career … averaged 8.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game for his career ... a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection (one of 41 in the country) as a senior … three-time Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection … graduated in three years with a bachelor’s degree in sport administration and a 3.64 GPA.
2017-18 (Senior)
CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection ... played in all 32 games and made 31 starts … averaged 8.6 points and a career-high 4.3 rebounds per game … shot 38.3 percent from 3-point range and raised it to 41.2 percent in MAC play ... surpassed 1,000 career points at Western Michigan (Jan. 13) ... set the BSU career record for 3-pointers at home against WMU (Feb. 23) ... scored a season-high 17 points and hit a season-best five 3’s against MAC champion Buffalo (Jan. 6) ... scored double figures 13 times ... played his 100th game for Ball State against Stony Brook (Nov. 17), scoring 10 points ... ranked third on the team in rebounding in MAC play (5.1) ... matched his career high with 10 rebounds at Miami (Jan. 20) ... had 15 points, nine boards and a career-high three steals at Kent State (Jan. 23) … shot 81.8 percent from the free throw line (27 for 33).
2016-17 (Junior)
Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection … played all 34 games and made 21 starts … averaged 8.6 points per game … led the Cardinals with 68 made 3-pointers, the sixth-most in a season in program history … ranked fifth in the MAC at 41.5 percent from 3-point range … scored a career-high 32 points and matched his career best with seven 3-pointers against Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 10) … named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week after that performance … made at least one 3-pointer in all but four games … scored in double figures 12 times … handed out a career-high six assists in the season opener at Saint Louis (Nov. 11).
2015-16 (Sophomore)
Academic All-MAC and a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection ... played in 33 of 35 games, missing two to injury … averaged 6.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game … played 18.3 minutes per game … shot 43.4 percent from the floor … shot 38.8 percent from 3-point range for the season and ranked first among all players during MAC play at 50 percent … matched his career high with 26 points against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 27) … hit a career-high seven 3-pointers in that game in 11 attempts ... recorded his first career double-double against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 16) with a career-high 10 rebounds and 13 points ... handed out a season-high five assists at Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 20) ... scored in double figures six times … averaged 11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists over the final nine games of the season.
2014-15 (Freshman)
Selected as the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and was named to the MAC All-Freshman Team ... played in all 30 games and made 29 starts ... averaged a team-high 12.0 points per game to lead all MAC rookies and rank 19th in the league ... ranked second in the MAC in free throw percentage (.811) and third in 3-point percentage (.437) ... his 3-point percentage ranked second in the nation among freshmen with at least three attempts per game ... finished with 359 points to rank fifth on Ball State's all-time freshman scoring list ... set a Ball State freshman record with 66 3-pointers ... scored a season-high 26 points in his first collegiate game at nationally ranked Utah, setting a record for the most points by a Ball State freshman in a debut performance … named the MAC West Player of the Week for that effort ... became the first Ball State freshman ever to score at least 18 points in his first three games ...finished with 19 double-figure scoring games, including 19 points against MAC co-champions Buffalo (Feb. 4) and Central Michigan (Feb. 21) ... hit at least one 3-pointer in 27 of Ball State's 30 games, including the final 21 in a row ... hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime Jan. 7 at Eastern Michigan ... also averaged 2.9 rebounds per game … grabbed a season-high seven rebounds March 6 versus Northern Illinois ... led the Cardinals in minutes played (889).
High School
An Indiana All-Star and first-team All-State selection by the Associated Press as a senior ... helped Greensburg to a 28-1 record and a second straight Indiana Class 3A state championship as a senior ... a four-year starter for coach Stacy Meyer ... Greensburg went 93-11 during his career ... scored more than 1,900 points and finished his career as the leading scorer and rebounder in Greensburg history ... led Greensburg his senior year with 20.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game ... shot 60 percent from the floor and 46 percent from 3-point range ... played alongside Northwestern point guard Bryant McIntosh and Ball State men's player Collin Rigney ... played AAU basketball for the Eric Gordon All-Stars ... also lettered three years in track at Greensburg as a high jumper ... a National Honor Society member.
Personal
Full name is Sean Christopher Sellers ... born April 9, 1995 in Greensburg, Ind. ... son of John and Deborah Sellers ... has one brother, Kyle ... earned his bachelor’s degree in sport administration in three years and began graduate studies in secondary education during his senior year.
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