Oklahoma, 1976
• 1974 Academic All-America® Second Team
• 1975 Academic All-America® First Team
Dewey Selmon was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 2010.
An Academic All-America in 1974 and 1975, Dewey Selmon was a standout performer on back-to-back national championship teams at the University of Oklahoma. He was a consensus All-American selection in 1975 and graduated from Oklahoma with a degree in Public Relations. Selmon was named an All-Big Eight Conference defensive lineman twice in his career as he recorded 188 unassisted tackles, 302 total tackles, 24 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries in his career.
After being drafted in the second round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Selmon played five years in the National Football League. He started 65 of the 72 games in which he played the Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers before retiring and founding Selmon Enterprises.
Dewey is joins his older brother Lee Roy Selmon in the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame. Lee Roy was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.
Selmon has devoted his life to youth and to service. He has passed that tradition on to his children who are the founders of the Shine Foundation, a group started by his children that serves to meet the needs of people around the world. Selmon has served on the Board of Directors for the Shine Foundation since 2005.
Active in a number of community efforts, he chaired one of the local fund-raising campaigns that helped with the construction of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. He held the position of Norman Housing Authority commissioner and led fund-raising efforts for Norman's Food and Shelter for Friends, a homeless shelter.
Selmon also has served as a United Way volunteer for a number of years, was a basketball coach at Community Christian School and served as a Sunday School teacher for a number of years. He also has been involved in fund-raising campaigns for the American Lung Association, the Ronald McDonald House, and the Children's Miracle Network.
The group has focused on war-torn areas of West Africa and Selmon has made several trips to that area to build a school for the orphanage that serves as home for the hundreds of children left without parents after years of conflict in that part of the world.