Pacific Lutheran University Women's Swimming

Sellman graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1996 and later earned a masters degree from University of Findlay (Ohio). He replaced Jim Johnson, who was his coach at PLU. Sellman came to PLU from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va., where he served as head swim coach and aquatics director from 2007-10. He led the Eagles to six Capital Athletic Conference championships in three seasons, twice was named CAC Mens Swimming Coach of the Year and once the CAC Womens Swimming Coach of the Year. In all, he coached 44 UMW swimmers to NCAA Division III qualifying standards, and nine of his athletes earned All-America honors. Prior to coaching at Mary Washington, Sellman was head swimming coach and aquatics director at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., from 2001-07. At Lewis & Clark, he rebuilt a program that went from a string of last place finishes in the Northwest Conference to achieving a second-place finish at the 2006 womens conference meet. Additionally under Sellmans guidance, the Pioneers not only ended a string of eight consecutive years without a conference dual meet victory, the womens program claimed two straight nine-win seasons while the mens team claimed back-to-back .500 seasons for the first time in almost two decades. While an undergraduate at Pacific Lutheran, Sellman was a three-time academic and athletic All-American, twice was team captain and most inspirational swimmer, and three times received the teams outstanding swimmer award. He received the school's Man of the Year in Sports award in 1996.