Andi Sellers Dominated Women’s Athletics While at Satellite Beach High School from 1993 through 1996

By  //  April 19, 2020

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Sellers Among Brevard’s Most Highly Acclaimed athletes ever

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2020: Andi Sellers, one of the Space Coast’s most highly acclaimed and decorated athletes ever, dominated women’s athletics at Satellite Beach High School from 1993 through 1996.

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Andi Sellers, one of the Space Coast’s most highly acclaimed and decorated athletes ever, dominated women’s athletics at Satellite Beach High School from 1993 through 1996.

Sellers was a three-time All-Cape Coast selection in basketball, also excelled at volleyball, and track and field, garnering All-Cape Coast and All-Space Coast selections twice in those sports, and holds the school record in the 400 meters.

However, it was her play on the soccer field that distinguished her nationally.

Playing for Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame member Coach “Fidgi” Haig on his great Satellite Beach High School teams of the mid-90s, Sellers was a three-time first-team 5A All-State and Space Coast Conference Player of the Year and set the then Florida state high school record for career goals with 230.

She scored 95 goals as a junior, good for the Florida single-season high school record and a second ranking nationally.

Her 81 goals as a senior led the Scorpions (23-1) to the Class 5A state title game, a final No. 2 Class 5A state ranking, and resulted in Sellers being named the State of Florida’s 1996 Player of the Year.

Also, as the leader and star of her under-18 club team, the Brevard Blaze, the team went on to win the 1996 Orange Bowl Championship.

Playing for Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame member Coach “Fidgi” Haig, above, on his great Satellite Beach High School teams of the mid-90s, Andi Sellers was a three-time first-team 5A All-State and Space Coast Conference Player of the Year and set the then Florida state high school record for career goals with 230.
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Sellers was named to the Parade All-America and NSCAA/UMBRO High School All-American Youth Soccer teams in 1996 and mentioned by USA Today as one of the top recruits in the nation.

After being inundated with college scholarship offers, she chose to stay close to home and starred for the Gators garnering All-SEC accolades her freshman, junior and senior seasons and All-American honors her junior and senior years.

She finished her college career tied for No. 20 on the NCAA Career Goals list but would have certainly been much higher on that list had she not missed her sophomore season at the University of Florida due to an ACL tear that required surgery.

Sellers also excelled academically, graduating in the top 10 in her class at SBHS with a 3.98-grade point average, as well as being named the Verizon Academic All-American of the Year her senior year at UF where she earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in sports management.

THE 2020 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME Banquet and Induction Ceremony will take place at the Cocoa Beach Country Club on May 7. 

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT the 2021 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME, call 321-323-4460 or 321-615-8111 or e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com

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The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame is located in the main athletic building on the Melbourne Campus of Eastern Florida State College. Portraits and biographies of the Hall of Famers are displayed on the wall in the building’s main hallway that runs parallel to the gym and outside the athletic department offices. Memorabilia items and related sports artifacts will be added to the display over time.

The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame selection committee announced an impressive array of outstanding individuals to be inducted into the 2020 Class of the Hall of Fame.

The 2020 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet and Sports Awards will be held Friday, May 8 at the Cocoa Beach Country Club.

The festivities include a meet and greet with the area’s sports royalty beginning at 6 p.m., and the dinner and induction proceeding will start at 6:45 p.m. and includes compelling video tributes of each of the inductees.

The 2020 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction event, and the 2020 High School Breakfast of Champions recognition awards, are sponsored by Health First, Erdman Automotive, All Points, Clear Choice Health Care, Savings Safari, Friday Night Locker Room and Rock Paper Simple.

The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame includes an impressive array of outstanding individuals to be inducted into the 2020 Class of the Hall of Fame.

Dozens of nominees were considered in four categories including professional sports, college sports, high school sports and amateur sports.

Special honorary recognition will also be bestowed upon individuals and teams that have made significant contributions to sports on the Space Coast.

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Space Coast Daily created the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 and has so far inducted more than 160 of Brevard County’s most outstanding athletes, coaches and sports personalities.

Serving on the committee are Space Coast Daily President & Publisher Tom Palermo, Vice President Giles Malone, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jim Palermo, Managing Editor Zach Clark, the Friday Night Locker Room’s Steve Wilson and Orville Susong, former Health First COO Larry Garrison and Amateur Athletic Union Vice President Rusty Buchanan.

“The list of inductees for 2020 induction include athletes and coaches everybody knows – and some that may have been forgotten with the passing of time,” said Tom Palermo.

FOR INFORMATION about the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, or to make a reservation, e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com or call 321-615-8111.

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SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2020

• PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Jamel Dean, Football; Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Wrestling; Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, Football; Mark Lake, Skateboarding; Juwaan Taylor, Football

• COLLEGE CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Derek Hamm, Football; Paulette King, Basketball; Dylan Lewis, Soccer; Melanie Murphy, Softball

• PREP CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Lexy Denaburg, Volleyball; Apryl Bigham Nickson, Swimming; Andi Sellers, Soccer

• AMATEUR/RECREATION CATEGORY INDUCTEE: Peter Blount, Track & Field; Karina Villegas, Sled Hockey; Caylor Williams, Wrestling

• COACHING CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Sean Ballard, Wrestling; Doug Butler, Cross County and Track; Aubin Goporo, Basketball; Gerald Hodgin, Football; Bill Sinclair, Softball; Don Smith, Basketball

• SPORTS DEVELOPMENT INDUCTEE: Loren McClanahan

• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT INDUCTEE: Clint Hurdle

• SPORTS OFFICIAL INDUCTEES: Ted Ruta

• SPORTS JOURNALISM INDUCTEES: Steve Vaughn

• SPORTS AMBASSADOR AWARD INDUCTEE: Congressman Bill Posey

• CHALLENGER AWARDS INDUCTEES: Brevard Special Olympics

• TEAM OF THE YEAR: 2019 Satellite High Cross Country

• LEGACY CHAMPIONS: TBA

• SPECIAL TRIBUTE: TBA

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