Year: 2021
Height: 6-0
Position: G
High School: Aurora (OH)
Recruiting Status: Verbally committed to Maryland
Notes: Daughter of Brad Sellers, who played basketball at Wisconsin and Ohio State, followed by a six-year career in the NBA. Her older sister Shayla signed with Purdue Fort Wayne as a member of the 2019 recruiting class.
Recruiting Summary for Shyanne Sellers
August 11, 2019: announced her top nine schools: UCLA, Florida State, Indiana, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Purdue Fort Wayne
April 5, 2020: committed to Maryland
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Shyanne Sellers receives 30+ basketball offers (Aurora Gambit, 10/1/2019)
She most recently visited Indiana University and is considering that as her top choice for the time being. She has yet to visit UCLA and Florida State which she also believes may be top choices.
“The love from the coaches and the players made my experience to Indiana extremely fun” says Sellers.
Mom, not dad, motivates Aurora siblings to thrive on the basketball court (MyTownNEO, 11/17/2018)
He was a first-round draft pick who spent several years in the NBA.
However, when it came to his daughters’ desire to play basketball, Brad Sellers didn’t exactly give them a ringing endorsement.
“He didn’t want us to play basketball,” Aurora senior guard Shayla Sellers said. “My mom was actually the person to put us in rec. My dad was like, ‘No, they’re too young.’”
Shayla and her younger sister Shyanne, a sophomore guard/forward who was an All-Ohio choice last winter, eventually convinced the 7-foot, six-year NBA veteran that basketball was definitely in their genes.
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