Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Neil Sellers started for four years for the Colonel baseball team from 2001-2004, playing both third base and second base during his EKU career.  He was an everyday player, playing in every game in all but one season, posting batting averages of .275, .346, .407 and .351.
 
At the time of his induction, Sellers was Eastern Kentucky’s all-time leader in doubles with 62 and in RBIs with 214, while also ranking high in at bats with 793 and hits with 279.  He was a three-time first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference player and served as team captain for two seasons. 
 
Sellers’ top season at EKU was his junior year in 2003 when he batted .407, had 24 doubles, 17 home runs and 85 RBIs, which still stood as an EKU record for RBIs in one season at the time of his induction.  Entering his senior season, he was chosen pre-season All-America by several outlets and finished that year as a third team All-American.  He was also the only conference player selected for the nation’s Fab 50 by Baseball America before his senior year. 
 
Upon graduation, Sellers was selected in the 32nd round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Houston Astros.  He played eight plus seasons of professional baseball with the Astros, the Philadelphia Phillies and Florida Marlins organizations.  He advanced through the ranks from Rookie League to Class A, to High A to Double A with Houston before being selected in The Rule 5 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008. 
 
Sellers led Class AA Reading in batting average in 2009, hitting .317 with 17 homers and 86 RBIs.  He then played for the Phillies’ AAA team, Lehigh Valley, for two seasons.  He finished his career with the Marlins’ Double A team in Jacksonville of the Southern League in 2011. 
 
Sellers won many awards in his minor league career including the Unsung Hero, the Big Stick Award and the Most Inspirational Player Award in Double A.  At the time of his induction, he was a sales representative for Samuel Packaging Systems in Willoughby, Ohio.  Sellers joins his wife Liz, as members of EKU’s Athletics Hall of fame.