Julia Sellers

Photo by: UM Photography, K. Kinno

Class:
Senior
Position:
AT
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Santa Ana, Calif.
High School:
Foothill

Features on Julia

• Mentor Helps Sellers Grow (MGoBlue.com)

• Watch: Sellers at the Center of U-M's success (MGoBlue.com)

Career Stats

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	EX	DEX	Stl	FB	SPW	SPL
2016	38	24	13	37	12	3	16	4	3	1
2017	37	56	35	91	20	13	39	5	31	29
2018	41	81	33	114	32	36	46	6	46	27
2019	32	65	19	84	26	36	22	10	28	21
Total	148	227	100	327	90	88	123	25	108	78

Career Highs
Points: 8, vs. Brown (4/6/19)
Goals: 6, vs. Brown (4/6/19)
Assists: 4 (2x), last vs. UCSB (2/24/17)
Drawn Exclusions: 4 (2x), last vs. Harvard (4/13/19)
Steals: 4 (2x), last vs. UC San Diego (1/21/18)
Field Blocks: 2 (2x), last vs. USC (1/19/19)

At Michigan
• Graduated with a degree in economics in May, 2019
• Two-time ACWPC All-American (2019: 3rd team, 2018: honorable mention)
• Two-time All-CWPA selection (First Team - 2018, Second Team - 2019)
• Two-time CWPA Tournament MVP (2018, 2019)
• Two-time CWPA All-Tournament team (2018, 2019)
• Four-time CWPA Player of the Week
• CWPA Defensive Player of the Week
• Four NCAA Tournament appearances
• Won four CWPA Championships
• First class in program history to win four CWPA Championships
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten
• Two-time ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• 2018 MGoBlue Breakthrough Athlete of the Year
• Two-time Co-Most Valuable Offensive Player (Team 18 and Team 19)
• Team 16 Most Improved Player Award
• Ranks among Michigan's all-time leaders in goals (3rd - 227), goals per game (4th - 1.53), points (6th, 327) and points per game (9th - 2.21)
• Played in 148 career games with 227 goals, 100 assists and 123 steals
• Won 108 career sprints

Senior (2019)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• ACWPC All-America third team
• All-CWPA second team
• CWPA Tournament MVP
• CWPA All-Tournament first team
• Two-time CWPA Player of the Week (3/5, 5/1)
• CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (1/22)
• Team Co-Most Valuable Offensive Player
• ACWPC All-Academic Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Led the team with 65 goals and has three or more goals in 12 games
• Scored a team-high 19 goals in conference play
• Recorded two goals and one steal in the NCAA Quarterfinals against No. 3 UCLA
• Three goals, one assist and two drawn exclusions in the CWPA Championship game
• On senior day she scored three goals to go with one assist and two steals
• Career highs of six goals and eight points against Brown
• Four goals, one assist and four drawn exclusions against Harvard
• Matched a career high with five goals and six points against No. 13 Fresno State at the Wolverine Invitational
• Recorded four goals and one assist against No. 15 Long Beach State
• Finished the Wolverine Invitational with 13 goals, two assists and four steals to lead the team to a 4-0 record
• Posted four goals, two assists, five drawn exclusions, two steals and three field blocks at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Tallied six goals, two assists and seven drawn exclusions at the Stanford Invitational
• Recorded four goals, four assists and one steal at the Triton Invitational
• Two goals, four drawn exclusions and six steals at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational

Junior (2018)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American
• CWPA Tournament MVP
• All-CWPA First Team
• CWPA All-Tournament team
• 2018 MGoBlue Breakthrough Athlete of the Year
• Team 18 Co-Most Valuable Offensive Player
• CWPA Player of the Week (Apr. 11)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• First career 100-point season
• Played in all 41 games with 81 goals, 33 assists, 46 steals and 46-of-73 (.630) sprints won
• Scored 23 goals in conference play to average 2.88 goals per game
• Hat tricks in 14 games on the season and five of the eight conference games
• Scored a goal and won both her sprints in the NCAA Quarterfinal against No. 3 Cal
• Named the CWPA Tournament MVP after recording six goals, two assists and seven steals in three games
• Had five goals, one assist and two steals against both George Washington and Brown
• Three goals, three assists and a career-high four drawn exclusions against No. 16 Hartwick
• Led the team with nine goals and 13 points in three games at Hartwick
• Tallied 11 goals, four assist and five steals at the Wolverine Invitational
• Career highs of five goals and six points in a win over Brown
• Also had five goals against No. 24 Cal Baptist
• Four goals, one assist and four steals against No. 21 CSUN
• Second time around against No. 19 CSUN she also had four goals
• Notched three goals and two assists against Bucknell
• Three goals and four steals versus No. 16 UC San Diego
• Posted three goals, two assists and two steals in the ninth place game of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational against No. 15 UC San Diego
• Recorded three goals and one assist against No. 17 San Jose State
• Hat trick to go with two steals, two drawn exclusions and a field block against No. 15 Princeton

Sophomore (2017)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Honors Academic Achievement Award
• CWPA Player of the Week (Mar. 30)
• Eight games with three or more goals and eight multi-steal games
• Tallied 18 goals and 12 assists during CWPA play
• Picked up three steals in the NCAA quarterfinals vs. No. 3 USC
• Recorded four goals, two assists and two steals during the three-day CWPA Championship run with one goal in the finals against No. 9 Princeton
• Led Michigan with 11 goals and nine steals in the UCSB Winter Invite
• Posted four goals, seven assists and six steals to help the team finish 7th at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Tallied six points with four goals and two assists against George Washington
• Recorded four goals and drew three exclusions vs. No. 13 UC Davis at the Wolverine Invitational
• Four goals and one assist against No. 17 Hartwick
• Started conference play with a hat trick vs. No. 15 Indiana
• Hat trick against No. 3 UCLA
• Three goals and three steals in a win over No. 25 CSU Bakersfield
• Scored twice in three of the four games at the Stanford Invitational, including against No. 8 Hawai'i in the third place game
• Four assists and two steals in a win over No. 9 UCSB in Irvine
• Had three points in three of the four wins at the LMU Invite

Freshman (2016)
• NCAA 4th Place
• CWPA Champions
• U-M Freshman Academic Achievement Award
• Team 16 Most Improved Player Award
• Played in all 38 games with 24 goals and 13 assists
• Made her collegiate debut against No. 7 Hawaii
• Played in all three NCAA Tournament games
• Posted four goals and three steals in the CWPA Tournament, including two goals and two steals in the championship game against No. 14 Indiana
• Tallied her first hat trick to go with two assists and one steal in a win over Division III No. 2 Pomona-Pitzer
• Dished out four assists to go with one goal in a win over No. 21 Hartwick
• First multi-goal game came in a win over No. 11 San Jose State at the UCI Invitational
• Had two goals and two steals against both No. 21 Long Beach State and George Washington in the Wolverine Invitational
• Scored her first career goal versus No. 19 Cal State Northridge
• Had one goal and one steal against No. 2 UCLA
• First career assist came in a win over No. 10 UC Irvine

Prep
• Graduated from Foothill High School in 2015
• MVP and all-league first team member as a senior
• Two-time All-CIF, garnering first team her senior year and second team as a junior
• Earned the Work Horse Award three years
• Reached the CIF finals in her senior season
• Also was a member of the swim team for four years
• 4 for 4 honor with GPA above a 4.0 for four years

Club/Junior Team
• SoCal Water Polo Club for nine years
• Competed in the Olympic Development Program from 2009-11

Personal
• Julia Ann Sellers was born September 9, 1996
• Daughter of Robert and Andriana Sellers
• Has one sibling, Alex