Kenny Selmon (2018) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Kenny Selmon

Induction:
2018
Class:
2018

2018— Kenny Selmon: Men's Track and Field (Mableton, Ga.)
Selmon won the 400-meter hurdles in his final race as a Tar Heel at the 2018 U.S. Track and Field Championships. An ACC champion as a senior in the 400 hurdles and the 4x400, he finished second in the 400 hurdles in the 2018 NCAA Championship. He set the UNC record in that event in the 2017 NCAA final and then established another school record (48.21) in the 2018 NCAA final. He was second at the NCAA Championships in the 400 hurdles in 2018, third in 2016 and fourth in 2017.

Selmon was a three-time first-team All-America, the 2018 USTWCCCA Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year and an Academic All-ACC selection. The Mableton, Ga., native twice was ACC champion in the 400 hurdles and three times was a member of the ACC-winning 4x400.

He competed in the 2020 Olympics in the 400 hurdles.