Justin Sellers

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Valley Center, Kan.
High School:
Valley Center HS

Honors and Awards
2006 first-team Academic All-Big 12

2005-06 (Sophomore): Tabbed first-team Academic All-Big 12 ... currently stands fourth all-time at Mizzou in the 200 fly (1:49.19) ... battled through illness to finish seventh in the 200 fly (1:52.76) and eighth in the 400 IM (4:14.09) at the 2006 Big 12 Championships ... placed seventh in the 100 fly (52.82) and 10th in the 200 IM (2:01.73) at the Show-Me-Showdown ... helped the Tigers earn their first dual win over Texas A&M with a third-place finish in the 200 fly (1:54.99) and a sixth-place finish in the 100 fly (52.50) ... swam to a fifth-place showing in the 200 fly (1:50.27) and a 10th-place finish in the 400 IM (4:03.65) at Purdue's Boiler Invite ... placed 12th in the 200 fly (1:49.19) and earned a spot in the top-20 in the 400 IM (4:01.40) at the Texas Invite ... notched a third-place finish in the 200 fly (1:55.16) to help the Tigers earn a dual win over Missouri State ... turned in a runner-up performance in the 200 fly (1:53.30) in the dual win over Iowa ... finished sixth in the 200 fly (1:54.28) and 16th in the 200 IM (1:57.04) at Notre Dame's Shamrock Invite.

2004-05 (Freshman): Placed sixth in the 200 fly, and eighth in the 400 IM and 1650 free at the Big 12 Championships ... finished fifth in the 1000 free against Southern Illinois and collected a fourth-place finish in the 200 fly in the same meet ... finished in the top-15 in the 200 fly at the TYR Invitational with a personal best time of 1:54.50 ... also tallied a top-20 finish at the TYR Invitational in the 1650 free ... placed fourth in the 200 fly against Missouri State ... earned a runner-up finish in the 1000 free in the triangular with Truman State and South Dakota by swimming a personal best 10:01.29 and also turned in a second-place finish in the 200 fly ... picked up a fifth-place finish in the 100 fly versus Drury ... notched a top-10 finish in the 400 IM at the triangular with Penn State and Iowa, in addition to placing sixth in the 200 fly.

High School: Attended Valley Center High School ... member of the Wichita Swim Club ... helped team to the 2004 Spring Nationals ... Region Eight champion in the 200 fly ... Zone champion for two years in the 200 fly ... personal best of 1:52.3 in the 200 fly, 51.1 in the 100 fly, 4:07 in the 400 IM and 4:39.8 in the 500 free ... nominated valedictorian his senior year ... 4.0 GPA all four years ... member of the National Honor Society for three years.

Personal: Full name is Justin L. Sellers ... born on Dec. 27, 1985 in Burbank, Calif. ... son of Mark and Shannon Sellers ... younger brother, Cameron, is a freshman swimmer at Mizzou ... biology major.